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Al Bellenchia's avatar

We must not be silent in the face of these continuing abominations.

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.” - Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn #

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Martha Franklin's avatar

It's way past time to push back. This man has gotten away with everything his entire life, from his and his father's discriminatory rental practices to having his bond reduced (at least temporarily).

None of the rest of us would get this coddling by members our justice system. Too many of them have deferred to this cruel and weak bully, using the excuse that they don't want to appear motivated by political reasons.

It's not political to prosecute criminal activity -- fomenting an insurrection, stealing classified documents, threatening public servants, committing bank and insurance fraud, evading taxes, and accepting money from foreign governments.

How his supporters believe that he is "one of them" while some of them sit in jail for participating in the January 6 insurrection, who pay their bills and taxes like they should, and who would suffer legal consequences if they did any of the above-listed activities, is beyond my understanding.

To his followers: be very aware that he is not one of you. He would throw you under the bus without a second thought. He'd come after you just like he goes after whoever he doesn't like at any given moment. There will be no one left to help you then, and that will be your own doing.

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