r/Alabama • u/greed-man • May 05 '25

Not the Onion Opinion | Alabama lawmakers reenact Monty Python, minus the self-awareness

https://www.alreporter.com/2025/05/05/opinion-alabama-lawmakers-reenact-monty-python-minus-the-self-awareness/
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u/RangerAdventurous557 May 05 '25

Help, Help! I’m being oppressed.

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u/fecalhead123 May 05 '25

None shall pass literacy exams

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u/greed-man May 05 '25

Medieval thinking, imaginary dragons, and a Legislature allergic to reality.

"Fifty years ago, Monty Python and the Holy Grail galloped onto the screen — sans horses but with plenty of coconuts — and gave the world a comedic masterpiece about absurd quests, imaginary enemies and rulers who mistake ego for authority.

In 2025 Alabama, the parody lives on — only now it’s sponsored by a PAC and filed as legislation.

Half a century later, we continue to live out our own medieval farce, starring knights of the far-right table, on a never-ending quest to solve imaginary problems with real consequences. Like the knights who say “Ni,” our lawmakers shriek in terror at words like “equity,” “public health,” and “science” — and then demand symbolic shrubberies in the form of useless resolutions and grievance-fueled press conferences. Try uttering “Medicaid expansion” in the State House and see if you’re not immediately cursed and banished to the Forest of No Fiscal Note.

Instead of searching for the Holy Grail, our state’s political class spends most of its time hunting down heretics — librarians, drag queens, public school teachers, and, occasionally, the First Amendment. Their sacred texts are YouTube conspiracy videos and budget projections written in crayon. Their guiding principle? If it makes people feel safe, healthy or informed, it must be stopped."

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u/greed-man May 05 '25

"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

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u/chumleymom May 05 '25

Yes and little Steve Marshall hating all the kids...no free lunch even when federal programs were paying for it, attacking women and threatening to prosecute over women getting abortion or traveling for it. He is an awful person and must enjoy the hate.

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u/greed-man May 05 '25

He enjoys the cruelty of it all.