ah, so now you've tossed out the notion of redemption - no waiting periods, no "clean record" exemption - he's barred for life. You've switched arguments, but aside from that, somehow I suspect you'd find exceptions to this fixed rule in any number of circumstances
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I don't have a fixed policy I have in mind that I think should be written into the constitution, but I think that if his victims don't trust him to hold public office the decent thing to do is for the voters to listen
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Replying to @arthur_affect @geniecoefficnt
I think it's *more likely* that if it had been 20 years since it happened and he'd actually done something in that time to demonstrate he'd changed his victims would be willing to forgive him, but that's ultimately up to them, not me
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Replying to @arthur_affect @geniecoefficnt
I think it's completely fucking obvious why calling them unreasonable for not forgiving him just because five years passed and he has his GED now is bullshit though I actually can't imagine forgiving someone under those circumstances
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Replying to @arthur_affect @geniecoefficnt
"why are you still mad about this, i said i have moved on" is not an apology! actual contrition begins with publicly stating what you've done. he tries to minimize his crimes, calls it 'just a little cyberbullying.' he's not even at the first step of contrition.
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he hasn't made restitution to those he's wronged, he hasn't demonstrated that he's changed his behavior, his victims certainly haven't forgiven him. show me contrition and i'll consider not calling him a misogynist shitbag.
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If you watch the video of Glenn's interview with the guy, Glenn actually opens it up for him to say "from his own mouth" what, exactly, it is he did and how bad it was and why it was so bad And he fucking ducks it -- he doesn't at any point say "I blackmailed a girl for nudes"
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It's such fucking shit It's not worth watching the video, you don't get any information from it you wouldn't get from reading about it But I fucking dare you to watch the video and say this looks like someone who actually seems remorseful AT ALL
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When he's asked to say "from his own mouth" what he did, he DOESN'T say it, he immediately deflects onto "My dad was struggling with mental illness, my mom didn't have a lot of resources" WHO CARES SAY IT from your mouth -- "I told a girl to kill herself repeatedly for a year"
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When asked "What evidence do the voters have that you've changed?" he immediately brings up how he has the most progressive policy platform of any candidate for the KS House and pivots into attacking Stan Frownfelter for how much he sucks Like Jesus Christ
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And when Glenn, who's smart enough at least to understand what terrible optics this is, asks the question AGAIN the best he can come up with is "Well there's no similar stories about me from high school are there" Fucking shit, man, he lobs you this big fat softball and you bunt
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If nothing else, watching this video demonstrates that this kid is also a horrible public speaker and he's dumb as dirt This is the most stage-managed attempt to willfully give him positive spin you could imagine and Glenn still has to walk the kid through it step by step
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That's not the important thing, of course -- it wouldn't make it any better if he actually were some kind of genius wunderkind But that's why this act from Glenn Greenwald is so pathetic -- this kid isn't your Great Gen Z Hope, this kid is a fucking fluke
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