• Telorand
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    8 months ago

    “It was illegal to murder the victim, but the defendant didn’t believe it was illegal, therefore no crime was committed.”

    —This logical fallacy brought to you by the best lawyers MAGA could muster.

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      8 months ago

      As soon as this defense works, a manifesto should appear that says something along the lines of “Extermination of MAGA traitors is a righteous cause, just like the elimination of NAZIs.”

      Then see how they react when a MAGA rally gets bombed. Surely they’ll understand the bomber just thought they were doing what is right?

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      I mean I fell you 100% and your logic is not flawed unless you’re the Supreme Court which has found police can enforce laws that don’t exist if the officer “thinks” it exists. So what I gather is that the backwards logic will work for govt actors. It is not awesome.