• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Now watch the Republican Party of “Law and Order”nominate a convicted felon to be the next president

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      You have to understand that this isn’t ironic to them. To them, this was not a legitimate trial and trumped up charges, if you’ll pardon the pun.

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        The guy behind me that watches fox news all day because “he needs something to help him focus” immediately started spouting fox talking points as soon as the verdict was read. My younger coworkers were like, “no way, that’s crazy” to all his bs. I just had to say, “no that’s not true. I read the jury instructions and they don’t say that.” He moved onto insisting there was no evidence and Cohen perjured himself and at that point I was already on my way out the door.

        He’s Gen x, a landlord, new York exile, classic gabagool. Ugh.

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          I’d complain to HR that that guy is making the workplace hostile, if not outright tell him to shut the fuck up, but I get that that’s not a safe option at a lot of workplaces

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            Wrong. Talk to him every day. Hang out on some weekends, and become friends. Plant subtle notions of egalitarianism through your friendship and generosity. Ask him thought questions about his beliefs, but not in an accusatory manner. Teach him to actually think for himself, to keep an open mind, to seek evidence rather than faith to form convictions. Slowly show him by example what it means to be a good person who cares for their fellow human beings.

            Then you plant some drugs on him while at work, and call HR with your suspicions.

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    Holy crap… Did you guys read the bottom bit about Georgia voters?

    "Another man Bob, playing with his bluegrass band outside a café, was more sure. He wanted a positive outcome for Donald Trump and said a conviction would not change his mind. What would?

    “If he was convicted of murder, I’d be like that’s not a guy I want to go for!” "

    Not surprised, tbh, but I still find it ridiculous to read.

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      BREAKING NEWS… Trump convicted of murder!!!

      Okay Bob, ready to vote for someone else…?

      “No, I didn’t mean like that… he killed a gay black Democrat, and I meant a white straight male Republican.”

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        “Ok, he ended up killing a conservative Republican who disagreed with him”…

        Bob: well hell that guy done deserved it!

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          “Bob then went on to say that he’d only vote for someone else if they caught Trump fucking a corpse… after we showed him the video of Trump fucking a corpse, he said… Everyone fucks a dead person every now and then, heck I was just doing it the other day”

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      he’s lying. he would still vote for him if he literally murdered his family. this is a cult. they’ll always find some excuse.

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      1. Trump’s crimes will never be investigated
      2. Trump’s crimes will never be referred to a grand jury
      3. Trump will never be indicted by a grand jury
      4. Trump will never go to trial
      5. The judge will throw the case out
      6. The jury will not return a verdict / hung jury
      7. Trump will not be convicted on all counts
      8. Trump will not be sentenced <— You are here
      9. Trump will not be punished (jail / house arrest)
      10. Trump will appeal and overturn the verdict
      11. Trump is too old and frail to serve his sentence
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    Count #1: Guilty

    Count #2: Guilty

    Count #3: Guilty

    Count #4: Guilty

    Count #5: Guilty

    Count #6: Guilty

    Count #7: Guilty

    Count #8: Guilty

    Count #9: Guilty

    Count #10: Guilty

    Count #11: Guilty

    Count #12: Guilty

    Count #13: Guilty

    Count #14: Guilty

    Count #15: Guilty

    Count #16: Guilty

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    This is only going to be considered by the swing voters come the election.

    Die hard Trumpers will double down. Die hard Republicans would never vote for a Democrat, so better a felon than a Liberal. Die hard Democrats would never have voted for him anyway.

    People who flip between the two parties now have another thing to consider when casting their votes, and only their internal compass will direct them to Trump or Biden

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    Good now that he’s a convicted felon he can’t run for president just like you can’t vote, right? …right? Fuck this system.

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      There are scenarios in which you’d support a felon running for office, it’s just this particular felon we have an issue with

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        No, I support keeping felons off the ballot because Republicans are the ones that stripped ex-cons of their right to vote.

        How is a criminal voting more dangerous then becoming President? That was the right wing’s justification for taking away former inmates right to vote.

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        Sure felonies should be considered on a case by case basis, but there are many felons I’d have an issue with running for office, not just this particular one.

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          I only have a problem with this one running because he’s the only one with a chance of winning

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            That’s good bait, but I’m still not taking it. I repeat my stance, felonies should be considered on a case by case basis, but there are many felons I’d have an issue with running for office, not just this particular one.

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              “Case by case” for political office is so obviously open to corruption you shouldn’t bother with it though, and felony definitions are already weaponized as they are between drugs and protest laws.

              Hell, for that matter, isn’t a public record of convictions already your best version of a case by case system?

              Each voter can decide which crime matters to them…

              I’m probably more likely to vote for someone that caught a felony for protesting.

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    What happens to the jury now? I almost wonder if they need something equivalent to witness protection, or at a bare minimum some protection from the state of New York. MAGA is a terrorist organization that preaches swift, bloody retribution against dissidents. I don’t know if basic juror anonymity will be enough to protect all of them.

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    An earlier article said the Trump team was hoping for a hung jury.

    Guilty all 34 counts.

    Certainly was a hung jury. Hung like a horse!