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This is what bothers me so much about the Trump campaign. Even though he'll probably lose, he's helped legitimize the kind of speech and attitude this judge dem
by japhyr 10y ago
This is what bothers me so much about the Trump campaign. Even though he'll probably lose, he's helped legitimize the kind of speech and attitude this judge demonstrates.
I'm hoping there's a strong enough backlash that this kind of speech and attitude gets called out more often. I hope the long-term effect is not to make this judge's behavior even more accepted.
- adrusi 10y agoWhat this article describes is much worse than anything Trump has done in his campaign. It's one thing to engage in "hateful" speech on a podium to get people to like you, and an entirely different thing to do so in official government capacity, directed at specific individuals, right at the moment when they are most vulnerable. Trump is distasteful, maybe even dangerous, but this judge and the officers of the court are absolutely despicable.
- zeroer 10y agoThat's true in a very technical sense that Trump is only spouting speech at this point. (And of course technically correct is the best kind.) But it's worth pointing out that in his speech, Trump is promising extra-judicial murder of family members of terrorists and torture of suspected terrorists if he's made commander-in-chief. Were he able to actually implement these, it would actually be worse.
- douche 10y agoIs that significantly different from the current status quo? Drone strikes and Gitmo are functionally equivalent to the worst of Trump's remarks.
- adrusi 10y agoNo, its not different from status quo really. No, that doesn't make it even remotely ok.
- zeroer 10y agoTrump's words are no different than the reality of what's been done by the past 2~3 presidents. The important difference now is that the torture, etc., is a campaign promise rather than something the administration was ashamed of.
- lostlogin 10y ago>torture of suspected terrorists< Trying to define what Trump sees as a "terrorist" makes for an interesting mental exercise.
- zeroer 10y agoI can't even.