sosayusall wrote:
If you replace transgender with something like gays, women, or minorities would you still think of both sides as children?
I am closer to Newman than MTG on this issue, but I don't think I am 100% aligned with her either. It is complicated issue, that isn't as clear in my head as I would like it to be to before engaging in a debate on the issue.
That said, It doesn't have anything to do with the issue. It has everything to do with how our representatives chose to handle disagreements.
I don't approve of how Newman chose to respond to MTG's objections to the bill in the first tweet. I found MTG's tweet boorish and offensive. And then I realized she was mimicking Newman's tweet.
Should my view of Newman's handling of the difference in their position on the issue be any different than that I had formed of MTG?
(MTG, admittedly, comes into this with much baggage, so again I wasn't surprised by her poor response. But Newman doesn't bring that same baggage. No one in Congress is calling for Newman to be censured or removed from Congress for her prior actions. I think Congress would be a better place without her.)
I see Newman dropping to MTG's level of pettiness. There are better ways to fight a good fight.
I used to expect that our elected officials would handle disagreements professionally, now I am surprised when they do.
Suffer Well.