• CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thank fuck. She was such a fucking piece of shit to be hogging her office like that when she was clearly too old and senile. Good riddance!

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      Can’t make her own decisions so needed to give power of attorney to her daughter, but can make decisions that would impact millions of Americans and international politics

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      The most based take here. Get these old fucks that couldnt possibly represent us out. Term limits and age limits are needed badly, and these fossils need to get the fuck out of office and let new blood in

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        Not a fan of term limits, but age limits absolutely. Once you’re old enough to get social security, your time as an elected or appointed official is done. And no, we should not allow people to run who will age out while in office.

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          65 is way too low, especially an effective 59 while running. Just make it 80, with an effective 74 for candidates. There are plenty of highly capable 70 year olds.

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            Sure there are plenty of capable 70 year olds, but mid to late 70s is where dramatic health changes is very short periods of time and diminished mental capacity starts to be commonplace. 65 as an age limit to run (meaning the oldest senators could be 71) makes a lot of sense.

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              I feel like any lower than absolutely necessary is a problem, because of how important gaining power within the Senate is. Its uncommon to become a senator before age 50 (currently 10 are under 50), and it can take 2-3 terms before you get to be head of committees. I think you could make the hard limit 75 to run, with anyone over 70 subject to some sort of yearly test both physical and mental, the results of which are public. 75 because they’ll still retire at age 80 that way. As long as they can prove competency, we should let the most experienced people take the reins.

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      It was painfully apparent she was confused after returning to the Senate earlier in the year. This is a clear-cut case of manipulation. Also elder abuse.

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      I’m just going to throw this out there: if she was too old and senile, was she actually in control or was she being controlled?

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        Both, kinda. I think she was too gone at the end to know where she even was, but she still should have stepped aside YEARS ago when she was lucid enough to know she was declining. Again, she’s still a fucking piece of shit cunt for not doing so.

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          I don’t really necessarily want to defend her, but she also is dead so I can’t agree with calling her that. I’ll try being the devil’s advocate instead.

          Some people have a hard time realizing their decline, maybe it’s denial, maybe it’s the same reason you can boil a frog alive if you don’t heat up the water too fast. Person I knew semigvoluntarily gave up their license (a bit of coercion by the immediate family had probably occurred), but they got bored and hated taking the bus, so got the license renewed.

          The only solution is an age limit, and it’ll never happen because the people who’ll vote in it are the same that’ll be affected.

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            1. Why should being dead change what people call someone? I understand *why *people might think this way, but I just think that they’re wrong.
            2. The boiling frog thing is a myth.
            3. If it’s denial, then I would still find her morally blameworthy for hogging the seat for so damn long.
            4. If the person you knew isn’t fit to drive anymore and would genuinely represent a threat on the road, then they are a bad person for trying to renew their license, just like Dianne Feinstein is a cunt.
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            I have no idea who this person is, but the vitriol and hatred I see towards the person is extreme online. Especially a lot of sexist slurs like “bitch”, “cunt”, etc.

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              Are you an American? Because if you are, and you are over the age of 21 or so, and you don’t know who she is then you must not be politically aware.