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You think pot would do him in? Not the rape, embezzlement, fraud, treason, or tax evasion that he’s actually done?
I really shouldn't take the time to explain because I can already tell from your comment this won't be productive...
But:
The point you missed was how punishment is wildly disproportionate, so in lots of places, a couple ounces of pot would get higher sentences for all those crimes you rattled off.
And the people who are arrested for a few ounces of pot, rarely have the money for lawyers to get out of it.
I really didn't think it would be hard to infer any of that, but man have I been overestimating Lemmy recently. It really feels like the longer this goes on, the more hand holding needs done in comments.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to explain it, as you're right, inference is lost on the willfully stupid.
Fuck you and your inferences
No inference there. Have a great night my friend.
Glad I was elaborate enough
I keep upvoting you because I like you and disagree with you. Man, the hive mind is strong.
I really shouldn't have to take the time to explain, but the parent comment was poorly written.
What you actually meant (according to your follow-up) was that if it had been someone poor with a couple ounces of pot, that person would have been in jail this whole time. But you wrote Trump, and then someone logically thought, "No, Trump would get away with that too."
The fediverse would be better if i) commenters were a bit more careful with their wording or ii) they didn't pounce on people rudely for misunderstanding them.
I hope this was productive.
Unproductive. Your inability to read intention is not the fault of the original commenter.
You failed to mention that he’d also have to be poor for a weed charge to matter. Fuck inferences, you should be explicit in your explanation. But go ahead and be a total asshole if you want. I’m sure it’s par for the course.
Or the open and liberal distribution of controlled substances while he was in the Whitehouse.