Sounds like he had a choice to me. Do his job or bow to a fascist. I guess continuing is a waste of time if you’ve stopped giving a rat’s ass about the law you swore to uphold. I won’t disagree that my comment isn’t factually correct, but frankly at this point it feels like semantics. Our justice system is fucked and no one is holding those who deserve it accountable. The mechanics of how or why frankly are irrelevant to me.

I bet the jury votes to convict, and the judge decides to sentence him to jack shit.

Yup, euphemistic language is preferred. It’s all very Orwellian. Soon the Supreme Court will be the Department of Truth.

Not pretentious at all. This is the exact thing Orwell was warning about. Never a better time to quote it.

Even worse were the conservatives in other countries trying to follow suit, like Nexit in the Netherlands or Frexit in France. Luckily then Brexit happened and everyone suddenly went quiet.

“There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.” Best anyone can do is make informed decisions to minimize the harm to the best of their abilities.

… would face prosecution in a world that had any shred of dignity left

I think we both know what the problem is there.

The main difference is, that it is now reaching you, personally.

Ah, republicans and not giving a shit until it hurts them, name a more iconic duo.

Ah, TikTok justice. No way for that to go wrong, nosir.

Yeah, I’m not sure exactly where he thinks he fits in Hitler’s idea of the übermensch.

The man admitted to collecting and sharing information but denies espionage charges.

Um?

The unfortunate drawback of democracy: these people get the same vote the most well-informed altruistic voters do.

I think we still can’t beat Giuliani booking the four seasons gardening center next to the dildo emporium.

Was that before or after trying to sexually gratify the microphone?

Or the same form, with a different coat of paint.

I forget the details, but the long and short of it was that they were advocating for anyone found sending these prompts to an AI being put on an FBI watch list, along with something along the lines of “you’d want to know if your neighbor was doing this.” Then came at least three edits about how they didn’t care about downvotes.

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See, imo this is the exact kind of thinking that makes pedophilia dangerous. Most people would agree that being attracted to children is a mental illness. Most people would agree that mental illnesses should be treated by a knowledgeable professional. But pedophilia is so stigmatized that someone even admitting they have a problem, one I very much doubt most of them want to have, has people calling for them to be drawn and quartered, regardless of if they’ve ever actually hurt anyone.

Do I like that there’s art and writing of people having fantasies about children? No, of course not. But making it impossible for people to have a safe outlet, to even talk about it with a medical professional for fear of imprisonment, death threats, or worse, makes it so these people can’t even get the help they need. It’s like teaching abstinence only sex ed. You’re trying to get people to stop having fantasies by burying them, but it only exacerbates the issue.

Edit: lol got your downvote less than five minutes in and the whole comment edited to just say “pedophiles bad.” I guess I, as you like to put it, “hit a nerve.”

Idk about Max specifically, but I’ve definitely noticed that on platforms like Netflix, availability of shows depends on what country you’re in. Looks like it might be time to break out the VPNs.

I love Aldi and they’re always the first place I shop, but their selection is a bit limited and the produce is hit-or-miss, at least in my area. Unfortunately around me that only leaves Kroger as the next best option.