The Texas Democrats Didn't FLEE! They are protesting.

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5. It does clearly imply fear or avoiding something

And almost all the headlines in Google news this morning are using "flee" or "fled". And Abbott is mentioning they fled in private jets.

Another poster mentioned the Oregon legislature and Idaho. When I google for news articles on that, some news articles use "flee", but other major ones are using "protest" or "walkout" or "disappear." By contrast, most of the major news sources I saw on Google news except CNN were using "flee".

Feel to respond if you want, but what I am referring to is a subtlety/nuance of language. I doubt we'll change each other's minds on semantics, but that's fine as you're not wrong to someone who understands what all this is about. I am more concerned about those who don't or, at most, read the headlines without understanding the reality of voter suppression.

I can already see how the Republicans will spin this: a bunch of liberals running away from their jobs on private planes. And using words like "flee" add to that spin that somehow it is the Dems that are doing something wrong.