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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 187: On a Motherloving Cop
redrocket 08/11/18 2:34:58 PM #21:	Lightning Strikes posted... redrocket posted... Lightning Strikes posted... Jakyl25 posted... They cant kick you out of claiming youre part of the party They can just publicly distance themselves from you by disinviting you to conventions and such Well that's scary. Basically nothing to stop lunatics from taking over. Though this does explain why a lot of people who should really resign did not. I mean, we still have means to remove them from office. And you just said that kicking someone out of their party in the UK doesn't actually do anything. They just carry on at their post as an independent. So, wut? It makes it A LOT harder to get elected; it effectively ends their career come the next election. It also suspends a lot of the benefits they get from party membership. And most importantly it makes it clear that the party does not stand for that stuff. All of this stuff still holds true in the US when a politician gets disowned by party leadership, minus the ability to officially boot them from the party. We just have one party right now that is ok with its members doing a lot of unsavory stuff. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:906695898] in Politics C... [t:76890820]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightning Strikes posted...</cite> <quote><cite>redrocket posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightning Strikes posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Jakyl25 posted...</cite> <quote>They cant kick you out of claiming youre part of the party They can just publicly distance themselves from you by disinviting you to conventions and such</quote> Well that's scary. Basically nothing to stop lunatics from taking over. Though this does explain why a lot of people who should really resign did not.</quote> I mean, we still have means to remove them from office. And you just said that kicking someone out of their party in the UK doesn't actually do anything. They just carry on at their post as an independent. So, wut?</quote> It makes it A LOT harder to get elected; it effectively ends their career come the next election. It also suspends a lot of the benefits they get from party membership. And most importantly it makes it clear that the party does not stand for that stuff.</quote> All of this stuff still holds true in the US when a politician gets disowned by party leadership, minus the ability to officially boot them from the party. We just have one party right now that is ok with its members doing a lot of unsavory stuff. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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