[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

There was endless handwringing about Obama hitting that dude with a drone strike. But regardless... are you seriously going to pretend that is at all comparable to what is happening right now? A US citizen, in a foreign war zone, fighting for the enemy vs. kidnapping and trafficking US citizens from their homes in the US to a prison in El Salvador. A country they've never been to. C'mon bro.

You should proofread, bro. But I think I get your meaning.

It's not for you or me to claim or "pretend" that any of these alleged crimes are comparable (unless we're on the jury). It's not the president's job either, really. That's why we have judges, juries, trials, and all that other boring "due process" shit.

Thank you for at least trying to answer the question. Even though I do secretly believe that assassination is more severe than deportation, I was genuinely asking about the difference in public response instead. I don't recall nearly as much "handwringing" about Obama killing a kid, but that could just be because I was paying less attention to news during that time in my life.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I really don't understand why people are upset about due proces now. The US established over 10 years ago that it's OK to kill US citizens if they're "terrorists". But deportation is crossing the line?

    Am I missing something on this subject? Or is it just typical political hypocrisy?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I switched to Libre as well a month or so ago. The only thing I miss from Firefox is eing able share passwords/tabs/etc between mobile and desktop, but it's not enough to make me switch back.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    On what grounds? The emoluments clause? And every member of Congress is supposed to risk being held to the same standard? Yeah, sure.

    The only other specific thing mentioned in the article was the Jan 6 pardons, which wasn't criminal. The president has that power. Maybe Congress could consider whether to revoke that power, but as it stands now, Trump did nothing wrong under the law when he issued those pardons.

    I'm no defender or supporter of Trump The guy is a turd. He's motivated only by what feeds his bank account and/or ego. But this article is bullshit. Impeaching Trump for either of those reasons is a joke. Particularly after all the talk of Trump politicizing the Justice Department to attack his rivals.

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