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by jimkleiber 494 days ago
I think this is the person's point. Many people in the past would see Fauci as a prime example of someone who is just a non-partisan career government servant, while others, which it seems you and many people in the current administration, see people like him as overtly partisan and borderline evil.

NB: I really disliked the preemptively pardoning. Like really really disliked it and wish it were not legal.
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NekkoDroid 494 days ago
> NB: I really disliked the preemptively pardoning. Like really really disliked it and wish it were not legal.

I also really hate it, but it's becoming more obvious with time that they to some degree were necessary in this case. Ideally they wouldn't be needed or possible, but Trump and his administration seem to have multiple axes to grind with anyone in the government not directly subserviant to him.

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jimkleiber 493 days ago
Not necessary, just out of fear. They capitulated to Trump's threats instead of standing up and fighting hard for principles.
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SauciestGNU 493 days ago
Sure, but Fauci should also not have to spend the twilight years of his very accomplished life defending himself from petulant fascists' revenge prosecutions.
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jimkleiber 493 days ago
Yes, emotionally I'd agree. However, legally, I think it's a very slippery slope. What if Don Jr shoots someone dead and then Trunp premptively pardons him so no one can investigate the shooting?

I think the hard part of enforcing the law is enforcing it equally, even towards those we love the most.

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SauciestGNU 493 days ago
I think enforcing the law is only important while there is rule of law. What the Republicans are doing now is rule by law. It's not a good-faith reading of laws, it's using raw state power to turn the legal apparatus against the perceived enemies of the state/regime.

We're way past lofty ideals like equal application of the law. It's going to take a reconsideration of our social contract in order to live in a society where we once again protect the innocent and punish the guilty.

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jimkleiber 493 days ago
Or we just get beyond the idea of punishing the guilty and go to restorative justice.
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