This is no more about the letter of the law than the concept of a sanctuary city is. The left would treat it as an act of war, so it would be.
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Barr and Trump care because if they try and fail then the left will have them and their families executed - literally, not figuratively. Once you open "use the justice system in politics" it doesn't end until one side is firmly and totally actually in control.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @relicn0cer and
I agree, but it’s worth noting that this would not be the first use of the justice system in politics lately The blowback would be immense for sure. I think short of having actual proof a mayor explicitly cooperated w Antifa via stand down orders, it would be too risky
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Replying to @jawn_117 @relicn0cer and
Use against the outer party is one thing - the rest of the outer party doesn't see it as a threat because the outer party sees the inner party crushing their rightward rivals as part the game. Using the justice system against the inner party for being too left? Different game.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @relicn0cer and
It is. But if the case was overwhelming? For sake of argument, say texts between Mayor X and local organizers explicitly arranging a stand-down, etc? This amount of evidence is unlikely, but the optics would be disastrous if they pushed back on it.
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Replying to @jawn_117 @relicn0cer and
Do you think that matters? They're prosecuting a kid for double murder one when there are dozens of videos exonerating him and everyone on the left thinks the biggest problem is the police didn't shoot him to death immediately. They control the megaphone and are shameless.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @relicn0cer and
I think it certainly does, to a degree. Their ability to control a narrative is awesome but not total. When it gets too tenuous, as it seems since Blake/Kenosha, public opinion shifts against it. You can tell some media have been spooked by polling on BLM of late.
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Replying to @jawn_117 @relicn0cer and
Their ability to set the narrative is total - their control of exactly what everyone thinks about it isn't. Everyone is talking about and thinking about what they've chosen even if not thinking the approved thoughts. Other problem - "public opinion" really doesn't matter.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @relicn0cer and
Yes last line is something I wanted to touch on but character cap prevented. Public opinion may not amount to much going forward. Near an election tho, I think they keep an eye on it. Or maybe not if they have confidence in whatever ballot stuffing scheme they’re cooking up
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I think the latter is more likely. Winning elections is a solved problem - simply control the vote counting process. There could be a meta principle of "support the election winner" but that's been abandoned for a long time by the left.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @relicn0cer and
Maybe so. I’m worried that the recent bump Trump has made will disarm people to that Still, I think it’s important to not totally abandon the offensive. It’d escalate things a lot, and maybe now is not the right time, but eventually things like this will be more necessary
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