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If you insist on casually calling the guy you voted against a felon, I don't think you're as impartial as you claim.

• AnimalMuppet 2y ago
  He is in fact a convicted felon. That is objectively, impartially true. It not be impartial to mention it, though. PG almost certainly didn't write this essay out of cowardice because a felon got elected. He may have written it out of cowardice because a bully got elected, though...
  • bsimpson 2y ago
    I erred on the side of pithy to try to avoid derailing. I've never voted for him and there's a lot that I dislike about him; however… There's a very credible argument that the DA overcharged the case so people who dislike him can try to ostracize him as a felon and make his supporters look unhinged. If your shorthand for "the less woke candidate won" is "the felon won," you don't get to credibly claim "I'm impartial" in a conversation about wokeness.
    • cycrutchfield 2y ago
      So still a convicted felon then?
    • notacoward 2y ago
      It's not a credible argument. The "overcharges" led to a guilty verdict and sentence. That could not have happened if they were truly as you portray. Believing that your less-informed opinion overrules those of everyone actually in the courtroom is pure hubris.
• mbs159 2y ago
  It is a fact that he is a convicted felon.