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In reply to the discussion: Would everyone take a deep breather and Chill the F**K OUT! [View all]PatrickforO
(14,624 posts)I just don't think Franken got due process. In addition, I counsel against imposing a 'zero tolerance' stance on this because if you do, you'll end up getting rid of pretty much every man over age 55, because anyone working during the Mad Men culture of the 70s and 80s was part of that culture.
Remember that 'zero tolerance' policies throw out all discretion and all common sense. Think first grade girl being permanently expelled from school because she inadvertently brought her mom's lunch bag instead of her own and mom's had a plastic knife in it. Dozens of stories like this.
The mob mentality is really bad. It caused the deaths of dozens of people back in Salem in the 1600s and the blacklisting of hundreds of people during the McCarthyism red scare era.
I sincerely feel the mob action against Franken on the part of these Senators was despicable.
Not to step on any toes, but I stand for common decency, basic morality and due process.
You know the Dems I most respect now? I most respect the 58 House members who voted FOR debate on articles of impeachment. You know why? They stand for something. Trump's treasonous, illegal and unbalanced behavior cannot seriously be equated with a couple of quasi-creepy things Franken did way back when.
Half the base is male. It ain't me splitting the party.