(01-17-2019, 04:01 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(01-17-2019, 02:14 PM)mikesez Wrote: I'm not arguing with any of that.

I actually agree that there reasons to call Pelosi a hypocrite.

I'm just saying that this is not one of them.

I hate to be this pedantic, but you are being really dense.  A country is a shared, public place that includes within it many individual private spaces like homes.

There's no reason for one to work anything like the other. And for that reason alone, if someone wants to change the rules in one, they have absolutely no obligation to change the rules in the other.

1.) I have simply stated that in adopting public policy a.) a public official should take into account the predictable affects on private individuals their homes and their property.  B.) They should be willing to make the same sacrifices and be exposed to the same consequences as everyone that they govern.

2.) Yes, a country and a house are not exactly the same, however, in proper function, they do have similar characteristics and requirements.  Chief among those are sovereignty and structural integrity.  Nancy Pelosi has every right to ensure anyone entering her home a.) Has her consent and b.) Would not do her or her family hurt harm or injury.  As a legislator she has the responsibility to provide that same function to the citizens of this country and their private dwellings and community spaces with respect to potential guests to this country.  

To stand on the semantic or auxiliary differences between a physical structure erected to protect one family and a cultural/legal structure erected to protect MANY FAMILIES badly misses the mark of the organizational purpose of the state.  

Moreover.  It amazes me how in the modern progressive movement people and politicians can be so consumed with the nationalization (both defacto and literal) of industry and the obliteration of limited powers that they completely ignore the fundamental role of the state.  And even in this unmitigated act of hubris try to shield themselves from the consequences of their policies and with a straight face tell the american people it's okay at YOUR HOUSE, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR LABOR MARKET....  BUT NOR MINE!!!