Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Some Oregon GOP state senators flee state rather than vote on climate bill" video.

  1. Even more proof of why repubicans are simply incapable of governing. The Salaries and benefits of every Republican who left should immediately be stopped.
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  2. Conservatism, by its very core nature, is an absolutist, black-and-white way of thinking. Conservatism is rooted in the past; it is hidebound, dogmatic, intellectually incurious, unwilling to explore and examine differing viewpoints, and completely, often rabidly dismissive of evidence to the contrary of its beliefs and core principles. "Conservative" people tend to be adamantly, willfully, often venomously ignorant of the truth, because the truth offends them. They seem to be hard-wired into this obstinacy, to the point of pathological obsession. This is why repubicans are simply incapable of governing, because Republicans aren't interested in governing, they want to rule, and there's a big difference between the two. Deep down, republicans don't actually believe in democracy, or our Constitution. Ruling, and authoritarianism, lies at the heart of what conservatism has always been about.
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  3. No Body So true. I've spent a lot of time in Oregon and Washington State. And they are two of the most beautiful states in the country.
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