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INTEREST: Far-Right Republican Representative Paul Gosar Posts Anti-Immigrant Parody of Attack on Ti

Odd choice on Gosar The Gosarian's part, considering that no anime demonstrates the failure of big beautiful walls quite like Attack on Titan.

Gosar wrote: "I do not espouse violence or harm towards any Member of Congress or Mr. Biden." The statement goes on to say that the video is meant as a symbolic representation of conflict between Gosar and President Biden and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez concerning the immigration policy included in the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill.

The Constitution allows for Congressmen to be removed through expulsion via reaching a two-thirds vote within their respective chambers...I don't know what you intended to accomplish by obfuscating things (rhetorically asking others what they want to be done when the process is already in place, etc.).

You expect critical thinking from the folks who think Springsteen's Born in the USA is a patriotic pro-America song and not a blistering condemnation of how the government handled war vets in the seventies and eighties?

Not obfuscating anything, seemed to me that those calling for Gosar's removal seem to think there is not a way for him to face consequences other than passing a law or having him forcibly removed (again by whom?) and I wanted to head off thinking that a tribunal or something would be needed when impeachment is an orderly method already available within our governmental system. I wasn't aware there was another means, so thanks for bringing that up. A secondary point was that the people have an inalienable right to project their will on the government by electing representatives and if said representative is faithfully representing them, short of breaking established laws another group shouldn't have the right to decide if he can be allowed to do so which is what seemed to be implied by some commentators.

Desslok wrote:

You expect critical thinking from the folks who think Springsteen's Born in the USA is a patriotic pro-America song and not a blistering condemnation of how the government handled war vets in the seventies and eighties?

Is it not patriotic to be anti-war and pro-working class veteran? Or is being a pro-war imperialist the only way to support American democracy?

Zalis116 wrote:

Odd choice on Gosar The Gosarian's part, considering that no anime demonstrates the failure of big beautiful walls quite like Attack on Titan.

You expect critical thinking from the folks who think Springsteen's Born in the USA is a patriotic pro-America song and not a blistering condemnation of how the government handled war vets in the seventies and eighties?