'Utter stupidity': Missouri Republican bids to bring back dueling for senators

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Fri 26 Jan 2024 10.59 EST


A Missouri Republican’s proposal to reintroduce dueling to solve statehouse differences was branded “utter stupidity” by a leading historian of political violence.

“Back in the day,” Joanne B Freeman of Yale tweeted, “they were smart enough to take dueling OUTSIDE. The draft that I saw suggests doing it in the chamber. This doesn’t show guts or bravery or manhood – if it’s supposed to. It shows utter stupidity.” Freeman is the author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War. The state senator behind the proposal said he was making a point about the breakdown of regular order in Missouri politics.

The draft rule change came to national notice when it was posted to social media by Democrats in the state senate. “The Missouri Republican civil war continues to escalate as a member of the Freedom Caucus faction has filed a proposed rule change to allow senators to challenge an ‘offending senator to a duel’,” they wrote.

The Missouri Freedom Caucus is a hardline rightwing group on the lines of the group of the same name in the US House of Representatives and with a similarly fractious relationship with party leaders, impeding political business.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/26/missouri-republican-dueling-statehouse

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[FakeNoose]

1. Well this is bizarre

I hope the Attorney General steps in and says something quickly!

[ZERTErYNOthe]

2. I kind of like this ...

I love this:

"Back in the day,” Joanne B Freeman of Yale tweeted, “they were smart enough to take dueling OUTSIDE. The draft that I saw suggests doing it in the chamber. This doesn’t show guts or bravery or manhood – if it’s supposed to. It shows utter stupidity.”

I think dueling should be brought back. Not just for congress, for ordinary citizens, but not in a Florida stand your ground way. I'm thinking the insurance people who deny coverage your doctor said was necessary. After they put your life at risk, are they courageous enough to stand by their decisions by facing you in a duel?

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I am embarrassed for my state (Missouri). Where do these people come from? I know that in the vast

outreaches of interior Missouri, they go nuts since there is nothing out there in the middle of Missouri (there really is a lot of stuff out there, trout fishing, etc., all kinds of parks, etc. out there, but this behavior?). Must be drinking some bad well water.

What a way to showcase decent and responsible behavior eh? Our leaders are supposed to show the rest of Missouri residents how to act decent and be human. They are not.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Every state

has their share of loons.

[Rebl2]

7. They come

from the backwoods I suppose. Some of the far right people in the state house need to lose their positions next election. Oh by the way I live in Misery, oops, I mean MO.

[Turbineguy]

5. Republicans should duel more.

With each other.

[electric_blue68]

6. Derp, derp, derp....

Derp!

Geeeebz! 😄🤪
😡 Asshat, twit!