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[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

It's literally a constitutional amendment my dude. This is how the democracy is structured, at the very foundational level. If you try to attack the lawful transfer of power, you aren't eligible for office anymore. If a Democrat tries to engage in insurrection, then they too won't be eligible. That you think defying the constitution is just something that everyone does sooner or later is very very weird.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Was Trump found guilty of insurrection? I must have missed that. My mistake.

[-] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

It doesn't say found guilty. It says he done it.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

The actual Confederates this was targeted against weren't found guilty either. There's a reason "convicted" doesn't appear in this amendment.

[-] TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Explain to me how Trump's actions rise to the level of Confederate soldiers who literally killed fellow Americans. I bet you also think "silence is violence".

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

The insurrection killed fellow Americans. I'm not even sure what your weird quip is supposed to reference. Sounds kind of like some bullshit you pick up in the make believe version of liberals presented by rightwing media and swallowed without question by gullible conservatives.

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