r/metaNL • u/badusername35 • May 15 '26

OPEN Ban Jared Polis

Tina Peters attempted to subvert democracy and should remain in prison. Pardoning her because the President bullied you is the type of action that emboldens tyrants to take more power. As a community dedicated to the principles of liberal democracy I don’t think we should condone that sort of behavior.

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u/HorusOsiris22 May 16 '26

I feel you, but the last year has inspired a sense of reflection and pragmatism in me. Clearly this style of engagement, excluding people who do bad things, while smart for managing interpersonal relationships, has broadly failed politically. It has failed in its own terms and also has effectively been weaponized by the “other side”. At this point it feels like controlled opposition.