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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Nixon resigned, under pressure. Trump hasn't, and won't. There's a big difference in terms of accountability.
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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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So the only reward for being on the right side is ... being on the right side?
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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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And “history” doesn’t have subpoena power.
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I wish history, not a jury, could judge my impoverished clients.
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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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Thank you
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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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