That's really irrelevant to the point being discussed. I was just trying to give some context to the apparent hypocrisy the OP had identified, without adding my own opinion about it.
> There is a sense that the new American administration is more appropriately focused on oppressing criminals and people occupying the country illegally, which may account for more acceptance and a slight uptick in trust
That’s not an interesting insight IMO.
All governments claim some degree of criminality or immorality of the people they are oppressing.
After all, didn’t this administration pardon people who 50% of the country believe were actively trying to overthrow the government?
I think it accurately explains the mood shift of the portion of the public the OP was originally criticizing for apparent hypocrisy. The same portion of the public who think the prosecutions of the Jan 6 protestors as wildly overzealous, at best.
Except almost none of these cases are given due process, so we're just meant to believe them. It's trivial to say people are terrorists or gang members or whatever, doing it in court is hard. That's why they don't.
True, but they are so individualist that they don't give a f*ck to what happens to their neighbors, they are the first type to report anyone to the government
avgDev|11 months ago
tac19|11 months ago
oa335|11 months ago
That’s not an interesting insight IMO.
All governments claim some degree of criminality or immorality of the people they are oppressing.
After all, didn’t this administration pardon people who 50% of the country believe were actively trying to overthrow the government?
tac19|11 months ago
I think it accurately explains the mood shift of the portion of the public the OP was originally criticizing for apparent hypocrisy. The same portion of the public who think the prosecutions of the Jan 6 protestors as wildly overzealous, at best.
consteval|11 months ago
Vilian|11 months ago