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These two are former state AGs and IMHO their kind should be barred from being part of any important deliberative body, they are prosecutors with strictly punit
by fyoving 7y ago
These two are former state AGs and IMHO their kind should be barred from being part of any important deliberative body, they are prosecutors with strictly punitive mindset in a legislative body that is also supposed to encourage entrepreneurship and look after national interests, and at any rate everyone should be wary of grandstanding and populist pronouncements by elected officials.
P.S
State AG should not be an elected position.
- gist 7y ago> their kind should be barred from being part of any important deliberative body It is hard for me to not agree with that (at least emotionally) but I would then argue further to also limit the number of attorneys that are legislatures since as a very general rule they are trained to think a certain way. Of course this idea (your idea and my idea) is not practical and will never happen. But the truth is like with any profession if you are in it long enough you tend to think in a certain way. I remember Obama (a trained Harvard Lawyer) thinking he could just sit down the two parties in the middle east conflict and just have them talk things out. Like it was going to be some kind of binding arbitration where both sides were reasonable and not impacted by past biases (or other influences). A totally ridiculous idea. (Not saying by the way that had anything to do with the fact that he was trained as an attorney but more that to your point a person's past can determine greatly how they think things should be handled). Prosecutors are reinforced by winning even in the face of evidence of innocence to the contrary just like sports teams win that is the name of the game not being nice to your opponents.
- tzakrajs 7y agoNice ad hominem fallacy you got there