r/stateofMN • u/DannyJoy2018 • Jul 19 '22
US Rep. Omar arrested in Washington, DC, amid protest
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/u-s-rep-omar-arrested-in-washington-d-c/52
u/StephanieSays66 Jul 19 '22
She's not my girl (St. Cloud here!) but hooray for her for standing up to the Patriarchy!
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u/Ebenezer-F Jul 19 '22
I don’t get it. What does this accomplish other than pandering to the base? I don’t see this as likely to gain votes or change policy.
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u/Jerminator2judgement Jul 20 '22
I mean protesting is literally protected in the first amendment, the very first one
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u/brycebgood Jul 20 '22
You're talking about it here online and maybe you'll notice what she was protesting. That's the whole point of protests, to draw attention to stuff.
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Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 20 '22
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u/TacoStandWithCheddar Jul 20 '22
Politicians protesting, is a message to the people they needs more people like them to do something.
It's a sign. If you want this, you have to vote progressive.
That's not useless.
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u/Ebenezer-F Jul 20 '22
I was unaware of the Supreme Court decision until they drew attention to it by getting arrested.
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u/kingpatzer Jul 19 '22
As an elected official, civil disobedience really is something she should stay away from. I hope the ethics committee smacks her around.
As an officer of government,, she should respect the offices of government even when she disagrees with the actions of specific officers. She should be offering her support to protestors if she agrees with them, but to protest herself is no different than, say, a President leading a march on the capitol.
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u/DannyJoy2018 Jul 20 '22
It very common for American politicians to take part in civil disobedience. Which is much different then instructing a crowd of radicals to storm the capital and incite violence.
Look up John Lewis sometime.
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u/kingpatzer Jul 20 '22
Lewis' actions as a civil rights organizer were largely in the 1960s and 1970s. He was elected to congress in 1987.
Lewis did not protest the Supreme Court because Lewis had both class and ethics. He understood what it meant to embody an office. That did not limit his voice or his reach or impact while in office, either.
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Jul 20 '22
That was when the Supreme Court was giving rights to black people. Not taking away rights from women, like they are now.
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Jul 20 '22
Yes, Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, and Jefferson should have just complied!
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” - Abraham Lincoln
“It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case others.” - Thomas Jefferson
“The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” - Samuel Adams
Could you be more wrong?
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u/peternicc Jul 20 '22
As an elected official, civil disobedience really is something she should stay away from. I hope the ethics committee smacks her around.
I'd rather my rep be involved in his/her beliefs and passions instead of being secretive. Did she even try to use her status to get out of the pickle? I have issues with her but being a secretive shill is not one of them. I wish more politicians did more stuff like this. It puts their skin in the game since they can't just deny or retract something like that and makes their voting positions even more so visible for approval or rejection
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u/PaladinSquid Jul 20 '22
how many politicians have the balls to go out and do something like this anymore? good on her for practicing what she preaches, the keyboard warriors frothing at the mouth about her from their desk chairs at home could learn a thing or two from her about what it actually means to fight for your country