The thing that people seem to be missing about the Marjorie Taylor Greene story is intent.

in marjorie •  3 years ago 

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https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/22/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-disqualification/index.html

I'm not a fan of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Aryeh Neier wasn't a fan of the Nazis when he defended their right to march on Skokie.

I don't know how any supporters of these actions against her have any real values.

Any argument that she incited or aided the events of January 6th is thinner than paper. She made statements after the election about voter fraud and a stolen election that I regard to be wrong; but, if we decide that those statements make her accountable for January 6th, we're perching ourselves on a greased precipice.

How is this compatible with democracy? I'm not a fan of democracy myself; but, everybody on the side of preventing people from having the option to vote for Taylor Greene at least pretends to support democracy.

If you claim to support liberal values, you have to be on Taylor Greene's side on this one issue.

I still argue that any argument that she directly incited, inspired, or aided the events of January 6th are thin.

Still, given the evidence that we do have, there's a valid question about what she believes.

If she legitimately believes that the election of the most powerful person on the planet was obtained through illegitimate or illegal means, her actions were taken to preserve the union, not to undermine it.

Our country was founded through insurrection. I don't agree with Taylor Greene on anything that comes to mind; but, I do think that she legitimately wanted to preserve the union rather than destroy it.

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