[faireturn]

Criminalization is a reflection of a deep malady at the heart of American politics..

If criminal prosecution is seen to loom ahead for every politician who begins to act out his or her beliefs in unconstitutional government or politics, perhaps reform will be sustainable.

We don't need to pretend to have all the answers, or a solid answer even to one of these questions.
But it's a reasonable bet that when it became clear that a comprehensive strategy of criminalization has been implemented to inflict defeat on politicians who seek to govern as socialists, that true reform would soon follow.

[chesley]

I had similar thoughts. Whatever weapons the Dems use against us, we are morally entitled to use against them, in only in self-defense. Of course, when we do, we get complaints about how we are polarizing politics.