(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . This Is What Scum Looks Like [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-01-31 “We have come to live in a society based on insults, on lies and on things that just aren’t true. It creates an environment where deranged people feel empowered.” – Colin Powell When cruelty is the point, did you even have a point to begin with? When unabashed hatred becomes your calling card, were you just a hateful person all along who’s been exposed by your enthusiastic participation and support of your tribe? Were you just looking for a chance to show your true self, and now you’ve found it? The photo above is a compilation of the responses of some Republican politicians and public figures to the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, by an assailant in their San Francisco home last year. An 82-year-old man was almost beaten to death with a hammer, and this collection of scum thought it would make a great joke. They figured it would somehow be a keen talking point in their endless attempts to “own the libs” because life and death is no big deal when it involves the other side. Surveillance and police body camera footage of the incident were released last week, showing that those on the Right making false, and sometimes homophobic, claims about the attack were simply lying. Yeah, real funny. But these attacks on Pelosi – really on his wife, who’ll live on in our history books while her critics won’t even rate a footnote – tell us more than what disgusting human beings these bottom feeders really are. Because when being an ass is all you’ve got, then you’re just an ass. When you have no plans, no policies, no agenda, no real desire to govern, you just talk shit about the other side. When you can’t intelligently discuss the issues or offer legitimate solutions to our country’s problems, you play off the hate of your constituents, collect your paycheck, and search for rich donors who know you’re a piece of garbage but value your votes that will benefit them. Look at it this way, if you’re sick and worried about what’s going to happen, you want the doctor to walk into the examining room and tell you he knows what the problem is and here’s how we’re going to tackle it, not some racist, babbling clown pandering to the common human failings that he thinks will make you like him. When the plane you’re flying in hits turbulence, or blows out an engine, you want a skilled, focused pilot to right the ship, not some boob who never took his craft seriously because he decided that he’d get further ahead by pandering to his boss’s stupid fears and ignorance than actually becoming really good at flying the damn plane. Yes, now it’s serious because it’s your life, your death, not some guy’s you’re supposed to hate because of his party affiliation, his skin color, his religion, what he does in his bedroom, or that his wife is the chosen target of a clan of political cowards. When are we going to understand that we elect our politicians to do an important job of running the most powerful country in the world while also ensuring the greater good for its citizens, not to perform some pathetic lounge act, trying to get by with some outlandish schtick and no real principles to govern their lives, let alone their decision making? The Republican Party has nothing to offer, so they offer nothing. Their wear their unfitness for office and their personal repugnance like a badge of honor, because when push comes to shove, they have no real desire, courage, or moral compass to lead them to do the right thing. They’re weak men and women who’ve embraced corruption and lies because deep down they know they’re not capable of standing before the voters on their own two feet and offering anything close to a compelling argument about why they’re the best person for the elected office they seek. They’re cowards trying to act brave all while we see their knees knocking and their flop sweat because they know that if enough people got smart and interested enough to pull back the curtain, they’d see who they really are and the danger they present. Some are members of the media who have found a quick path to success – meaning more money – by ignoring the hard work, adherence to the high standards of journalism, personal integrity, and sense of fair play needed to become the leaders in their field. Instead, they go for cheap parlor tricks, sensationalism, distortion, lies, and lack of any semblance of human decency. Walter Cronkite vs. Tucker Carlson? Are you kidding me? All the cruelty, the lack of empathy, the hate, the racism, the lies, the fear mongering, they’re all just substitutes for skill, intelligence, knowledge, integrity, compassion, and competence. It’s their only chance to win what they see as a zero-sum game where other people are nothing more than political pawns whose hopes, dreams, legitimate fears, and suffering are only white noise drowned out by the drumbeat driving their ambition, greed, and lust for power and all its trappings. Don’t fall for their shit. *** Thank you for reading my post. 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