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[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 minutes ago

It's satire from Elijah Manley.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 46 minutes ago

Teacher teacher! She said bad word!

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't pedophilia just the attraction, not necessarily acting on it? I don't think people should be punished (especially not with the death penalty) based on thoughts alone. There should have to be some action.

[–] trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 hour ago

Yes, and we should really be using much more direct and affecting terms like "child rapist" and "child sex trafficker" to describe people like the president. It's less euphemistic. Calling a person who has raped children a "pedophile" seems like minimization to me.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

That’s not a threat. “The death penalty” is a lawful punishment carried out by the state in response to conviction of certain crimes, not mob violence (technically). Just because the end result is death, does not mean that prescribing it is a threat, just like how “you should die of pancreatic cancer” isn’t a threat.

Now I’ve got to go shower after saying that the death penalty isn’t mob violence.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago

If it makes you feel any better it's not mob violence, it just shares the worst aspects of it. Emotion driven desire for vengeance.
It's not a defense of the death penalty to recognize that it's deliberate, planned, and applied under the auspices of the law. It just makes the law look a little worse.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

That is true, though. Mob violence doesn't care about evidence, the law, proportionality to the crime, or the victims. It's terrorism built around emotional and fear responses. Lynchings were not the same as a judge amd jury weighing out the death penalty vs. life in prison. Depending on the court, one can even appeal the death penalty ruling, and new evidence can overturn the ruling if there's time.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago

I mean, the US President has 34 felonies at least, so they're in the same kind of company

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 50 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

so MAGA can threaten the president and it's cool? Smh.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago

They can even do an insurrection and all be let out of jail.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 hours ago

Freudian slip

[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 10 points 11 hours ago

What a sweet message to post on Valentine's Day ❤️