I mean, Ford used this kind of logic to justify pardoning Nixon, arguing that the uncompleted impeachment process already meant that Nixon and the country had been through enough However, I contend that this is horseshit
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This is like when people said Jeffrey Toobin going viral on Twitter and being humiliated was "punishment enough" and he should get to still have his job
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Or, more virtuously, pre-emptive pardons like Jimmy Carter gave to the Vietnam draft dodgers who had fled to Canada
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Right, which is even more pre-emptive - a blanket pardon for people who hadn't even been identified as a suspect
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Yiiiikes, Ryan seems unashamed of his Very Bad Take
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Always fun listening to people whose lives haven't been touched by violent crime explain how no one should be punished. A really underrated 2020 trend
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Ryan Grim has not been known for espousing much in the way of wisdom as of late...
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