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I've been waiting for this day for so long, seeing this wannabe dictator commit crime after crime with no consequences and hearing so many people saying this would never happen, but here we are. Cheers my American neighbors! This is a good day for democracy!
I agree, but also a tragic day. This does nothing to reduce the polarization or convince his misguided followers of anything. Trump might go away but his voters won't. We have decades of this to look forward to. It's a step in the right direction at least...
I wholeheartedly disagree that it's a tragic day. The tragedies happened when he committed his crimes and got away with them for years. This is just the beginning of resolution.
Exactly right. Saying this mugshot is a tragedy is like saying it’s a tragedy when somebody with cancer finally qualifies for the surgery to remove the tumor.
I am going to disagree with you here. This is a long process. This teachers our kids about consequence. There is a lot more gears spinning than just punishing the big Cheeto.
Oh well, if he was allowed to get off without any consequences, it would be far, far worse.
It may be dark going forward, but we need to savor every bit of victory we can get like cold water on a searing summer day.
The alternative is worse.
The consequences of national polarization may, in the long term, make Trump's actions look small.
This arrest certainly pushes us closer to the edge. Whether that will lead us back to normalcy or over and down is yet to be seen.
And it would be better for national unity if one party was allowed to get away with committing crimes without facing consequences?
I've been thinking lately that if Nixon hadn't been pardoned, we never would have been here today.
But that's not the point. Him getting away with it or not, is one thing. The people standing in front of the Jail since 10 am, waiting for him to show up. Eager and sincerely wanting to show him their support. Firm in their belief that he cares or needs the support.
Half of the nation really wants someone like him to be president.
And they stand even stronger by his side, after these last weeks.
This is the tragic message and important lesson from this.
We keep saying "half of the nation" but he's never won a popular vote. It's a cognitive distortion
Not even half of likely voters.
Isn't this like the 3rd mug shot over the past few months, or did we not get to see those? I've lost track.
Those places forwent the mugshot. Georgia stated they would treat him as any other defendant, so this is his first.
I'd forgotten about "forwent," I'm going to have to keep it in my mental cheek pouches for crosswords and other word games.
"Mental cheek pouches" is a genius term. Stolen.
You mean stashed in your mental cheek pouches.
In hindsight, that should have been obvious from today's uproar.
To be fair, the mugshot is for identification and it's not like you need a photo of the Cheeto to identify him. What I want is a prison ID photo after being hosted down and de-loused (I know that's just a movie trope, but I still want it)
The delousing is real. No hose-down though. They do make you scrub up in ice cold shower water though.
Delousing in jails is not just a movie trope.
Hosing down? Got me there.
The other ones didn't take mugshots
I agree, but is this a consequence tho
That's what op is saying.