Why Republicans Are on the Verge of Fistfights
www.politico.com
A historian who studies political violence and the runup to the Civil War explains why congressmen are getting ready to brawl.

This is not opinion or leftist. It’s news about fighting in the party, which is factual, recent, and on-topic.

Removal of this post is admitting that this sub is only about being a safe space for conservatives to circle-jerk while ignoring reality.

I encourage a discussion about the recent conflicts inside the party, how that might impact the party moving forward, and what can be done to prevent this divide.

  • intensely_human
    27·
    8 months ago

    I think it’s good that there’s still some aspect of society where men can literally hit each other, and benefit from the peace of mind and bonding that actual fisticuffs inevitably leads to.

    • BigMacHole
      91·
      8 months ago

      Republicans: We’re the Party of Family Values. Also Republicans: Senators should be able to fight people in the Senate.

      • PizzaMan
        82·
        8 months ago

        Don’t forget the time they elected a guy who has constantly cheated on his partners, and had several kids from several different mothers.

        And don’t forget the countless times they’ve voted to end social safety nets that help keep kids/families out of poverty.

        They’re the party of “grab em by the pussy”, not family values.

    • intensely_human
      17·
      8 months ago

      And while that may sound like a joke, it’s not. I’m dead serious that I think it’s a tragedy that men are now completely cut off from that beautiful, peaceful feeling one gets from reducing his beef with another man down to physical pain, and then ensuring both men hurt a little, and the tension just being gone afterward.

      I don’t think it’s right to view “descending to blows” to be the worst thing that’s happened in congress lately.