Some good people see this place as a 'less than' and that if one were to be 'of' this place that somehow they should get what is called, rather vulgarily, the 'steve king treatment'.

and we ask 'are these the kangs who needed to be dethroned'?

I answer if they are elected people they need to be respected.

but when they don't do their jobs?

then they need to be called out?

and if they continue?

then they need to be . . . ? ? ?

we elect good people.

good people say it is 'we the people' who run this country, not some horible group who conspire to evil.

however when we see governors and mayors neglecting their duties, and the national guard needs to be called, and then if one of them dares to question, even in his role as some other office, he sees shit, he thinks this board is fucked up (he didn't use that exact term).

shit ain't right in America in veyr many ways.

we need to trust the stand up people to stand up and say what htey need to say to the powerful.

and even then, when they are supposedly of co-power (a congressman vs a governor) and the congressman says truth to power, as he sees it. And the governor acts like an ass and has the stand up guy investigated . . . and the National Guard comes back and says 'oh govvie, baby, our guy, stand-up, he's fully in his right to say what he wants even if he's not from Vermontz (a joke) because he's doing it in his role as Congressman.

and it makes me understand that there are thousands and thousands of very good men with strong Patriotic voices, like our dear congressman from Illonois who dislikes this place seemingly , many Patriotic voices are muzzled while on active duty to tell a willful governor 'what you are doing isn't right.'

luckily we have some who are more diverse. Or they can speak up when they are off duty.

As citizen anon we have a duty to support people who are good for our country and vocal, even if they don't follow all the same talking points that we like.

we can see them as wanting to do what is best, and having the advice that doesn't include what we find while we dig.

and thus we have a nation and then , yes, it is we the people.

but somehow it feels as though we forget what that means.

And if that congressman gets it he sees this and says 'oh, ya, a free speech board. People are rated by the individual poster . . . and it's a throw away after 751 posts. Hum, maybe I'm being too hard on that place, they really are a patrotic bunch.

that's right, we are, Congressman (he's used to having strangers think that they are having a conversation with him, when they aren't, that's an other interesting thing about our friend, who is our critic, the congressman.)