• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “Principled” is the wrong word. “Naive” might be better. “Cowardly” with rationalization could work.

    They believed it would damage the country to have a jury of 12 put Trump in prison rather than a jury of 375 million. It would damage the country. The best possible outcome was Dems win the election and then Trump sees justice. Intolerance bring fascisms, so they fought fascism with tolerance. This is the result of their actions AND our actions.

    It was convenient to pass the buck onto the American voters because it meant they didn’t have to do anything.