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logosoco

(3,209 posts)
27. This is one i keep going back and forth on.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:50 PM
Nov 2020

I am one of those who is a little bit love and light and a little bit go f**k yourself.

I want to move forward. There is much work to be done. But it feels like if we don't start holding the big ones at the top accountable that is worse than cleaning the house when the kids are still home.

We have seen videos of black people being killed by the police when they committed no crimes or very minor crimes. But at the same time the ones at the top, in the Bush and Trump administrations who have done so much harm to so many, even the world over and they don't have any consequences at all to pay.

What is that they say about Bernie Maddoff? The only reason he went to prison was because he ripped off rich people, too.

If we don't start holding the ones at the top accountable i think we will just keep seeing them doing worse and worse things because they know they can get away with it.

The trump kids and Bannon, they both got busted for taking money for "charity" and then pocketing it. What would happen to me if i did that? I would like to think i would end up in jail. They are out and about still spewing how wonderful they are.

That don't seem right.

Trump's slogan was "law and order". NotAPuppet Nov 2020 #1
Healing DEMANDS not letting criminals off the hook. nt FoxNewsSucks Nov 2020 #7
again like with bush. prosecute the crimes or have the criminals come back and try again. bullimiami Nov 2020 #2
Like with Reagan-Bush too JHB Nov 2020 #26
at least Bush 1 there were some prosecutions. bullimiami Nov 2020 #28
If you don't prosecute them this will keep happening. PTWB Nov 2020 #3
That's my concern. When sociopaths think they can act with impunity spooky3 Nov 2020 #11
Let the states go after Trump soothsayer Nov 2020 #4
Hold them accountable. FoxNewsSucks Nov 2020 #5
Isn't not prosecuting licensing crime and giving people temporary power to be criminals at rzemanfl Nov 2020 #6
I say we need to follow through with investigations, prosecution, etc. woodsprite Nov 2020 #8
IMO it is not "bomb throwing" to prosecute criminal activity Yonnie3 Nov 2020 #9
He should also advise IRS that he wants all audits thoroughly investigated spooky3 Nov 2020 #12
NO. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #10
Picking a notoriously tough law & order California AG Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #13
How about splitting the difference DLCWIdem Nov 2020 #14
We all hoped our institutions would hold eleny Nov 2020 #15
I've said this multiple times elsewhere, so I'll paraphrase... better Nov 2020 #16
This is not forgivable. Progressive dog Nov 2020 #17
We didn't prosecute torture and other war crimes from the Bush administration gratuitous Nov 2020 #18
The problem... Newest Reality Nov 2020 #19
If the investigations are handled totally fairly, where there are obvious crimes panader0 Nov 2020 #20
What about criminals? GeorgeGist Nov 2020 #21
A big part of it is how it's done JHB Nov 2020 #22
Without justice, kiss it goodbye, no hope beyond 2024 Ponietz Nov 2020 #23
Not prosecuting them for their crimes KatyMan Nov 2020 #24
I lean on the side getting rid of the MFers and moving on. First, no jury will convict the top dogs Hoyt Nov 2020 #25
This is one i keep going back and forth on. logosoco Nov 2020 #27
There's crime and there's political persecution treestar Nov 2020 #29
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