• tane69@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Buddy if the law mattered even one fucking iota trump himself would be buried under the prison.

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      16 minutes ago

      If the law was perfect or if the law even worked as intended, he would have been in prison a long time ago.

      If the law didn’t matter at all, he wouldn’t bother making threats and testing the waters. The military never would have been recalled from LA the first time around. The FBI would have already arrested the TX Democrats in Chicago, and TX Republicans would have just gone ahead with the redistricting without a second thought (which even I’m pretty surprised that they didn’t).

      Will the law alone prevail and save us in the end? Not likely, but there is a difference between being naive and not allowing yourself to panic and be backed into a corner of black and white thinking. In many ways, doing so is accepting defeat.

      Being smart and strategizing means using the law and along with everything else to your advantage while you still can. Trump has been bulldozing through law bc his goal is to betray his own country. Democrats in TX are breaking the law, but they’re doing it strategically to save their country. They’re aligning themselves with Democrats in other states, and uniting as Americans. That’s what we all should be doing.

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          15 minutes ago

          No you’re right, I’m the useful idiot for not buying what’s being sold to me by a reality TV star. Now is definitely not the time for alliances against a traitorous coup.

          Might as well give up and accept it’s over. No point in fighting to hold on to what’s left. Every man for himself. It’s total anarchy.

          “Put them through trauma.” Either it took you less than 8 months to break, or you’re fully aware of your usefulness.

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        18 hours ago

        Oh okay please explain how the law works I’m sure youre a lawyer or a judge or some other type of legal expert. We’re all dying to hear how our president isn’t guilty of literally dozens and possibly hundreds of serious financial and sexual crimes dating back to the 1980s, or how he is guilty and the fact that he hasn’t been punished is just “how the law works”

        Man I hate lemmoids

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          17 hours ago

          You still need to present evidence, in court, before you can throw someone in (or under) prison. Or do you think Trump is right by arguing that he shouldn’t have to follow due process against HIS targets? The law should be equally applied to everyone…so, if you think it’s ok to simply ignore the process for him, then anyone can simply ignore the process for others.

          Guilt by decree is not “justice”.

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            14 hours ago

            If anyone else was a 34 time convicted felon they would be spending life without parole in jail.

            But do go on about how the law is definitely working, and does affect the rich.

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              13 hours ago

              I’m not saying the system is perfect. There’s no such thing as a perfect system. But throwing away the entire concept of due process, just because rich people have the advantage of hiring better lawyers, is not the answer.

              There are definitely ways to reform the system to make it more equitable…but skipping the parts where evidence is required for a conviction, or closing all possibilities for appeals? No. All that does is give people like Trump the perfect weapon to use against their enemies. None of us are safe, if we abandon those foundational principles.

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        17 hours ago

        He would be dead shortly after being locked up because he wouldn’t survive withdrawal from his fast food and orange makeup addiction.