23 sats \ 14 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun \ parent \ on: Trump campaign partners with open node bitcoin
There's a term for this: anarco-tyranny.
It's when the law is only enforced selectively against one group of people while the group enforcing the laws are not beholden to them.
Shit like this used to happen to black people all the time, going all the way back to the implementation of voting tests right after emancipation.
The point isn't whether or not he did anything. The point is that wielding the legal system as a partisan political weapon is extremely dangerous.
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65 sats \ 4 replies \ @TNStacker 5 Jun
tbh, As a middle aged Black American man, it is funny (both strange and humorous at times) to see white people complaining about our long-standing disadvantages.
It's like oh, it was ok when it was us for 150 years, but NOW it's a problem.
Funny you say used to happen to Black people. This wasn't ancient history!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/us/goon-squad-mississippi-state-sentencing/index.html
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44 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun
Funny you say used to happen to Black people. This wasn't ancient history!
It was not my intention for it to come out that way. The specific examples I was thinking of were more prominent in the past, but I'm not trying to imply that they weren't also more recent and current examples.
Drug law enforcement was the other main example I was thinking of and drug enforcement is thankfully relaxing across the country.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 5 Jun
If I weren't me, it might never have been pointed out. Even though you didn't intend it. You said it. This is common.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
Discrimination happens alot still.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
There is a lot of white privilege. But to tell you the truth, I feel a majority of people, or friends in my case, do not ever have to leverage that.
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21 sats \ 8 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
I am not saying those things are right, but it was during a period when it was accepted. Judging the past based on our beliefs now, we will always find fault.
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23 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun
You're missing the point.
Selective enforcement like this is a huge problem. If he's only being prosecuted because his name is Donald Trump (as many people believe), that is a miscarriage of justice in and of itself, regardless of whether he's guilty or not.
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34 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
You are right, selective enforcement is a problem. But because he was selected, now there is a precedence and others will be scrutinized, too. They arent accusing him of being guilty of things he didnt do.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun
They arent accusing him of being guilty of things he didnt do.
I actually think this is, at the very least, quite debatable. Many of the investigations into Trump fizzled out and many others have relied on "novel legal theories" (aka he didn't break the crime as it was generally understood when it was written).
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
He was found guilty of falsifying business records.
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31 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun
I’m aware, it’s not the only thing they’ve investigated him for, though.
It very much seems like they’re accusing him of everything they can think of and seeing what sticks.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jun
Maybe... He will appeal, though. He might be able to get it overturned. I dont think the public really cares though, he can still run for 2024.
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 5 Jun
If the appeal is successful, will that now mean that they were accusing him of something he didn’t do?
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