Obama definitely wore it best

That's really a great looking suit

They hate that Fetterman looks and dresses like the people he serves. Working class laboring Americans.

“Allowing casual clothing on the Senate floor disrespects the institution we serve” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla, American Traitor and Fraudster who stole over 1 billion dollars from medicaid, medicare, and other instutitions that help americas most at risk and needy.

cough 🇷🇺🪆 cough

There is only one party that cares about hypocrisy.

And it ain't the fucking republicans.

A pointing out the hypocrisy is moot, they will just move the goalpost further down field. Rules for thee, not for me.

It’s about control and power. Not about values.

True. But it's also about the social/class/wealth/gender hierarchies that they defend and believe deeply in. When you're higher on the hierarchy than someone, that makes them your inferior and it subjects them to scrutiny and authority to which you are (insofar as the hierarchy is real) immune.

So, when they howl for the little people to abide by rules that don't apply to them they're not overlooking that part, they're flexing about ranking higher and being immune to that rule themselves. For people that believe in that, being flexed on in this way is a 'put you in your place' experience, it's an exercise in dominating or shaming someone that has failed to know his place.

It might be better to stop calling it hypocrisy, and to start calling it entitlement and arrogance.

Nope, family values

No one cares. Rightfully so. Only terminally online people are malding about either of these situations right now

I would not be shocked if this were a real Boebert quote.

As the limit of fucks I give about clothing at work approaches zero.

That is seriously the logical conclusion if things progress like this. Republicans are operating on complete bad faith, all in the pursuit of power and getting their way.

And it's all so obvious, and yet they still hold a lot of power in the US. That is seriously concerning. Or should be, at least.

Can't be criticized for your outfit if you aren't wearing one taps forehead

Vermin Supreme 2024

Therein lies the true danger from these zealous traitors: they see outgroups as not human and will happily commit any number of atrocities against anyone they consider "other."

Yes. It's "not hypocrisy" when you're consistent about believing rules are for your inferiors but not you, it's a flex when you rub it in their faces that you are their superior.

That's the hidden context behind the left-right divide; the right think it's obvious that there's a social/class/wealth/race hierarchy while the left seem to expect equal treatment like we all learned about in civics. When they go after Fetterman for failing to 'respect the decorum of the institution', they're not arguing based on rules that apply equally to everybody, they're flexing when they invoke rules that don't apply to them.

The reason they love doing it so much is that 'owning the libs' reminds them that they're superior while shaming or confounding them - even if it's only so in their heads

They are not idiots, and they do see the hypocrisy. They deliberately use it to persuade the "hearts and minds" of their voter base. They distract the common conservative with false indignation about hoodies, tan suits and buttery mails.

Hanlon's Razor applies here, but we mustn't ignore the possibility of malice just because their actions seem stupid. With the undeniable history of conservative behavior we must clearly conclude that their intentions are malicious. Especially when the outcomes are so obviously malicious.

If they were merely stupid, their "mistakes" would result in progressive actions equally. They are not plodding onward toward a dystopian nightmare, they are plotting the "utopian" future where they are the ruling elite and the "huddled masses" serve them mindlessly.

The suit has to be tan and the handy must be lubed with Dijon.

One could argue favoring people who wear suits is a way of trying to exclude politicians who come from working class backgrounds. "If you're not comfortable in a suit you don't belong" is how I've heard it described. His constituents seem to like that he's presenting himself as the same person he was when getting elected, shouldn't that be more important?

I'm regards to to dressing for the job, No?

This is an antiquated and brain dead take. I am paid well, work hard, am very respected by my peers, customers, and anyone who has dealt with me professionally.

I also wear a shirt about 5% of the time I'm working, pants less so. I bet you'd be shocked how much of the modern world you rely on is built, innovated, and maintained by people who wear what you think is disrespectful.

The kinds of dinosaurs and their progeny that think dress makes a single bit of difference in ability, commitment, or respect are the same kinds of people, in general, that think women shouldn't be allowed to think for themselves.