anon_
4d ago
No, my point is that many BLM rioters that committed violent acts are still in prison right now.
And Biden, after pardoning everyone under the sun, didn't so much as lift a finger for them.
Both of these are just basic facts about reality.
anon_
4d ago
So you have literally nothing to say about the specific defendant whose sentence was not commuted by Biden.
anon_
5d ago
That’s fine, punish them both.
But don’t commute the sentences of violent J6ers (even if they are less numerous! which underlines your point!)
anon_
6d ago
Pardoning the non-violent offenders for January 6th and commuting the most violent ones to time-served basically just matches how the Democrat rioters were treated.
To be sure, you're advocating that Dylan Robinson have his 4 year sentence commuted to time served?
Obviously not, which is kind of the point. The BLM rioters were, by and large, let off. But there was some amount of discretion shown and the worst were prosecuted. Can't say Trump returned the same.
anon_
6d ago
Biden did not pardon the Minnesota BLM firebombers.
I take that to be approximately commensurate with (3), except in a retaliatory escalation:
- They didn't prosecute all but the most violent BLM rioters
- They prosecuted all the J6ers
- Therefore we pardoned all the J6ers, even the most violent ones
Make no mistake, this isn't on the path to (1) at all.
anon_
6d ago
I'll join in to all those directly shown committing violence should get serious sentences, those that destroy property should get moderate ones. The rest that aren't on their second offense should get a token sentence and a very clear threat that repeat offense will lead to very quickly escalating punishments.
anon_
6d ago
A bunch of people milling around the capitol building taking selfies is not an insurrection.
Which doesn't explain why they pardoned a guy that repeated tased a police officer.
anon_
6d ago
This isn't even the start of it. I fully predict Maryland (and maybe even Virginia) will gear up to bring state charges against the real worst-of-the-worst that they can prove conspired within their state to those acts.
anon_
6d ago
To be fair, most mainstream/centrist liberals also were disgusted by the Biden pardons/commutations and have said so publicly.
anon_
6d ago
It won't end until someone synthesizes with it.
Funny that you quote Corinthians, because as soon as early Christianity was over, Christians became amenable to absorbing the beliefs they once fought against.
anon_
7d ago
The consequences of anger are graver than their causes.
In particular, I think the only viable long term strategy is to create a dependable and trustworthy media ecosystem. That can't be done purely out of anger or spite for the existing media. Otherwise they'll just continue lying.
Even today, the partial emergence of a real press is forcing legacy media into admitting more of the truth.
anon_
7d ago
Solar+storage+nuclear are all complementary technologies.
As I understand, grid-scale storage allows nuclear to operate at a high load factor by soaking up extra overnight production when demand is super low.
anon_
7d ago
I think the fundamental logic is also that we (broadly we, humans) get better at the things we do more of. So looking at nuclear in the US right now is not really looking at its potential had we stayed the course in 1970 rather than taking a left turn towards fossil fuels.
We can also look at France and their experience scaling expertise. They are one of the few countries actually lowering their CO2 footprint despite continuing to export energy to Germany.
anon_
7d ago
So how does this square with the general feminist sex-positive ideology? Are you saying we should restrict all sex at the workplace and in any relationship where power dynamics could be employed?
Yes. This is bog-standard just about everywhere. You can consensually fuck/date anyone you want at the workplace except those that you have a supervisory or evaluative relationship. The same is true of police, they can consensually fuck/date everyone except those they are investigating or arresting.
That's the motte, I think it's probably good not to sweep away this particular motte with the bathwater here, and of course I agree with the broad stroke that some are trying to claim an entire bailey of "it's not consensual if later on one party believes it wasn't".
anon_
7d ago
Do you think feminism will actually be rolled back in a meaningful way?
The motte part -- surely not. Various absurd baileys that have emerged, for sure. They are already in retreat in some places.
anon_
7d ago
Maybe it's misguided hope, but it seems they want to take the time to pardon the ones who deserve it and not the ones who don't.
Indeed. I don't know if fire extinguisher guy was a plant or not, but either way he deserves jail more than the mass of people there.
anon_
7d ago
these people are immune from prosecution, for whatever, because fuck you that's why.
This is not a charitable framing. The President is empowered to pardon people unilaterally and we elected Joe Biden to that office. It's not because "fuck you", it's by the power we chose to vest in him.
I wish I was in a position to extract shame or embarrassment from them for this, because I feel like the world would be a better place if more journalists paid a heavier price for pretending to be "neutral" when they are actually functioning as shills.
I think the urge to revenge or shame is understandable, but unproductive.
What's more, compared to 2016 there are now scores more independent journalists that have far more integrity. Building is harder than tearing down, but it's also more durable.
anon_
7d ago
I think the question is, what will be the synthesis to the thesis/anti-thesis you have pointed at. People will eventually realize they can speak up but someone needs to do the work to fill in what comes next.
I don't think we will go forward to the world that the woke want. Neither do I think we're going back to the 80s. The only way forward is through.
The feds did prosecute Dylan Robinson. It's literally right there in the link that you didn't respond to (or maybe even didn't read).
Biden did not pardon him.
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