• Reality_Suit
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    2 days ago

    I’m tired of the news stating things we’ve already known for years.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      I’d be okay with it if it actually meant anything. But it’s all “and then nothing happened”.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      The big thing (and what Trump & co count on) is that — yes, it’s been years since the allegations went public. Everyone knows about the allegations and is tired of them as nothing was done at the time, and so much has happened since.

      But NOW, the evidence is all validated, so there can be legal consequences, if people still care. Thing is, people don’t care anymore, because other allegations are considered more important to address now. And the legal system isn’t set up to deal with such a high volume of investigations and cases (and Trump has done his utmost to make this situation even worse).

      • KneeTitts
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        But NOW, the evidence is all validated, so there can be legal consequences

        narrator: but there never were any consequences

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          There’ll be consequences for the country that allowed him to come to power. That’ll be enough.

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      Well nothing ever happens so maybe the information saturation wasn’t enough. Maybe not enough of us knew.

      More importantly though I think these kind of things need to be said often and by as many sources as possible if only for posterity. So that future generations, if there are any, will at least know what happened. Will at least know some of us were paying attention. Will at least be able to learn the truth and not just the narrative the fascist government wants them to believe.

    • Einskjaldi
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      No, because it’s just as likely he would have taken them just to brag about it.