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Originally Posted by btimbit
Definitely not my intention. I think this guy is an absolute scumbag. I just hate some of the rhetoric around it and that a lot of the attention seems to be the typical left vs right BS. Some people seem to think he should go to jail simply because he's a right-wing nutjob, the only thing I mean to defend here is that while that's deplorable, that isn't against the law.
My big fear at the moment regarding this story is that if he is indeed found not guilty that he'll then be treated like some kind of hero by the extreme right. We've already seen it sadly.
No matter how this goes the wedge gets driven deeper
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Of course no matter what happens its going to be a left right lightning rod
If he's found guilty. The hard right is going to see this as an assault of individual freedom and gun rights by a corrupt court doing the guberments bidding. The Left I guess, will be justice is done, this needs to happen everytime.
If he's innocent. - the hard right gun lobby will show this as a triumph of gun rights and right of self defence. The left will be angry at the courts no matter what the reason.