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I know a lot of us don’t read the news, so here’s a meme. The Republican Speaker of the House has begun an impeachment inquiry on U.S. President Biden.

Context: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/12/why-biden-impeachment-inquiry/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-us-house-republican-mccarthy-calls-biden-impeachment-inquiry-2023-09-12/

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[–] Spike@feddit.de 83 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Do not think they do not recognize their own hypocrisy. It is a demonstration of power: "See, I can get away with it. Because I am in power."

[–] darq@kbin.social 70 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This. To anyone who thinks this is the Republicans being hypocritical: They know. They do not care. They are lying to your face. Pointing out the hypocrisy does literally nothing because they. Do. Not. Care.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Ugh. It's time to post this Sartre quote again. I hate that it's still relevant:

“Never believe that [they] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. [They] have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

[–] neocamel@lemmy.studio 1 points 1 year ago

I find the last sentence of that quote particularly interesting. Any example of this tactic recently?

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