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Missouri rule change would allow senators to challenge each other to a duel (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 100 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Politicians want to harm each other directly instead of harming millions indirectly? Fuck it, let em.

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

I think it's more of a "yes and" kind of thing.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

More like they want to kill democrat or further left opponents we the people of the cities in Missouri (STL&KC) put up against them with impunity. They’ll just claim a duel was called and murder them

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Some of them will overestimate themselves. It won’t be a Democrat-only bloodbath.

[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

In this case, it's internecine conflict between the ordinary-grade-batshit Republicans that make up the majority of the Senate, and the weapons-grade-batshit Freedom Caucus weirdos who've been behaving with the sort of decorum and respect for good governance that we've all come to know and love from their fellow travelers in the national party, and I for one say we should let them fight.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

More like, "I want to harm them, but not the other way around" kind of thing.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey, if they’re hurting and killing each other instead of us, that’s a win.

[–] Takios@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

It won't be an "instead" though. Duelling will be used to get rid of those rare politicians that actually want to help people or improve the system.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I can't wait to see some senatorial rapier duels.

Actually, scratch that, I want to see some senatorial molitov cocktail duels!

Jason Mendoza said it best "just throw a molitov cocktail and then bang, right away, you have a different problem!"

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Nit: Molotov