• Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
      591·
      6 days ago

      Then I am just going to assume they’re all also in the files. Prove it otherwise, cunts.

  • Helix8o8@lemy.lolBannedBanned from community
    678·
    6 days ago

    Enabling is worse than the crime itself. “all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing” -motherfuckign J RR Tolkien. Fuck the bible.

    • snooggums@piefed.worldEnglish
      231·
      5 days ago

      Enabling is worse than the crime itself.

      Fuck no. In some cases it can be as bad as the crime, but most of the time the crimes are far worse than those that let it happen.

      • Redfox8@mander.xyz
        12·
        5 days ago

        I think the point is that enabling a: allows an individual to repeatedly comit the crime and b: allows more people to comit the same crime. Ergo worse than an individual criminal act.

        • snooggums@piefed.worldEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          That is committing a crime as an accomplice, which is different than enabling a crime which by default is passive or encouraging.

          Trump is a rapist and Epstein is an accomplice. Johnson avoiding a vote is a form of enabling, but that is not as bad as the rapist and their accomplice.

          The term enabling when it comes to crime is used differently than for people who enable overeating or substance abuse by covering symptoms because there are more specific terms for active involvement in crimes.

    • Helix8o8@lemy.lolBannedBanned from community
      337·
      6 days ago

      If you’re defending someone who is accused of a crime… Well… you better have a really good fucking reason. Like being their defense attorney. Except, IMO, lawyers caught doing shenanigans shouldn’t just get disbarred and MAYBE prison time. They deserve to be enslaved on sugar plantations. As well as their children. Just my 2 cents. If you give them a carrot, and have a suitcase nuke in their crawl space where their family lives… Well, would have to be pretty motivated to not take the carrot.

      • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
        14·
        6 days ago

        I don’t think that’s equivalent. An attorney isn’t obstructing justice, they are a crucial part of the system, there to ensure that the accused gets a fair trial and that any possibility of them being innocent is taken into consideration. Even if they’re defending an obvious criminal.

        These people aren’t part of the justice system. They’re blocking the release of information surfaced under a criminal investigation because they know that its release will impact them negatively, and they’re already not exactly popular.

      • lauha@lemmy.world
        9·
        5 days ago

        If you believe in the rule of law (which you should unless you’re a fascist) you can defent a pedofile or any othet criminal without being on their side. Point is just to make sure they get a fair trial and justice happens.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          10·
          5 days ago

          You are replying to someone who is advocating enslaving children due to the actions of their parent. This is not reasonable.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    5 days ago

    Nancy Mace’s fixation on her transgender colleague, combined with her stubborn reluctance to interrogate the files of a heavily trafficked high profile human trafficker, absolutely screams “Skeletons in the Closet”.

    I remember when Mark Foley and Dennis Hastert were making all the same noises about gay men back in the Bush Era.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
    17·
    5 days ago

    That X is OUTDATED! Things CHANGE!

    -Republican Voters who see NOTHING WRONG with Moving the Goal Posts for Pedophiles!

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Unfortunately, not confined to a single party.

      Carter replacing Nixon/Ford, Clinton taking office in the wake of Iran-Contra and the S&L Crash, Obama coming in after a slew of scandals under Bush/Cheney, and Biden coming in under Trump 1 all sang the same song. Everyone seems ready to pass the buck, for fear that a future administration might use prosecutorial powers against them in turn. Nobody seems to care that the next office-holder’s corruption and power hording might upend their legacy or threaten their livelihoods.

      • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        Xitter deletes critical notes all the time. The critical note only stays if it doesn’t offend someone that can talk directly to Elon.

      • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        if X user = @ElonMusk
        Community Note = “Elon is the best. Everyone loves Elon and wants to be his friend. Elon is the bestest at video games. Please love Elon. Please be Elon’s friend.”