And doing so risks societal fractions against the idea of lawfare. It’s a lose lose situation.

dam_jackalopes 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

That may be, but the consequences for not taking these bad actors to task would have worse and longer lasting consequences. The portion of society that will fracture the most loudly has already attempted to storm the seat of government after a national election. We've seen what they're capable of and I'm much less afraid of that than permanently mafiatizing basically every level of the Federal government.

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Phemist 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, but expect those prison sentences will be more popular than you might expect. The current admin expends an insane amount of energy pumping the size of their supposed fanbase.

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hardbass 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Forgiving the south after the civil war led to Jim Crow. Forgiving most of the nazis after WW2 seems to be the reason nazis are rising again so quickly. Forgiveness has been given enough chances already. I think we should try giving the full punishment a try.

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defen 2 days ago | parent [-]

The British attempted “full punishment” against the American colonies and look where that got them. There are no easy solutions.

	▲	hardbass 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The British lacking the military strength and will is different from how the tactic would have been had it been executed fully. Ignoring one's views about the founding of America, suppose Britain had executed this war with complete merciless brutality and fielded its entire Imperial might and militarily crushed the rebels thoroughly. Do you think America would have existed then?

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lenerdenator 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really. They'll get over it. Just gotta make the hole the perpetrators are in deep enough.

	▲	blooalien 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Just gotta make the hole the perpetrators are in deep enough. Oubliette [1^]: The dungeon you throw people in that you want to forget. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dungeon#/media/Fi...