Red Mosquito

Bi_3 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:But this is actually more disturbing:

If the uncool cannot get adequate legal representation we are far closer to fascism than we might admit.

I sincerely doubt uncool is the enemy. My only complaint is inconsistency. If you're going to fight evil, don't stop with those representing Trump. Nonetheless, means do not justify ends, because ends are unpredictable and karma is a bitch.

Uncool is the term I used to not trigger our friends into attacking the word and not the implication of what is happening. The issue here is that the fundamental essence of justice in the US (and most common law nations) is the adversarial system. If system is gamed so that an ex-President becomes so toxic to a lawyers career that no firm large enough to handle the cases will take him as client, then the system falls apart because he cannot get adequate representation. I am in no way, at all, stating or implying that is currently the case as of 5pm EST on 17.April.2023, and clearly as of this date and time and for the immediate future, Trump can still get enough large enough firms to support his misdeeds. But there are folks actively pushing towards making representing him a career-ender.

It feels good to believe he's gonna get what he deserves, but once this is done there is nothing to stop it from filtering down to ever poor slob on street who does something to anger the dominant political class.

The Argonaut wrote:I think it's more likely that it has to do with the outstanding lawsuits that are similar to the recently settled Dominion lawsuit. Being able to say Tucker is out could save them more money than he could ever actually make them selling ads for supplements

dad wrote:at the end of the day, he's going to do what feels right.