Russian leader claims indictments of former president are political persecution

  • @aelwero
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    -71 year ago

    It’s not persecution (technically that isn’t wrong I guess, but it isn’t on the nose by a damned sight), Its pageantry, even in trumps case.

    They aren’t prosecuting sedition, treason, etc, they’re prosecuting false statements essentially. Nobody gives a shit, because they’re getting their stupid ass reality TV show out of it and that’s all anybody ever wants out of it.

    Trump probably could be legitimately prosecuted, but the whole thing is instead being treated a a political pageant. Our guys good, their guys bad…

    It’s actually a little more irksome in trumps case for me, because instead of pursuing what they’ve advertised as being pursued, they did a bait and switch (and people are still buying it…) and threw softball pitches at the fucker thinking there’s a better chance of a home run that’ll look better on TV. They aren’t going for sedition, or incitement, or electoral fraud, they’re going for “guilty on all counts” for the sake of good headlines.

    Pageantry.

    • @Burn_The_Right
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      21 year ago

      I would ask you what the fuck you are talking about, but I just realized I don’t want to hear the meaningless opinion of a conservative.