"If the Constitution were to be defended, then Trump's trial, and the trial of every ...

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2025-01-20 19:37:29

"If the Constitution were to be defended, then Trump's trial, and the trial of every Republican providing material aide to the insurrection, including every Republican voting to overturn the election, should have been carried out immediately, been pursued vigorously, concluded quickly, and all means necessary should have been taken in order to remove all Republicans aligned from office to the furthest extent possible, and that should have been the main focus of the Biden presidency.

The reason I say this is because when things that must not be permitted to happen are allowed to happen, then they stop being things that are not permitted to happen, and a narrative of normalcy and permission begins to form around those things. If consequences for infractions against society and law and government are not pursued with urgency, then they stop being understood as urgent matter. If human beings are allowed to be dehumanized and terrorized and persecuted and killed by the state, then such impermissible things become permissible under the law.

When an insurrectionist party is allowed to run for office, then insurrection is no longer disqualifying, and if this happens even though the Constitution says it is disqualifying, then the Constitution no longer matters, either."

https://www.the-reframe.com/the-moon-is-down/

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