So, you're angry. What are you going to DO about it?

[brooklynite]

You're angry that Attorney General Garland hasn't prosecuted Trump and his cronies as quickly as you want and isn't telling you what steps are being taken.

You're angry that the Jan 6 Committee isn't holding as many public hearings as you want and the House has gone off on recess.

Well, Attorney General Garland is ultimately responsible to President Biden. And the Committee is ultimately responsible to Speaker Pelosi. So, have you contacted them to demand changes? Or is complaining on a blog they don't read sufficient?

[Grasswire2]

1. what's the point of this question?

Every Democrat has a vote and an opinion and may voice that opinion as he/she wishes. Rank and file Dems don't need herding, and they don't need anyone telling them what they may or may not or should or should not say.

Not your bidness. Or mine.

[brooklynite]

2. What am I doing? Expressing my opinion...

...that continuous whining about what a terrible job the people investigating Trump and the Jan 6 insurrection are doing is tiring.

[StarfishSaver]

4. As is the continued whining about how anyone who tries to explain to them why their whining is

misplaced is accused of trying to stop other people from expressing their opinion.

[Grasswire2]

9. take up a hobby, maybe?

Nannying rank and file voters surely must get tedious.

[StarfishSaver]

10. So must chasing me from thread to thread whining that I'm not letting people express themselves

[Grasswire2]

11. chasing you?

Nah.

I'm laughing very hard.

But I WILL point out this tendency of some to want to stifle rank and file Dems every time I see it.

Better believe it.

[Grasswire2]

14. by the way...

who was in this thread first? Hm?

[Grasswire2]

8. Well, you didn't say that.

That's on you, if you're tired by it.

Every voter's opinion is as valid as yours. (That must be a shocking thought for some.) Even the ones who have no position in life, no financial contributions, no status, no experience, nothing in their favor except that vote, that opinion.

Rank and file. Too often left behind, despised, rejected, ignored, denied a voice.

[StarfishSaver]

3. You answered your own question in the body of your post

"Every Democrat has a vote and an opinion and may voice that opinion as he/she wishes."

The OP apparently wished to voice THEIR opinion in the form of a question.

[Grasswire2]

12. except that we have a rule here about denigrating other Democrats...

...and that means not telling rank and file voters what to do, implying that they are somehow inferior to others.

[StarfishSaver]

15. Your constant refrain that my opinion somehow denigrates "rank and file Democrats"

is both false and amusing, especially in light of your and others' consistent trashing of Congressional Democrats, the Democratic Attorney General and, by extension, the Democratic President and his administration.

But this is nothing new. I recall the same accusations and tactics during the lead up to impeachment. I guess enough time has passed to wipe all that egg off of faces and hope everyone's forgotten.

[Grasswire2]

17. show me where I have trashed any Congressional Democrat, the AG, or President Biden.

Maybe you should explain what you mean by "trashing", too. Maybe your definition is one that excludes honest opinions from voters.

Here is what I see: I see you constantly trying to tamp down opinions. I don't like that, because I don't like the idea of party elites or wannabe elites shutting out the voices of others. We need every voice, every vote. The Democratic Party must be a party where every voice is heard.

Members of Congress and appointed officials and even President Biden don't need amateurs tamping down public opinion and public demands.

Let the people speak.

[SunImp]

16. Yeah, this place would be better if people weren't so antagonistic to one another all the time

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[Scrivener7]

5. Oh no! You said we don't need anyone telling us what to say! That's a no no! You've awakened

Smaug!

[Kaleva]

13. Points out that when a person feels strongly about something, they'll take aggressive action

in response.

It's human nature.

Correspondingly, a person who deems an issue to be of little importance will do little in response to it. They may post in social media expressing their annoyance, which they describe as anger, and not much else.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Ethically, Garland cannot announce any investigations or planned prosecutions

Garland is complying with the code of ethics which is a good thing,

I really like this step

Link to tweet

[Chautauquas]

7. yeah, well

“Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.”