• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I hate that you’re being down voted because you’re absolute right. Though I would dispute this:

    Until he’s convicted, there’s no actual proof he did any of that.

    The conviction, I think, would help but I don’t think it’s necessary. They will argue that what happened on Jan 6 qualifies. I do think it will be a difficult case to argue without any other convictions.

    It will be interested to see what is argued though.

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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      10 months ago

      It’s a problem I ran into on reddit a lot, people get so hung up on “the way it SHOULD work” vs. the “the way it DOES or WILL work.” LOL.

      I remember a thread where a guy got sent to prison for life under a three strikes rule and reddit was up in arms because the 3rd strike was for some felony weed possession.

      I got downvoted for telling them “Hey, if you live in a 3 strikes state, and you already have 2 felony convictions, you have 2 choices: a) STOP COMMITTING FELONIES or b) GTFO out of Dodge and get to a state WITHOUT a three strikes rule.”

      Kept having to explain that the law doesn’t care if you think making weed illegal is a moral issue. In that state it’s illegal. Don’t LIKE it? Change it or move to another state.