Supporters of the person would just vote non-guilty and opponents would just vote guilty. It would just result in hung juries over and over.

  • NutWrench@lemmy.world
    91·
    11 months ago

    The problem with Trump is that he’s a known quantity to anyone who has lived on Earth for the last 50 years. He’s a compulsive liar, literally about everything and a vile, disgusting person, as well.

    Knowing that, I would find it impossible to “just consider the facts” and believe that maybe . . . just maybe, this is the one time he’s telling the truth.

    • khepri@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 months ago

      Thankfully we put career criminals, well-known in their communities, who people have heard of, on trial all the time. Could you imagine if “I’m too famous as a dirtbag to be tried by a jury of my peers” was a defense?

    • Tsavo43@lemmy.world
      223·
      11 months ago

      Just because you don’t agree with him doesn’t make what he says a lie. Biden has been caught lying nonstop about his son’s business and I’ll bet that you’re just fine with it.

      • Retreaux@lemmy.world
        14·
        11 months ago

        Nice what-aboutism, Biden’s son isn’t even an elected official in any capacity. False equivalence is a red flag logical fallacy.

        • Tsavo43@lemmy.world
          117·
          11 months ago

          So you’re going to ignore Joe Biden using his position as VP to take in money illegally… Nice lack of morals.

          • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
            7·
            11 months ago

            Not who you responded to, but while most politicians grift a bit, Trump has been shown to grift his base like there’s no tomorrow. I recall that there was fine print on one of the “donate to stop the steal” campaigns that signed people up for recurring donations when they thought they were making a one-time contribution. The mountain of evidence, and your trying to defend him, robs you of any credibility.

          • Retreaux@lemmy.world
            2·
            11 months ago

            Nobody’s ignoring it. There’s plenty of room to investigate that too. Corruption of any source SHOULD be confronted and removed regardless of affiliation, but that wasn’t the point of the exercise. Besides, your assumption of my lack of morals from a single reply (and regarding a what-aboutism to boot) is just another logical fallacy. There’s more of them too if you’re looking for more ways to be an unreasonable contrarian online.

      • Wakmrow@lemmy.world
        9·
        11 months ago

        No one gives a shit about Hunter Biden outside the Fox News bubble, guy. As for me, having a son who does drugs with sex workers is about the last thing for which I hate Joe Biden.

        • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
          4·
          11 months ago

          It actually makes me respect Hunter a little bit. If you’re gonna be a fail-son, at least have fun with it.

      • Ocelot@lemmy.world
        7·
        11 months ago

        I don’t understand why, when people talk about what a dirtbag Trump is, so many people respond with, “Yeah, but person X is also a dirtbag.” Like yeah, so? That’s beside the point of this conversation. That person is also a dirtbag. Why don’t you start a thread to talk about that?