What’s noteworthy is that because the senate has a huge tilt toward Republicans than can do unpopular things with limited political cost — that’s really bad imo but it’s not a question of manners or norms or anything.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 22, 2020

I don’t think he’s blaming both sides equally, but pointing out that it’s a systemic issue due to polarization.

Remember that it was Harry Reid who first invoked the nuclear option.

— perfectlyGoodInk (@perfctlyGoodInk) September 22, 2020

Which in turn was after Chuck Schumer did the first-ever partisan filibuster of a D.C. circuit court nominee.

It’s turtles all the way down. The whole problem is winner-take all and the two-party system. All of this partisan back-and-forth is a side-effect of the high stakes.

— perfectlyGoodInk (@perfctlyGoodInk) September 22, 2020

BOTH SIDES SAME THING, MOTHERFUCKERS, BOTH SIDES SAME THING!!

It’s almost like this kind of shit is the exact reason the polarization that Matt generally is decrying without pointing fingers happened. But no, it’s a ‘systemic issue’ that just apparently sprung up out of nowhere.

Fuck this entire shit. You’re part of the fucking problem Matt. And you’ll continue to be part of the problem by doing this shit, all the while letting the GOP get away with this because when all sides to blame, no one is to blame and therefore there’s ‘nothing to be done’. Fuck you, fuck you, and especially fuck you.