A lawmaker was caught on tape dumping water into her colleague’s bag. He says it’s part of a yearslong pattern of bullying. - VTDigger
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Rep. Jim Carroll, D-Bennington, said his district-mate, Rep. Mary Morrissey, R-Bennington, has taunted him for years with verbal harassment.
    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      15 days ago

      I agree, you could find it on a schoolyard.

      But it’s not weird to get hung up about it, consider my angle: By talking like this, we’re defaming or decrying children. It will lead to less self-determination for young people in general, thus promoting the gerontocracy.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.world
        English
        41·
        15 days ago

        Children are not expected to be in full control of their emotions. Children are not expected to be experts in any field. Children are not expect to create laws for the country. By comparing them to children, we are saying they do not have the mental maturity to handle their respective duties. Which is a perfectly reasonable way of putting it. Children should never be in charge of anything important. They should be figuring life and themselves out before their soul gets caught in the gears of capitalism and is crushed for its value.

      • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
        35·
        15 days ago

        By talking like this, we’re defaming or decrying children. It will lead to less self-determination for young people in general, thus promoting the gerontocracy.

      • stoly@lemmy.world
        14·
        15 days ago

        LOL you are being oppositional for its own sake. There is no issue here, you’ve just flat out made one up.