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Hell, even if the Republicans had held the convictions they espoused on Jan 7th, we'd be done with his insanity and cruelty...

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[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I generally am as well, but considering the circumstances, I'm willing to make an exception in this case.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't want to make martyrs. I want them to grow old and frail watching their legacies crumble and their fortunes taken from them. Death is too quick for fascists.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago

Just like Mussolini the well know Italian maytr

[–] halfsalesman@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There is no purpose to a bad person suffering, but I'd be lying if I said would not feel gleeful catharsis if certain powerful people's finger nails were ripped out, their eye's gouged, their balls smashed, their individual teeth crushed and ripped out, their skin then flayed off their bodies, and then their whole bodies set on fire to finish them off.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Sure, but that's exactly why people should not have the authority to decide punishments. Even if I agreed with you in this case, capricious torture would absolutely be used by the people we hate against the people we care about. Our first order of business should be to restore a functional justice system.