GOP Debate
Tonight’s debate has been overshadowed.
Ideas and Debate, Not Violence
On Friday, a man broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her 82 year old husband with a hammer. The assailant has been posting Conspiracy theories about the Big Lie, COVID vaccines, and much more. During the attack, he repeatedly yelled, “Where’s Nancy.” It’s easy to infer he planned to assault the Speaker of the House, second in line to the Presidency of the United States.
While few will say the assault is a good thing, there are several politicians who immediately jumped to blaming Nancy Pelosi. Some gleefully conflating the crime to her politics.
We’ve seen the insurrection and assault on the Capitol. We’ve heard the Q Anon crap about hanging politicians. We’ve had a Congressional softball game shot up. We’ve had a plot to kidnap a Governor.
When is the violence enough? Politics is a debate of ideas, thoughts, and policies. At least it should be. But violence seems somehow imbued in the American DNA.
Mark my words: someone will soon be selling t-shirts reading, “Where’s Nancy?”
If you gleefully celebrate any aspect of this assault, look deep in the mirror, my friends, because something inside you is broken.
Enough with the hate. We can disagree on politics without allowing or encouraging the violence.
After all, in the end we’re supposed to be on the same team, right?
Hush
Sometimes it’s hard to contain the enthusiasm in a meeting. But that means you can dominate the conversation. Which is counter to the point of getting together several different people and their views and experiences.
Try not to be that guy.
Awful People
Too frequently these days, I seem to conclude this is the root problem with some people. It’s even more pronounced on social media.
I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes it’s just not worth it.
On my phone, I have a folder I can Utility Cartoons - cartoons I’ve done that seem to have a lot of reuse as rebuttals or parts of debate online. They’re especially useful on Twitter.
I have a feeling I’ll get a lot of use out of this one.
Star Wars Debate
This is the cartoon equivalent of tossing a live grenade into a den of geeks and just stepping back to see what happens.
So, what do y’all think?
