Are Trump protests finished?

[Saga Lout]

Democracies don't do show trials, show trials are a communist thing.

This just shows how far to the left America has shifted.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Democracies don't do show trials, show trials are a communist thing.

If it was a show trial the outcome would have already been decided against Trump.

It seems like the outcome is actually gonna be in Trump's favour, so if it's a show trial it's a pretty shoddy one!

[JackyJoll]

I still say he's great entertainment value.

He can tour the halls then.

[Saga Lout]

Democracies don't do show trials, show trials are a communist thing.

If it was a show trial the outcome would have already been decided against Trump.

It seems like the outcome is actually gonna be in Trump's favour, so if it's a show trial it's a pretty shoddy one!

Maybe that shows that they haven't moved ALL the way to the left, that there may still be hope.

[Mr. Dazzle]

They're hardly an exclusively communist thing either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27 ... prov=sfla1

The court was established in 1933 by order of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in response to his dissatisfaction at the outcome of the Reichstag fire trial, in which all but one of the defendants were acquitted. The court had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offenses", which included crimes like black marketeering, work slowdowns, defeatism, and treason against the Third Reich. These crimes were viewed by the court as Wehrkraftzersetzung ("disintegration of defensive capability") and were accordingly punished severely; the death penalty was meted out in numerous cases.

The court handed down an enormous number of death sentences under Judge-President Roland Freisler, including those that followed the plot to kill Hitler on 20 July 1944. Many of those found guilty by the court were executed in Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. The proceedings of the court were often even less than show trials in that some cases, such as that of Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl and fellow White Rose activists, trials were concluded in less than an hour without evidence being presented or arguments made by either side

[Saga Lout]

They're hardly an exclusively communist thing either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27 ... prov=sfla1

The court was established in 1933 by order of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in response to his dissatisfaction at the outcome of the Reichstag fire trial, in which all but one of the defendants were acquitted. The court had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offenses", which included crimes like black marketeering, work slowdowns, defeatism, and treason against the Third Reich. These crimes were viewed by the court as Wehrkraftzersetzung ("disintegration of defensive capability") and were accordingly punished severely; the death penalty was meted out in numerous cases.

The court handed down an enormous number of death sentences under Judge-President Roland Freisler, including those that followed the plot to kill Hitler on 20 July 1944. Many of those found guilty by the court were executed in Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. The proceedings of the court were often even less than show trials in that some cases, such as that of Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl and fellow White Rose activists, trials were concluded in less than an hour without evidence being presented or arguments made by either side

OK, not exclusively a communist thing, a socialist thing. How's that?

[Mr. Dazzle]

I think they're a totalitarian thing.

[wheelnut]

Maybe that shows that they haven't moved ALL the way to the left, that there may still be hope.

The left doesn’t exist in America, it’s just right and further right.

[Saga Lout]

As expected, Trump has been acquitted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56056310

[Cousin Jack]

The left doesn’t exist in America, it’s just right and further right.

You really have to spend some time in the US to realise that the US media paints a very weird picture of what we (UK and most of Europe) consider to be a normal society. They appear to be terrified of even vaguely socialist ideas, conflating them with extreme totalitarian communism.

[wheelnut]

You really have to spend some time in the US to realise that the US media paints a very weird picture of what we (UK and most of Europe) consider to be a normal society. They appear to be terrified of even vaguely socialist ideas, conflating them with extreme totalitarian communism.

It’s bizarre, I don’t know whether it’s a carry over from the McCarthy era or what, but it seems to be deeply embedded in their psyche.

[weeksy]

You really have to spend some time in the US to realise that the US media paints a very weird picture of what we (UK and most of Europe) consider to be a normal society. They appear to be terrified of even vaguely socialist ideas, conflating them with extreme totalitarian communism.

It’s bizarre, I don’t know whether it’s a carry over from the McCarthy era or what, but it seems to be deeply embedded in their psyche.

Yeah since the Beatles split and he took up with the veggie bird it all went wrong

[wheelnut]

As expected, Trump has been acquitted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56056310

It was always going to be a vote along party lines.

I had mixed feelings about it, one part of me thinks that it should have been put to bed and move on, make him irrelevant.

Another part of of me thinks that the second impeachment will be his legacy and solidify his place as probably the worst president in US history.

[DefTrap]

The impeachment was never going to stick. Nobody really wants their leaders formally punished in this way, it sets too much of a precedent in these times when politics is so polarised. Every other president would end up impeached.

They seem to be using it (try for impeachment and then clear) to admonish but that really doesn't work in trump's case, hes seen it as proof of how corrupt everyone else is.

[OBO]

Both FAILED impeachments were a total and nasty farce instigated by a bunch of lowlife crooks.
Yet another example of the vile left trying to cancel other people's lives.
It's vile.

[demographic]

I'm not totally convinced they failed with this.
They showed a fair bit of disgusting behavior of the rioters and a significant amount of republicans nailed their colours to the Trump mast.

I'd say the democrats played this reasonably well considering the options.

We'll see in a few years I guess.

[wheelnut]

Both FAILED impeachments were a total and nasty farce instigated by a bunch of lowlife crooks.
Yet another example of the vile left trying to cancel other people's lives.
It's vile.

They weren't failed impeachments - he was impeached. Twice. A new record.

The fact that you think any political party in the US is 'left' is bizarre. And why are you using 'left' like a swearword? It does seem to be the fashion at the moment?

[wheelnut]

I'm not totally convinced they failed with this.
They showed a fair bit of disgusting behavior of the rioters and a significant amount of republicans nailed their colours to the Trump mast.

I'd say the democrats played this reasonably well considering the options.

We'll see in a few years I guess.

I've still got my reservations about going ahead with it, but on balance it was probably the right thing to do.

Trump attempted to totally bypass the constitutional process and appealed directly to mob rule. That's populism at its worst and needed calling out.

[OBO]

Both FAILED impeachments were a total and nasty farce instigated by a bunch of lowlife crooks.
Yet another example of the vile left trying to cancel other people's lives.
It's vile.

They weren't failed impeachments - he was impeached. Twice. A new record.

The fact that you think any political party in the US is 'left' is bizarre. And why are you using 'left' like a swearword? It does seem to be the fashion at the moment?

Twice impeached...twice acquitted.

Normal folk would see that as failure....twice.

[Mussels]

Both FAILED impeachments were a total and nasty farce instigated by a bunch of lowlife crooks.
Yet another example of the vile left trying to cancel other people's lives.
It's vile.

They weren't failed impeachments - he was impeached. Twice. A new record.

The fact that you think any political party in the US is 'left' is bizarre. And why are you using 'left' like a swearword? It does seem to be the fashion at the moment?

As far as I can tell two impeachment processes made it as far as the upper house but neither succeeded, so Trump wasn't impeached. If you count someone starting the process as impeachment then Biden's already been impeached.