Rep. Nicole Collier, the Democratic state lawmaker who spent Monday night inside the Texas Capitol, is asking a court to let her exit the building, alleging she’s facing “illegal restraint by the government” after she was told she needs a police escort to leave.
The Fort Worth lawmaker and dozens of other Democrats left Texas earlier this month to delay a vote on a GOP-led plan to redraw the state’s congressional map.
The Democrats returned to Texas in recent days and they were given state police escorts to ensure they will show up when the state House convenes Wednesday, but Collier refused to sign a “permission slip” to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Collier says she slept on the House floor overnight.
Very normal country ya got there.
Tell me where you’re from and we can laugh about yours.
That isn’t the defense you think it is.
That isn’t the insult you think it is.
Dude, I’m from Hungary and the worst thing to happen to lawmakers in our current regime was slashed tires, stupid fines and getting carried out of the state media building.
This would be a next level even after 15 years of Orbán.
Curb your ego
I have no ego. The person with the ego is the person who is laughing first. I’m just curious where they are so I can let them know how fast fascism will get to them. If you’d let me know where you are, I would be able to tell you almost of the month when you will no longer have rights
Something I’ve noticed hanging out with hippies and studying Buddhist meditation masters.
Folks with no ego don’t declare they have no ego. At least not since the time of ancient India.
Folks with massively inflated egos on the other hand, often pretend they’re above everyone else, by proudly proclaiming they don’t have one.
Except in the situation when one is being accused of having an ego, as a person’s opinionated attempt to insult.
Then, as I’m sure you can agree since you’re not choosing sides—right?—that this situation is simply defense.
“I’m only defending myself in this conversation that I inserted myself into on the defensive.”
🥱
Lol
Lmao even
Too afraid to tell me where you are? Lol. Lmao even.
Awww sweet baby. Your country is completely fucked and the best you can do is desperately attempt to deflect and justify. Fix your shit, it’s broken and so intertwined with everyone else(often by force and/or coercion) that we all definitely have good reason to complain. And if you’re so clever it should be easy, right?
You’re adorable. Complain all you want. It is fucked up. But just know, fascism coming for you soon. It’s a global trend.
None of this deflection is making your crap country any better. Here in Canada we pushed our Trump-loving candidate out, even if barely, when there was no way we should have expected to come to that result. Now, in the face of our neighbour being absolutely batshit, we are standing firm and telling the US we don’t need them anymore. We are barely hanging on in many ways but we’re doing it even under the immense pressure from the south while those fools have really no need to be this way but cannot help themselves. Richest country in the world and all the tools to fix their problems but instead they’re here.
There is a lack of perfection in the world and things aren’t as good as they should be. Still, when the chips are down the Conservatives get denied, the AFD loses, and so on and so forth. Except in the US, of course, where things just keep getting worse and worse.
A sad country, that USA. Fix your shit.
The silver lining in the solid wall of roiling black anvil clouds of our storm. At least we helped Canada avoid their own Magat regression
Canada lost to fascism by 3%. The next election will flip you. Fascism is clearly the direction the world is going at the moment. If you had the capability of focusing on anything outside of the United States, you would see this.
I needed a good laugh this morning, so thank you
“tell me what country your from and I’ll tell you how it’s doomed”
-Is told a country, the ‘great insight’ is “I’m sure next election people will vote for fascism.”
Anything to avoid thinking about the problems in your own country or how to deal with it right? Just roll over and take it, it’s the American Way.
Of course you needed a laugh, the US is a hellhole and not getting any better. Buddy I know mental health is treated badly in the US but lashing out at others isn’t going to make your situation any better. Build something better.
“b-b-b-but what about your country!”
🤷♂️ really. What about your country lol. Fascism is coming for the entire west.
So maybe you should do something about it coming for your country instead of pointing the finger at others as an excuse to do nothing.
I am doing things. If I told you, the mods here would moderate it and report it to the police. 🤷♂️
What are you doing to prevent fascism in Canada, after narrowly beating it by 3%
Well right now I’m trying to encourage people in a country that did not beat facism to actually fucking do something about it.
But also:
We have our own encouragement. Please focus on Canada. The USA is a lost cause.
Do you? Every day I see a new article of “Fachist does more dictator things” and yet there doesn’t seem to be anyone doing anything other than complaining online.
Even worse, when someone points out the simple fact that “hey, that’s not normal and shouldn’t be tolerated” Americans respond with “Oh ya?! What about YOUR country?!”
And not a single person is doing any tangible thing to stop it. Because our leaders don’t want to stop it.
Yup
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness