(09-17-2021 02:57 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  We interrupt this anti-Dem spam posting to bring you one article criticizing the Republican Party (and bringing my attention to my new favorite political faction - Ostrich Republicans):

Quote: The retirement of Trump-impeachment-supporting Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), in part over fears for the safety of his young family, is a deeply ominous sign for our politics.

It might be a Trump era cliché to say that “this is not normal” but a 36-year-old congressman in his second term doesn’t just retire. That is the start of one’s career, not the finish. Moreover, a 36-year-old Republican congressman sure as **** doesn’t retire because he is scared Republican voters might hurt his family.

That is not normal. At all. It is a flashing siren about just how dangerous the Republican party has become…

Gonzalez, a father of two, said the resignation was about living a “fuller family life.” But it wasn’t hard to read between the lines. He told the New York Times that he no longer wishes to live a life where he has to “have my wife and kids escorted through the airport” by security and where he receives ominous messages from people saying “we’re coming to your house.”

https://www.thebulwark.com/dark-omen-in-...etirement/

The Bulwark writer might want to consider which end of the political spectrum has been the primary champion of harassing public figures around town and at their homes for holding disfavored views. Don't they call it "consequence culture"?