There is no pressure

[TexasTowelie]

I've been struck by the huge amount of whining from Republican lawmakers in the past several weeks. It typically goes like this. Trump or one of his hit-men puts in a telephone call to some bureaucrat somewhere and the bureaucrat caves. Then everybody circles their wagons to have the "pressure" conversation. "That administrator is under a lot of pressure from the President," pundits say. "It's terrible."

To which I say, bullshit.

Here's the truth: No one can put pressure on anyone else unless they're holding a gun to their head or something similar. Short of that, succumbing to pressure is just weakness of character and cowardice. It works like this. I call on the phone and lean hard on you to get you to do what I want. I coax, cajole, guilt-trip, threaten, whatever. I really, really, really want you do go along with me. I do my best to brow-beat you into going along.

What do you do? You have a couple of options. You can cave to my wishes and then say you were "pressured" into something you didn't want to do. You blame me because you don't have the spine to take responsibility for your cowardice. And it's easy to get the people around you to go along with your pity party. It's not your fault. The devil make you do it.

Or you can tell me to fuck off and then do what you really think is right.

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[Cha]

1. Bravo to James.. Well done!

TY TT!

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome

It's exhausting to listen to the excuses that some people make so that their laziness and thoughtlessness isn't disturbed.

[Cha]

3. Yes it IS.. & James lays it all out

how their excuses are just that.. cowardly & weak.

[TigressDem]

4. Sometimes I think tRump is going all Al Capone on people.

I truly wouldn't put it past him to threaten people and/or their families with outright murder. "I'm the pResident. I can make you gone and everyone will think it was an accident. I can make your whole family gone."



"No one can put pressure on anyone else unless they're holding a gun to their head or something similar."


This situation is so bad, we won't know for many decades the full extent of how awful it was for people. But yeah, could just be fear of never working in this town again.