• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      He doesn’t have to give a shit any more. The fact that he’s one of the better presidents in my lifetime is just horrible.

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      9 days ago

      He’s a shitbag too that’s what’s up. Just because someone has a D next to their name doesn’t mean they’re a good person or that they actually care about the country.

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    9 days ago

    I’m much more upset about this pardon than Hunter’s pardon. This woman stole $53 million dollars over 20 years from tax payers. As far as I know, Hunter never stole anything from taxpayers.

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    8 days ago

    She’s still a convicted felon and was serving her time on home confinement. She served several years in actual prison. She has not been forgiven for her crime.

    I really don’t understand Lemmy. People massively confusing pardons and sentence commutations. Further being outraged at the horrors of the American prison system, yet being pissed when people aren’t imprisoned enough.

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      One of the people he pardoned was a judge responsible for the cash-for-kids scandal. A judge who took money to send kids to for profit prisons. I just can’t fathom that they’re someone deserving of a pardon.

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        I think my point is she did real time in prison (like 5 years?). And if your concern is that someone who steals 10k gets more time, my question is:

        Does she deserve more time or do they deserve less?

        This forum likes to decry inhumane sentences which is great, but I hope you can see the misalignment in views when the same hive mind wants her to be locked away for much longer.