I am not trying to convince you of anything. It is my opinion that you have your head so far up the Democrats' puppet hole that such a feet is impossible. For the record, ad homimem is a commonly used tactic (including in this article), so I assumed it was fair game.

Alright Fio, challenge accepted.

The above is nothing more than baseless rhetoric designed to paint the events of Jan 6th as some major tragedy for the US. It sloppily meanders through the usual tricks, painting the morons as heroes, the protesters as racists and conspiracy theorists, and leaning on the narrative that the highlight reel of Protests Gone Wild was in fact an attempted insurrection. "Oh, if not for the brave actions of the Capitol Police, and Nancy Pelosi!" ( ) Jesus, the inversion here, attributing hero status to the woman responsible for the underfit security detail and police who were responsible for the one direct casualty of that day

Anyway, an honest look at J6 is it was a protest that was allowed to get out of hand so bad actors could manufacture news to polarize the population. Since you certainly don't agree with me on this point, and since it's not really relevant, I'll move on.

Probably the highlight of the article. I did enjoy the shitshow. Though the author can't help but inject stupidity into the narrative, naming the Republican Party as no longer able to claim they are serious. First of all, if they are a joke, then what does that make the party of John Fetterman, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden? More importantly, it belittles the movement represented by McCarthy's failure to slide in to his role as assigned by the unelected interests of the Republican Party. This should be viewed as a win for all. Instead it is cast down as some infantile attempt to take control away from the adults in the room, as we shall see in the coming paragraphs.

Here's where the author connects J6 to 10 rounds of McCarthy. And the author is not wrong to associate the two events. It is true that many of the opposition were people outside of the Republican Party who benefited from the galvanization of the party due to the success of Trump. But, even buying the bullshit narrative that J6 was an insurrection, claiming voting no for McCarthy is not even remotely on that level. Prima Facie, it is not, simply on the grounds that each vote was performed legally. You can call it a power grab, but an insurrection it is not.

Anyway, this is getting long in the tooth, so skipping to the main point (such as it is)...

And here we have the assertion that government is inherently good, and opposing it is evil and fueled by inciting chaos. To such an extent that the author sides with establishment Republicans over the MAGA party. What are they going to do? the author can't say, but it is definitely self-serving and destructive. Trust her, she doesn't need receipts. Didn't she already call them racists and conspiracy theorists?

Government is not the point. The point is to have a country where people can live peacefully and pursue their happiness with as much freedom as possible. And despite my personal beliefs that it is, in fact, the enemy, I will say government can be a tool to protect those freedoms, by policing thieves and murderers, and raising armies to defend against other countries. But of course, this is not only what government is. It is a source of power, and power is often associated with a human failing or two, if I recall. And that failing manifests in many ways, but a common one is the marriage of corrupt politicians and greedy corporate lobbyists legislating mutual wealth at the expense of the population. That combination of corruption and greed is an inevitability of time, and the longer something is around, the more likely this is to be the case.

Yet the article implies the opposite. Trust the establishment, don't trust the new face in the room. Because... Trump, racist, etc etc

This article does nothing but pluck emotional strings, paint strawmen and preach to hate the other. The aim is to defend the corrupt establishment, which is a fascistic union of one two-headed dinosaur and the Neo House of Merchants.

And that's why Slate is shit.