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Yes, I know what irrelevant means:
"not connected with or relevant to something."
This has nothing to do with her popularity. This has to do with her power. She sits on committees. That is power. She can unseat McCarthy any time she pleases. That is power. Power makes you relevant. Always. You can be incredibly unpopular and still be relevant if you have power. See: lots of autocrats.
I'm not "butthurt," I'm just saying you can't be irrelevant and have power. That makes no sense.
Repeating it doesn't make what you're saying make sense. "Irrelevant" doesn't mean stupid or wrong or a traitor, it means you have no effect on things. She has a big effect on things.
She's not my friend. Don't be a troll. This isn't Reddit. And of course I'm irrelevant. I have no power. I'm guessing you're also irrelevant.
All I have been saying is that it makes no sense to call someone irrelevant when they have power. That's it. And somehow that makes me her friend? Please explain yourself.
No, I'm not done. You made a specific accusation- that she was my friend. I take offense to that and would like you to please justify it. Unless it was a lie, of course. Then it needs no justification. Was it a lie?
Got it. You lied, are a troll, and will now be blocked. I will not put up with Reddit behavior.
You sure do sound like one, and not the good kind, either.
Hi, I'm just passing through and wanted to let you know that you are insufferable.
Thanks, bye.
It really sounds like you might not know what irrelevant means.
Saying she's irrelevant implies nothing she does matters because it won't have an effect on anyone. At the best, she shifts the Overton window, at worst she finds a way to get legislation through that strips the rights of millions of Americans.
To say she's irrelevant means that everyone should be able to ignore her indefinitely with no consequences, and we're saying that's simply not the case.
She’s irrelevant TO ME.
K
Lets you, me, and MTG go to D.C. and vote on legislation before Congress.
Who gets to vote?
Who is irrelevant there?
MTG and you are. See how this works. This is my opinion. Learn what that means- then stop arguing with people over it.
K