Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by throwawaaarrgh on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:38PM
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Is it weird that I don't care? When he was in office he drove me insane. Now I really couldn't be bothered. I think I'm desensitized to... politics, or justice, or something.
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Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by edgyquant on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:53PM
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No i think this is a reasonable response. I’ve completely checked out of politics as well after 4 years of trump and two years of a continued culture war.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by thathndude on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:07PM
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Same here. Sad thing is that I used to enjoy following politics. Now, I just steer clear entirely.
It’s all a farce, both sides. The media needs to stop making Trump relevant so that we all can move on.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by arcatech on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:17PM
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He’s the first former President to be indicted. There’s no way for him to not be relevant.
They need to start ignoring the leading GOP candidate who actively conspired to overthrow the election and just received a criminal indictment -- a first ever in this nation's history?
No. When Trump was in power, he mattered and his nonsense had real consequences, and he had a presence on all of the major social media platforms, and people willing to take violence to the streets for him. Now he's shrieking in all caps in his little corner of the internet and making deranged threats about "consequences" if he's arrested and... almost no one seems to care. He's no longer leader of the free world, he's just a rich, corrupt asshole shrieking into the void and shilling NFTs.
There are worse things coming down the pipeline than Trump anyway, it seems he was just a trial balloon for the fascist era we're heading into. I just wish he'd go away already.
I want the next Trump to know they're not above the law. This indictment is good practice for our system. Trump caught it off guard because so much ran on tradition and the assumption that presidents think the constitution is rad because they pledge to protect it.
I agree, and the justice system certainly should care. I can't blame anyone else for no longer caring, though.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by thequadehunter on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:22PM
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Weirdly enough, I've been far more interested in local politics lately because I can see stuff actually get done that improves my life.