• zd9@lemmy.world
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    When this is all over, these fascist goons will face justice for their actions. There are accounts of every single action, and the next United States Justice Department will not handle it lightly.

    We fucked up by not finishing off the Confederacy in Reconstruction, but in the wise words of the honorable George W. Bush: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me twi— you can’t get fooled again.”

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      Didn’t most Nazis also get off scot free or even get jobs in science or the government? Only 12 high profile ones didn’t. Of the 100,000 arrested for US trials, 2500 were identified ad “major war criminals”. 142 were convicted of a crime.

      Not to mention US constant blocking of the prosecution of war criminals both within and outside.

      Probably >99% of fascist goons will get off with zero consequences.

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        Yeah, but 2025 is not 1945. There’s so much more technology that I think could enable tracking all of this.

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      When this is all over, these fascist goons will face justice for their actions

      I wish I shared your optimism of the future…

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      Funny that you think the brownshirts will face any consequences. You mention Bush ironically, but he’s the living example: a war criminal who never faced any consequences from his actions.

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        never faced any consequences from his actions.

        excuse me, he was almost assaulted with a shoe at a press conference. If that’s not consequences for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, I don’t know what is

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      If I were this optimistic, I’d be the happiest motherfucker on earth.

      Unless we show up and start fucking these people up, we’re just going to be commenting on these videos until that’s illegal and we get scared of that too.

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          Back in myyyyy dayyyy our installed republican president was a hapless moron directed to give gaffe-filled speeches every day while his vice president was evil incarnate and they both got super rich starting wars and committed war crimes which they got out of by wrecking the global economy and that’s the way we liked it!

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            As crazy as it is to say, Cheney > Trump. Both are absolute terrible pieces of shit, but at least Cheney respected the general societal rule of law and norms. He was just a greedy, power hungry tyrant, whereas Trump is also incredibly dumb, narcissistic, and cruel.

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              at least Cheney respected the general societal rule of law and norms

              I am calm. I am balanced. I don’t want to fire anyone on Lemmy out of a giant cannon into the sun. There are emotions in my heart after reading this sentence other than hatred and anger.

              WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, NO HE FUCKING DIDN’T!

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                  In 10 years you’ll all either be saying the same things you say about Cheney about Trump or you’ll be screaming at the people who are. I stg, why do people feel this need to whitewash and rehabilitate the worst people on the planet just to emphasize how bad the current person is? Just say they’re both awful and leave it at that, there’s no need for this, “At least he was respectable” bullshit. Cheney broke countless rules and norms and was completely above the law. There were zero redeeming qualities about him, he was a fascist who directly paved the way for what’s happening now.

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                    Go back and read my actual comment then maybe. You seemed to just skip over whatever I actually said and made up a person in your own head to get mad at.

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              Well except for the war criminal part, and frankly not to get all into it but there’s some shady-as-fuck 9/11 shit he’s tied to that’s just. Trump is worse, yeah. We’ll leave it there.

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      I was wondering about this.

      Suppose there was a fair election in 2 years (I know, I know) and suppose the dems won… would they dismantle ICE and prosecute these scum?