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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Nov 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Randall Eliason

    I don't need to know who needs to hear this but "history" (which is an academic discipline & mode of thought) can't prosecute anyone: goal of history is understanding not litigation. There are criminal & political systems for determining legal guilt & political transgressionshttps://twitter.com/RDEliason/status/1330865984656257027 …

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    Randall EliasonVerified account @RDEliason
    My latest in the @washingtonpost: the case for letting history, not a jury, judge Donald Trump. @PostOpinions https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/22/case-against-indicting-trump/ …
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      2. Sid Financy‏ @SidAndFinancy 25 Nov 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Well that's just being purposefully obtuse. Of course history judges people and events, via consensus appraisal, even if it doesn't "prosecute" people. Cf. Ford's pardon of Nixon.

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      3. Henry Tanguy‏ @HenryTanguy 25 Nov 2020
        Replying to @SidAndFinancy @HeerJeet

        Nixon resigned, under pressure. Trump hasn't, and won't. There's a big difference in terms of accountability.

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      2. Jeremiah M. Murphy‏ @elgallo7 25 Nov 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Waaait a second. So you're claiming there's no sanction attached to "being on the wrong side of history"? No jail time? Not even a fine? Huh.

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      3. Terence Woster‏ @Twoster3 25 Nov 2020
        Replying to @elgallo7 @HeerJeet

        So the only reward for being on the right side is ... being on the right side?

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      1. Joshua Glenn Wilson‏ @theJoshuaGlenn 25 Nov 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet @KevinMKruse

        Shallow platitudes service some people's noggins in a way that I will never be able to fathom. "Let history be the judge" is for people who will never agree that the Confederacy was about slavery.

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      1. Eggcellent Bacon‏ @EwaFan 25 Nov 2020
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        And “history” doesn’t have subpoena power.

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      1. Dan Bennett‏ @nerdyatty 25 Nov 2020
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        I wish history, not a jury, could judge my impoverished clients.

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      1. Cpt. Autism‏ @CptAutism 25 Nov 2020
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        I know that comparisons to the Nuremberg trials are hyperbolic, however the underlying logic is similar if not identical - and must be applied universally. I don't think anyone would say that history should have decided the fate of Nazi War Criminals over the trials.

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      1. FunkyBlatino‏ @BL4TINUM 25 Nov 2020
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        Thank you

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      1. Juan sin miedo‏ @teddy26th 25 Nov 2020
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        "Yes officer, it's possible I was driving way over the speed limit, and my license is suspended, but why not let history judge me instead?"

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