As a thought exercise, I've tried to imagine what appropriate justice would be for true criminals if I could rebuild from the ground up.
Like, what should happen to Mitch McConnell for his crimes against the American people? For how long? Revenge or rehabilitation?
@jakebe I’ve tried to imagine what it would be like for Rupert Murdoch and his family, and the Sinclair family for their destroying of America’s trust in news and facts. (The DeVos family is up there too)
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@jakebe For me it all comes down to the question of remorse.
If he shows any sign of understanding the cruelty of his actions, I'm willing to let him aim for rehabilitation.
If he can't or won't do that, we put him on trial, find him guilty for the deaths caused by his policies, and quietly dispose of his remains.
@jakebe True Justice for Mitch? I get to drive over his back with a truck and splatter him on the freeway like the useless turtle he is
@kelseyhusky (Not gonna lie, this is what I want in my secret, greasy heart too. >.>)
@jakebe All of them. ICE get their children taken away, DHS gets groped and profiled and mis-gendered. 45 gets bent over and put into stocks for four years where anyone of the American public can fuck him over while he receives 180,000+ cuts he can bleed from (while getting bailout transfusions to keep him alive) before I personally get to pull the lever that guillotines him. Ajit Pai is banned from using any internet faster than 2.4 bps dial-up, and his home's single phone line is always busy.
@jakebe I'm a big fan of subjecting people to the impact of their intent, especially those who have traditionally been shielded (or deliberately shielded themselves. I'm looking at you, Senators with a 3000/wk paid vacation while we can't even get an extra 600 a month. Fuckers should get to be homeless for a while too. and their houses turned into public living spaces they have to pay to up keep. and do the upkeep themselves. Every Karen loses their job and gets to work retail.
I think we all agree that he and a LOT of other folks have abused their power to cause death, suffering and a degradation of our culture. But what do we do in response to that? What kind of culture do we want to build in its place?
It's time to think about that.