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by alfonsodev 923 days ago
might be an over-simplification but is right. Every year there are "indultos" (pardons?) happening, the famous Aznar's ones[1], and Rajoy's infamous "aministia fiscal"[2] but I guess is only now when it's convenient to push that narrative, no protests whatsoever for the other cases.

Amnistia for tax evaders, it is democracy.

Amnistia for those protesting making a performance-like referedum (everyone knew it would not actual effect), that's not democracy.

It's a logic that I can not comprehend, I only can explain it if you consume so much mass media that you actually believe everything that is thrown at you.

[1] https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/gobierno-aznar-indulto-dia....

[2] https://www.eldiario.es/economia/rato-franco-narco-100-benef...

2 comments

I am a close relative of a judge. I have asked plenty of non-media questions to get an idea of how our system works, should work and what does not work and did not for a long time (and now we have problems because the situation changed).

By the way, I am not against independence FWIW. It is just the way things have been conducted are very aggraviating.

It's not the same when you do it because you need it to be the president.

I don't agree with pardons; it's something that simply shouldn't exist in this day and age. It doesn't matter to me what brand of progressivism does it.