Bollocks. Far too much is being made of this. He has all the traditional forms of communication open to him. How the fk did we function before Twitter?For me it's not so much trump losing his platform that's an issue. Just like the old fire triangle of heat,fuel and oxygen trump and the qanon need a few ingredients to function, one of which is an outraged and reactive opposition feeding a sense of persecution and their conspiracy theories. For the sake of 9 days, I'm not sure the Trump SM blackout is worth it tbh.
Ironically perhaps because he's only been convicted in the high court of social media at present. I'm all for him getting justice, but the mad scramble to deliver it before the 20th feels more like vengeance tbh.Bollocks. Far too much is being made of this. He has all the traditional forms of communication open to him. How the fk did we function before Twitter?
The real question is why isn't he in prison yet?
A lawyer put it this way on MSNBC earlier.Bollocks. Far too much is being made of this. He has all the traditional forms of communication open to him. How the fk did we function before Twitter?
The real question is why isn't he in prison yet?
There’s definitely something in that I feel.Ironically perhaps because he's only been convicted in the high court of social media at present. I'm all for him getting justice, but the mad scramble to deliver it before the 20th feels more like vengeance tbh.
The qanon idiots were hoping for a reenactment of the civil war last week and were (imho) quite cleverly cheated of it by the pretty light security responce. Probably best to let trump fade into obscurity and his followers can go back to worrying about area 51 and the moon landings within a week.There’s definitely something in that I feel.
Biden has failed in his unitethe nation already if it’s his parties control of the senate punishes Trump.
They are that thick not to realise if security is piss poor in the Capitol building they could just walk into Area 51 and bring out some alien technology, like a pen and notebook.The qanon idiots were hoping for a reenactment of the civil war last week and were (imho) quite cleverly cheated of it by the pretty light security responce. Probably best to let trump fade into obscurity and his followers can go back to worrying about area 51 and the moon landings within a week.
The man is holding a smoking gun quite literally at a murder scene. Not vengeance (a typical deflection by apologists). If I had incited a riot, let alone an insurgency, at a public meeting, which led to deaths, I would currently be suiting in a cell with no bail...to argue differently is enabling.Ironically perhaps because he's only been convicted in the high court of social media at present. I'm all for him getting justice, but the mad scramble to deliver it before the 20th feels more like vengeance tbh.
There’s definitely something in that I feel.
Biden has failed in his unitethe nation already if it’s his parties control of the senate punishes Trump.
I completely disagree with this. For one, to impeach would require 17 Republican votes. And how is the nation made united by just letting Trump go on his merry way? If it’s not the Senate, it’s going to be the AG and law enforcement — Biden’s AG. If he lets this go you can bet your ass he’ll go the way of Gerald Ford. And what standing would the US have in foreign relations, ever? That might sit will with many to watch the “world’s Democracy policeman” neutered, and maybe many would like the US to butt out period, which I get, but if we let this go unpunished there isn’t a group of oppressed people on earth in any nation who would turn to us for support. Why should they?There’s definitely something in that I feel.
Biden has failed in his unitethe nation already if it’s his parties control of the senate punishes Trump.
It’s a tough choice.I completely disagree with this. For one, to impeach would require 17 Republican votes. And how is the nation made united by just letting Trump go on his merry way? If it’s not the Senate, it’s going to be the AG and law enforcement — Biden’s AG. If he lets this go you can bet your ass he’ll go the way of Gerald Ford. And what standing would the US have in foreign relations, ever? That might sit will with many to watch the “world’s Democracy policeman” neutered, and maybe many would like the US to butt out period, which I get, but if we let this go unpunished there isn’t a group of oppressed people on earth in any nation who would turn to us for support. Why should they?
I am just guessing here, but for those defending Trump or offering “just let it go away” type of advice, you might find yourself awfully embarrassed in a few weeks or months if stories about his complicity in all of this comes out. He violated amendment 14, section 3 of the Constitution. We let that go, and I don’t see how democracy, our elected representatives, or the people of this nation can ever recover. Should we have just let Nixon off the spare the nation being torn apart?