@thedimitri@emilykmay It's hard to believe now, but I'm old enough to remember when feminists thought rape victims should *not* feel guilty about their orgasms
@MultiLeninist@Cincinnatus56 Fair enough, I read over that too quickly.
Though IMO (and I suspect you disagree with that) this "discount factor" should be so high that the rest of the calculation barely even matters.
@i_slamson@xwanyex Alas, the best the Biden DOJ managed to do was scrape the bottom of the legal barrel for vague minor charges like "loitering", which aren't really amenable to conspiracy.
@i_slamson@xwanyex If the Biden DOJ had managed to convict any J6er of a real felony like terrorism or insurrection (they didn't), then yes, anyone who had coordinated with, trained with, or engaged in after-the-fact evidence hiding with that person would have easily caught a conspiracy conviction.
@i_slamson@xwanyex No, the *courts* are handing out aiding & abetting terrorism convictions for joining a terrorist cell and coordinating the evidence-hiding with the other members after their botched terrorist attack gets them arrested.
@tracewoodgrains@etubruton It certainly can be read as such.
"It should have started a literal civil war", as in:
One would have *expected* it to start a civil war.
All the components for sparking a civil war were there.
But it somehow didn't.
@tracewoodgrains@etubruton It certainly can be read as such.
"It should have started a literal civil war", as in:
One would have *expected* it to start a civil war.
All the components for sparking a civil war were there.
But it somehow didn't.
@Gzalzi@PatchesThaHyena@ThatchEffendi Are you clinging to the technicality that "defund" could mean "merely partially defund"?
If your slogan carries sneaky double meanings and has to be explained, then it's a bad slogan.
Also, reducing police violence would require better training, which costs more money not less.
@2aQueer@ASFleischman@xwanyex "Definitely"?
If a Neo Nazi gang had done this - planed, trained for, and attempted to execute an L-shaped ambush with the goal of murdering gov employees - would you also say they "definitely" deserve no more than 20?
Or only 'cause it's a communist trans gang.
@Sebastian_Hols@teafortillerman@xwanyex That's fair.
What criteria would you add to the rule, to exclude these cases while keeping it workable for the cases where it makes sense?
Something along the lines of, the death must not be "adversarial" to you (i.e. not inflicted by the "other side" against "your side")?
@ZoeSinns@Sleeping_corgi1 Daniel shouldn't have joined a terrorist cell.
Daniel shouldn't have helped plan the attack.
Daniel shouldn't have conspired to hide evidence for the other terrorist cell members after their attack.
Fuck Daniel.