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> He's a felon. MLK was arrested and convicted many times. Mandela spend decades is jail. Navalny was convicted and ultimately killed in jail. When the govern
by Andrew_nenakhov 2y ago
> He's a felon.
MLK was arrested and convicted many times. Mandela spend decades is jail. Navalny was convicted and ultimately killed in jail.
When the government is after you for your political activity, such convictions don't count for much.
> He questioned Harris' racial identity during the campaign
When a candidate was selected for the office for belonging to certain race and gender [0], and bases political messaging on racial identity [1], I think it makes it quite valid for questioning.
[0]: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/politics/joe-biden-potential-vp-pick/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/politics/joe-biden-potential-...
[1]: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/turning-page-harris-says-america-ready-black-female-president-rcna176329 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/turning-page-...
- igetspam 2y agoAre you comparing Trump to people who fought for freedom, equality and civil rights? Those people were arrested because of an unjust system. Trump was tried for corruption and assault. This is a false comparison.
- Andrew_nenakhov 2y agoI'm quite sure that the majority of USA voters believes that Trump fights for freedom, equality and civili rights, and that charges against Trump are as unjust as were charges against MLK.
- disqard 2y agoYour point is valid. The "actual truth" of the matter does not matter today -- the perception is truly that he is a god-like hero, come to save the masses from the oppression of the elite.
- valval 2y agoOnly God knows the “actual truth”.
- stringfood 2y agoHow do we know that?
- valval 2y agoWe don't. We don't know anything, that's the essence of our being. We're just in an eternal pursuit of trying to find out.