It seems recently we keep hearing the word "childish" over and over again in the press—from Apple, Microsoft, the Chinese to Republicans the word keeps getting spewed as though it explains all of their behavior. This is nonsense and and makes it more difficult to hold perpetrators truly accountable.
The Republicans weren't being childish when they chose to screw the American middle class and the American working poor while committing domestic political terrorism over raising the debt ceiling: they were advocating for the very people that sent them to Washington to pursue a policy against the majority and for the special interests. To say that that's childish completely absolves them of a much deeper wrong, obfuscates their true intentions and allows them to just continue on without any accountability. It gives these treasonous hypocrites a pass without the public to get a chance to truly pass judgment on their policies and actions. These treasonous Republicans will lose in the end but not until we call the policies what they are and not pretend it's child's play!