• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    But just cause they went into the Capitol building doesn’t mean they all had the same intentions.

    Normal tourist visit, huh?

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      7 months ago

      That’s not how prosecution and evidence works. You can’t just say cause they entered the Capitol building that they were all their to hang Pence, or kill Pelosi. You need actual evidence. Otherwise, what will happen is that you’ll go to a peaceful protest and some agitator will do some crime and suddenly you’ll be getting arrested saying you were there for the same purpose.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, the way it works is that a bunch of inbred hayseeds try to install Trump as dictator, and because you wish they had succeeded, you downplay what they did and pretend that the Supreme Court still has legitimacy.

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          7 months ago

          The Supreme Court hasn’t had much legitimacy for much longer than you realize. They’ve been taking away consumer and workers rights for decades. You just haven’t realized it until recently when it has become a hot topic and now it is easier to blame Republicans, but overlook everything else.

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            7 months ago

            You just haven’t realized it until recently when it has become a hot topic and now it is easier to blame Republicans, but overlook everything else.

            They’ve been more shameless about it. As in this case, where they’re pretending that obstructing a government proceeding applies only to documents, and where you’re pretending that anything other than ignoring the statute entirely requires enshrining guilt by association into law.

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              7 months ago

              I’m not sure how or whether you gather that they are pretending that obstructing a government proceeding only applies to documents, but that isn’t what I gathered at all. I made two major points…

              1. That if they didn’t question the law, then it would likely apply to Jamaal Bowman and other protests (many of those by Democrat activists)
              2. That doing so was dangerous as it sets a basis for charging everyone with the same crime regardless of evidence of their actual intended purpose.
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                7 months ago

                I’m not sure how or whether you gather that they are pretending that obstructing a government proceeding only applies to documents

                Because I actually read the article instead of immediately being like “buh whuubut BLM?!??!?!”

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                    7 months ago

                    It’s in the article that you ignored because you’d rather demonize BLM. Don’t bother me again.