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> Has Brand been convicted of any crime by any government? No, he's punished without the due process of law. And that's how most dictatorial regimes usually
by username332211 3y ago
> Has Brand been convicted of any crime by any government?
No, he's punished without the due process of law.
And that's how most dictatorial regimes usually deal with miscreants. If you bad-mouthed Breznev nobody would bother with a show-trial unless there was some specific benefit of making you an example. In 9/10 cases they'd fire you from any semi-decent job and won't let your kids finish high school with more than 2.0 GPA.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoLet's check for political bias here. Suppose I rewrote your comment so instead of talking about Russell Brand, I'm talking about the right-wing Budweiser boycott. Those right-wingers are punishing Budweiser without due process of law. Just like most dictatorial regimes. How worried are you?
- Perceval 3y agoThese are not comparable scenarios. In the first, a massive multinational corporation is singling out an individual for punishment based on nothing more than accusation. In the second, individual consumers are punishing a multinational corporation that explicitly expressed open contempt for them as people.