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by mnemotronic 272 days ago
Elected representatives frequently introduce bills that have no chance of passing or being considered. This proposed legislation is only to gain points with the electorate: "I introduced a bill to ban/promote XYZ but it was killed by the other side". It's red-cape waving. I would like to come up with a name for this behavior but I'm trying to restrict my use of bad language and negative thinking.
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>>to gain points with the electorate

are you 100% sure the point of this bill that punishes free speech is to gain points with electorate? or perhaps the donor-class ?