Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fetterman’s behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting.
As if people are nice here.
Lemmy is for being smug 3rd party and reconfirming your own self held superiority for the basic act of being here.
It was built by a lack of tolerance towards and from others.
I also think we shouldn’t tolerate him taking up one of only 100 seats of an important job while he is unwell and should do so privately.
Wait, are you being held here against your will?! Blink once for “no,” twice for “yes!”
Nah I can close this app and not care to check for days.
I want a news link aggregator and a vibe check on where the social liberals are at culturally and so I check here for both.
I have no intention of having the frequent comment and post history of those seeking validation and witnesses for their life actions.
I get the added bonus of about 1-2 hobbies with nearly empty communities though so maybe one day I will blink twice for you.
Edit: there is no formatting syntax escape I guess.
You’re so amazing. Can i touch you? Maybe it’ll rub off on me.
No unfortunately you have to develop your own life.
Any tips? At what stage do i come to an online forum and proudly declare myself above everyone on said forum? Is that, like, 101 level, or are there prereqs?
Nah you just start that way and never change or adapt your understanding of anything. Heck you are already there with being able to misread comments and jump to conclusions about other people’s statements cause it makes you feel better if you think they are looking down at you thus giving you early permission to be condescending back.
You make a great lemming and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise cause… Well, in proper fashion you won’t listen.
…I’m sorry, what? I tuned out there for a minute. Saw a squirrel. See you tomorrow for your response I’ll totally read.
Glad to make your morning with my news letter.
And notice I didn’t call myself better. We are all equal trash. Humans suck and this place is a condention chamber of that shittiness.
I am just aware and not against the backlash of calling others out for it while working on myself.
It’s not smugness, or being mean. This man is a sitting US Senator. His decisions directly affect the well-being of literally hundreds of millions of people.
Shit is far too important to be treated with kid gloves. If you’re getting into national politics, you better stop giving a fuck about people being “nice” to you.
Oh agreed that this is really important. Literally he is taking a seat on a council of 100 people who are supposed to be the best and most representative of their constituents and yelling about people being nice to him. He needs to step down.
But also the comments in here are smug. Lemmy is not a place for nuance or empathy but vague superiority based on some form of intellectualism that is not owed or earned.
People just feel good about complaining about him and view it as a space to dish out their milquetoast worse. Nothing here is helpful for the real world.