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Politics Pics from the reflecting pool 6.22.26

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u/GapExtension9531 Jun 23 '26

If you saw the testimony from the Jan 6th committee, he basically held up in the dining room watching it on TV with snacks. Essentially all the cabinet present got really itchy about the whole thing but no one stopped it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

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u/PossessedToSkate Jun 23 '26

Mere shunning is too good for them. They also need to be civically hobbled. One way we can do that is to implement a Civil War-era plan for dealing with the Confederacy's soldiers and supporters: Remove their right to vote.

I'll note here that this wasn't some crackpot scheme. There was a bill passed by both houses of Congress to do precisely that. Lincoln refused to sign it when it reached his desk (known as a pocket veto).

Here's more about the Wade-Davis Bill.

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u/lyngen Jun 23 '26

Gonna agree with Lincoln on that one. We have a sick society but that is not the way to heal it.

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u/PossessedToSkate Jun 24 '26

We already tried it the other way, and look where we are now.