Biden’s office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.

  • kipo@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    You don’t have to be insane to not be happy about this. I believe in ‘harm reduction’, which is to say: If joe biden were still president, i would probably not be upset if some medical condition removed him from the presidency, because then he could no longer actively do harm from his position of power.

    But now? He has almost no active power or influence over anything. His suffering doesn’t benefit me or reverse any previous harms he’s caused.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah so? Does him not having power absolve him of his previous crimes? He had not even expressed any regret for them.

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        3 days ago

        What is the purpose of punishment? To reform behavior? Or to make you feel better?

        You can claim justice, but in this case, that’s just making you feel better. You want to hurt someone because they hurt others. That’s how we’ve had never-ending wars. We as a species need to grow past this

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          3 days ago

          Do you think the Nuremberg trials were bad too?

          Using “pacisim” to excuse a genocidal maniac who has expressed zero regret for his actions. What a joke. I am glad Hitler died and I am glad Joe Biden is dying.

          The world will grow past these war criminals and their genocide mindset.