Threatened Politicians 🐉

The other day I was at a town board meeting, and the politicians were complaining about feeling threatened by the angry public coming and speaking out about a proposed development.

The thing is that politicians should feel threatened in a democracy. Not fearing their physical safety but their position in government. If politicians aren’t doing their jobs, then they should be thrown out of office. Elected and appointed office is not a lifetime entitlement, instead it is a term position where elected and appointed positions must be renewed by either the voters or the appointing authority.

Politicians should be worried, especially if the public is unhappy with their service. And if they don’t like being criticized, then they should do what the public wants them to do. And if they do what the public wants, then they’ll get re-elected or re-appointed. Obviously!