Quote (Goomshill @ Sep 28 2023 12:39pm)
And I'm sure you can see how absolutely anathema to the concept of civil liberties it is for our political scene to be defined by "throw as many bogus charges at the wall and see if any stick post appeal after conviction in biased courts"
The whole thing comes down to what I'd liken to the "Donald Trump is a cannibal" problem.
A whole bunch of people get together and shriek and accuse Trump of being a cannibal. They investigate every meal he's ever eaten in his life, they appoint a special counsel to poke through his turds. They accuse him of drinking blood and devouring babies. One deranged activist comes forth and accuses Trump of eating her brains 20 years ago, with no evidence ('but I got better'). In the end they wind up catching Trump on tape eating his own boogers when he thinks nobody is watching. And they say, a-ha, he's a cannibal, we proved it.
If Trump got caught committing a real crime tomorrow, he'd be disgraced and wiped off the political scene, even his diehard supporters would flee. If he was actually taking bribes, selling secrets, molesting kids, murdering someone, etc. Instead they tried to brew a storm in a teacup over completely irrelevant non-crimes and their strongest case is victimless with absolutely zero impact to anyone. They promised they'd expose him as an actual cannibal, like Reza Aslan. Its no surprise his poll numbers are only going up as they push boogergate
TBH i dont see it as an issue, show me one person who has gotten railroaded that isnt an absolute piece of human garbage. donald trump, russel brand, alex jones. i'm supposed to care while flawed systems target shitbags?
"but the precedent", "what does this mean for the future". etc. been hearing it for years, still waiting for someone who i even like as a human to enter the scope.