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Susan Garrity Benton's avatar

It’s been astonishing to me to watch the Trump family operate 24/7 as if the law doesn’t apply to them, but there’s an element of their mentality that almost defies description. It’s not just that they behave as if the law doesn’t apply to them, it’s an absolute absence of acknowledgment that it even exists. Maybe that’s what is commonly known as arrogance. I don’t know.

My fear is that Donny will die before he can be punished. Narcissistic sociopathic sadists will never accept the notion they’ve done anything wrong or unjustified, that’s the essence of who they are. Nevertheless, the amount of suffering he has intentionally inflicted over his entire lifetime should be avenged in order to rebalance the universe. I’m a “glass half full” person, or in other words, I’m an optimist.

I believe our minds are far more powerful than we realize, meaning it’s not an exercise of futility for each of us to use our minds to project the idea of balance and optimism into the universe rather than punishment and retribution. That’s my way of saying, thank you Steven for projecting positive thoughts about our ability to recover from the depravity of the Trump administration.

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77 Square Miles's avatar

"(A)ll of us who yearn for justice" must be careful not to let our yearning interfere with our own reason. A U.S. war criminal just died peacefully in his sleep. Another's fake heart still beats. A serial rapist is released on a technicality. I ask you, as a serious historian, look at the record of the sociopaths and criminals who have skated in the U.S. Ask yourself, tell us, what really are the odds DJT will ever face justice? We can handle the truth.

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