[unloco]

people just don't understand what free speech really means. If you make terroristic threats, you're going to get in trouble.

It's analogous to incognito mode. People completely misunderstand its purpose.

They think it means they are sneaking around the internet protected with no consequences for their actions. In reality, "the internet" logs everything you're doing, only your personal browser doesnt. lol

[krapp]

They probably didn't care because they assumed they would all be pardoned after Trump took over.

[CharlesW]

For the naysayers, a "trump pardon capitol rioters" search will illustrate that this is exactly what many (most?) capitol rioters assumed.

[jliptzin]

In that scenario there wouldn’t even be a need for him to issue pardons

[dragontamer]

Trump was still President for a few weeks after January 6th. A lot of the capital invaders thought that Trump would pardon them, win or lose. You can see it from their court cases.

[jliptzin]

By “take over” the grandparent post means Trump would have become our dictator for life, no pardon would be issued because they would never be charged with a crime.