What happened to the Republican tenet of "personal responsibility"?

[kentuck]

For as long as we have lived, we have been preached to by Republicans about "personal responsibility". You have to accept responsibility for your actions and your decisions. It's an American tradition.

But now, we have individuals that made the decision to follow a psychopathic liar and to go to Washington DC and interfere and interrupt the process of choosing a new President. They bought their tear gas, their bullet-proof vests, their masks, and all the paraphernalia they needed to impress their fellow travelers. So they made the decision to join the mob and to ransack and destroy our nation's Capitol and to threaten the lives of our elected representatives and senators.

Now, many of them are sitting in jail. They are asking for mercy and forgiveness. They did not really mean to betray our country and to harm or kill people. They were just caught up in the political excitement of the moment.

It is really difficult to feel any sympathy for these folks. Why can they not accept "personal responsibility" for their actions? They are adults and should have known what they were doing was wrong.

They committed crimes because they are criminals.

[lagomorph777]

1. That's for the little persons.

Not for Republicans!

[C_U_L8R]

2. It means they only care about themselves.

In a "To Serve Man" kinda way.

[Siwsan]

3. Perhaps they mean the rest of us are personally responsible for all of their flaws and misdeeds.

And SHAME on us!!

[secondwind]

4. Their "personal responsibility" will walk alongside them when they

go to court, and when they enter their jail cells......

[Irish_Dem]

5. White leaders only mean this for women and POC.

[Hotler]

6. Silly, repugs don't practice what they preach. nt

[-misanthroptimist]

7. The dog ate it.