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But Biden should totally be able to hammer it out one rainy morning.

Why not? Democrats should use the power of the government to improve people's lives.

edit: looks like lemmy downtime caused a double post

The letter noted that the US has disproportionately incarcerated people of color, low-income individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those with disabilities, and that 90% of the federal prison population was convicted on non-violent offenses.

90% of them are non-violent offenders. I'm not convinced the other 10% would result in the country burning down. They weren't born in prison, but the country still managed to arrest them when they did something wrong. How about we arrest them again if they break the law instead of self-immolating for no reason? Or just pardon the 90% with non-violent offenses.

A straightforward way to protect people from fascists would be to get them out of prisons where they will otherwise be easy targets.

Anything would be better than nothing. People are saying democrats should challenge norms. I agree. Get these pardons moving.

XD They need to give him his aviators, it's way too bright out there for him. I would probably be squinting too lol. edit: typo

It's the bare minimum. We are supposed to have justice for all in this country. Not just justice for Hunter Biden.

How about Biden starts now and focuses on getting as many done as possible. What's this angle of pretending it's too difficult?

The letter noted that the US has disproportionately incarcerated people of color, low-income individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those with disabilities, and that 90% of the federal prison population was convicted on non-violent offenses.

What are you talking about? If the rich and the powerful get justice why not the rest of us too? Since when has justice been too broad?

The first people the fascists are going to go after will likely be minorities and immigrants in prison.

If Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden doesn't bother you then neither should this. This is what we should be calling for, because the justice system isn't fair to anyone, not just Hunter Biden.

President Carter!

If Democrats are going to do this for Hunter then lets do it for the illegal immigrants in federal prison who are probably going to be deported by fascists. And lets give them citizenship too. If Hunter shouldn't be the subject of a political witch hunt then neither should immigrants.

Until then this pardon is nepotism. And I want none of it in the government. edit: typo

Clinton pardoned his brother for selling cocaine. It’s not like this is the first time a Democrat has done this.

I didn't know Clinton did that. Some how the Republicans in my life never mentioned that one. It wasn't good when Clinton did it either though.

Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden is more notable because Democrats made it a part of their messaging that Biden wouldn't pardon Hunter Biden. It was their moral line and Biden crossed it as soon as he had nothing left to lose. John explained it best, thankfully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BcIHPMAHw

chadlien

That was so funny.

Thanks, this comment is an excellent example of why this pardon is so frustrating. Nepotism is not normal. This pardon is not normal. But if you didn't know better, you could easily be swayed by this nonsensical comment.

We now have to defend against this kind of rhetoric thanks to Joe Biden.

Then you shouldn't be president.

To answer your question, I wouldn't feel good, I would feel great.

I don't care what you think I am. I want justice. The American people want justice. This isn't justice. It's corruption. We shouldn't want corruption in the government, because that's how countries deteriorate.

People want to live in a country with a fair justice system. Biden contributed to the system he says was unfair to his son and then saves his son from it. Biden is fucking off with his family, they got theirs. We don't have a reason to defend Biden anymore. Blue MAGA isn't useful for winning elections.

He's got 48 days. It's time for Joe to get writing.

I'm not a fan of the nepotism and I don't plan on defending it. Biden claims he needs to do this to keep his family safe from an unfair system. If he's going to do stuff like this and acknowledge our institutions are flawed how about do stuff for the American people, Ukraine, or anyone without the last name Biden. The peaceful transfer of power to fascism, but his family got theirs leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

To be fair, there are multiple lessons to learn from this election cycle.

It was nuanced and most did not “get it”.

This is less directed at your argument and more at the general usage of nuance that I've seen. Your argument is the most recent example for me anyway. Nuance has been put on a pedestal as this universally good standard. Nuance is only as good as it is useful. For something to be nuanced it needs to get into the weeds of a topic because that level of specificity is essential to or otherwise facilitates a good faith discussion.

This is the word your argument is using.

nuanced

: having nuances : having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions (as in character or tone)

a nuanced performance

Whenever the movie focusses on Van Doren and Goodwin and Stempel, it treats them as nuanced human beings. But other characters in the film … are sketched less fully. — Ken Auletta

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuanced

Since I am subscribed to a descriptivist approach to defining words here is the new definition of nuanced as I have seen it used.

nuanced

2 : having a good or correct quality

Nuanced news, everyone! — Professor Farnsworth