Beau of the Fifth Column discusses Trump’s truth social post, the DOJ’s response, and more…

  • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The offender in the comments is obviously overzealous, and I’m not familiar with “Beau”, but I did some searching and it…kinda does seem like he deserves some accountability.

    I see he served some time, but is it true he’s never publicly addressed this in his Beau role? Cause when someone is trying to amend for past misdeeds, I tend to think there’s an obligation to be honest and transparent about those misdeeds.

    Details here (search for Justin King): https://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/sites/dcjs.virginia.gov/files/publications/victims/florida-strategic-plan-human-trafficking.pdf

    • Five@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think he’s trying to amend for past misdeeds – I think he’s just trying to live his life. If we lived in a restorative justice society instead of a punitive one, I’d have different expectations of him. We are a society ruled by war criminals who have never seen a day of prison. Things are hard enough for people who’ve survived incarceration, it’s a shitty thing to throw his past at him. Especially since the people who tend to do it are acting in bad faith, and whose actual beef is that he’s not simping for genocidal dictators.