There have been a lot of calls to bring back classical bullying, since without it the country seems to have veered off track, but bullying is fraught with other challenges.
Who wants to live in a system of might makes right?
Missouri Senator Nick Schroer, a member of the Freedom Caucus, has laid another option on the table; something more civilized than bullying.
He has submitted a proposed rule change to the Missouri Senate that would bring back the ancient practice of defending one's honor civilly, in a gentleman's or gentlewoman's (or even gentlethey/them/theirs) duel to the death.
The rule change was posted to X by the Missouri Senate Democrats in mockery, but they're just making Schroer a hero in my eyes.
If a senator's honor is impugned by another senator to the point that it is beyond repair and in order for the offended senator to gain satisfaction, such senator may rectify the perceived insult to the senator's honor by challenging the offending senator to a duel. The trusted representative, known as the second, of the offended senator shall send a written challenge to the offending senator. The two senators shall agree to the terms of the duel, including choice of weapons, which shall be witnessed and enforced by their respective seconds. The duel shall take place in the well of the senate at the hour of high noon on the date agreed to by the parties to the duel.
Talk about a way to force politicians to find some common ground and stop participating in mudslinging smear campaigns.
CSPAN would certainly get more interesting too.
Senator Caleb Rowden, the Republican leader of the Missouri Senate, was not impressed.
He said,
"The beginning of the 2024 legislative session in the Senate has been nothing short of an embarrassment. A chamber designed to be occupied with civil, principled statesmen and women has been overtaken by a small group of self-interested career politicians, who all too often, remind me more of my children than my colleagues."
Gasp!
Are you slighting Senator Schoer's honor, sir?
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