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Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
It is the conviction that matters.
The irony is, these people can never vote again.

For me, the thought of spending time in the pokey doesn't bother me, but not being able to vote ever again - is enough to keep me on the straight and arrow.

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A lot of states restore felon's voting rights after some time period. Others do it via board or governor action. The real benefit is that a lot of the convicted insurrectionists lose their right to own guns! And for some of those folks, that's like castrating them.


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Exclusive: Trump lawyers in talks with Justice Department about Jan. 6 criminal probe (CNN).

In addition to seeking to protect conversations (probably a lost cause), this is an opportunity to suss out what the prosecution already has. Given the skill the DoJ has exhibited so far, not likely they will give much away.


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The only thing the DoJ lawyers should be discussing with Trump’s lawyers is where and when will Trump turn himself in. mad


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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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How are you guys no different from the 'lock her up crowd'?

Don't get me wrong. I think most of the political class are criminals and all of the presidents past and present going all the way back to Truman. War crimes being the chief offenses, criminal negligence a close second.

But rilly, what are differences that you would draw between yourselves and the other political camp braying to lock up their perceived political enemies?

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Just substitute "fascist" for the word "gay".

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I just want you to know this is, like, the first conversation of, like, three conversations that leads to you being a fascist. Like, there's this, and then in a year it's like, "Oh, you know, I'm kinda gonna want to get back out there, but I think I like fascism," and then there's the big, "Oh, I'm... I'm... I'm fash now."


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what are differences that you would draw between yourselves and the other political camp braying to lock up their perceived political enemies?

The primary difference given has been that one side actually broke the law.

It's more than that though...it's more like dehumanizing the enemy to make it easier to kill them.


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Justin Rosario:

"I'm old enough to remember Glenn Greenwald saying that anyone being investigated by the FBI should not be allowed to run for president.
I'm -really- looking forward to the mental gymnastics required for him to explain why that applied to Hillary but now Trump is immune."

"You see, Tucker, Trump has a penis and Hillary was a xhore with a vagina." - Glenn Greenwald

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