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orangecrush

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31. Smack the bastards into a nice deep hole

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 02:07 PM

Jul 2021

You know damn well they'd do it for us!

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Judge Questioned If Capitol Rioters Are Getting Off Too Easy For "Terrorizing Members Of Congress" [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2021 OP

About Damn Time WHITT Jul 2021 #1

+1,000! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #5

+ another 1000 SallyHemmings Jul 2021 #17

+ another 1000 lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #30

+ yet another 1000 usaf-vet Jul 2021 #34

Count me in -... pazzyanne Jul 2021 #36

Ditto! Raster Jul 2021 #39

And another +1000! calimary Jul 2021 #46

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! happy feet Jul 2021 #56

About time! Rebl2 Jul 2021 #57

Yep. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #84

This is bullshit, judge knows it, and it doesn't surprise me that it is happening. Thomas Hurt Jul 2021 #2

You took the words out of my fingertips Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #45

Hey Ferrets, I Love That Phrase!!! COL Mustard Jul 2021 #75

... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #78

Yes. Yes they are. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #3

Thankfully the judiciary is stepping up bottomofthehill Jul 2021 #4

Yes they did! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #8

"Coddling only serves to embolden." Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2021 #10

Indeed it is! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #58

The Republicans and Faux Noise have made it clear Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2021 #71

Well, you know... SheltieLover Aug 2021 #81

Coddle them now and we might wnylib Jul 2021 #49

For sure! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #59

Yep! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2021 #68

As well as DENVERPOPS Aug 2021 #80

+1 Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2021 #13

You would think there would be a statute concerning disrupting the government in real time Ligyron Jul 2021 #19

In MY Opinion fwvinson Aug 2021 #79

Of course they are and it about fucking time someonew noticed Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #6

No shit. dalton99a Jul 2021 #7

+1 live love laugh Jul 2021 #66

True. "The law" is doing a rotten job of providing Baitball Blogger Jul 2021 #9

Just sayin', Guillotines seemed to be a deterrent C_U_L8R Jul 2021 #11

I stand with the Judges, who use common sense MagickMuffin Jul 2021 #12

Well, FINALLY DFW Jul 2021 #14

Spot on. yonder Jul 2021 #32

Ding, ding. We have a winna!! Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #47

Sums it up for me. Who should we bomb? twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #54

Nah...Yer Wrong There.... COL Mustard Jul 2021 #76

This Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #77

They Faux pas Jul 2021 #15

No shit world wide wally Jul 2021 #16

It's only through almost sheer luck that members of congress weren't taken hostage ffr Jul 2021 #18

The insurrectionists are taking advantage of hiding in numbers Silent3 Jul 2021 #20

Felony conviction usually screws up a person's life for a while. jaxexpat Jul 2021 #21

Yeah, they are... they need the Cha Jul 2021 #22

+ 1 nt pazzyanne Jul 2021 #37

The insurrection should be dealt with fairly harshly bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #23

LOL. I'm sure milquetoast Garland will change this stat! LOL. PSPS Jul 2021 #24

Most of them were doing cosplay and adding to the numbers Warpy Jul 2021 #25

Treat it like a bank robbery Aviation Pro Jul 2021 #26

Just slapping their wrists is total bullshit BlueJac Jul 2021 #27

Are there not people in prison have done nothing but plan terrorist attacks? rickyhall Jul 2021 #28

Are the federal prosecutors saving the felony charges for the ones causing actual bodily harm Texin Jul 2021 #29

Smack the bastards into a nice deep hole orangecrush Jul 2021 #31

Yes...The probability that they will do it again... toughtony Jul 2021 #33

TFG signed an executive order a year ago to protect monuments, memorials and statues Danascot Jul 2021 #35

I like that judge. And yes, we are letting these first ones off cheap. They need a minimum of marble falls Jul 2021 #38

Thank you Judge Howell malaise Jul 2021 #40

Of course! And wattabout the jerks who incited (and probably paid) these terrorists? Justice matters. Jul 2021 #41

Excellent points NQAS Jul 2021 #42

cliven and amon bundy Jakes Progress Jul 2021 #43

Also ask, if they were Black would they be getting these easy sentences? CrispyQ Jul 2021 #44

Let the punishment fit the crime. BarbD Jul 2021 #48

The judge's question feels affirmative as to my own perception as regards what appears to be a msfiddlestix Jul 2021 #50

If it was up to me, many may disagree, there would not be any need for a trial in many cases. olegramps Jul 2021 #51

They should all be in Gitmo until hell freezes over randr Jul 2021 #52

Yes. catrose Jul 2021 #53

I'm okay with the little fish dealing for a lighter sentence IF it leads directly to the conviction Poiuyt Jul 2021 #55

Lighter means 2 years or more RainCaster Jul 2021 #64

Yes, way too little...no repercussions, no change, sets stage to happen again. MiHale Jul 2021 #60

Nail their traitorous hides for all to see Pas-de-Calais Jul 2021 #61

When the Plea deal"...do they accept FELONY charges? Hulk Jul 2021 #62

Good BradAllison Jul 2021 #63

Deterrence starts at the top. LudwigPastorius Jul 2021 #65

NBC's Scott McFarlane was on NPR's 1A this morning. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #67

If the shoe were somehow on the other foot PCIntern Jul 2021 #69

well... ShepKat Jul 2021 #70

so far llashram Jul 2021 #72

I like what these judges had to say, BUT Progressive Jones Jul 2021 #73

The plea deal must be honored. malthaussen Aug 2021 #83

The DOJ has been too easy on these terrorists LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #74

Oh, that is a good question, yeronner! malthaussen Aug 2021 #82