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minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up75·2 years agotbf accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, so I feel like Nixon should at least have a little bit of a bar there.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoHe was sadly never charged.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years agoIf you weren’t charged, but make a legally binding admission of guilt, have you committed a felony? I feel like this is like, something they teach in some extra credit course at law school lmao
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 years agoIt says “charged,” not “committed.” Every president has probably committed felonies.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoAh, you’re right, it does say ‘charged’.
minus-squareson_named_bort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI don’t know, I’m not sure William Henry Harrison had time to commit any felonies while president.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoI can’t even fathom how many Andrew Jackson must have ranked up.
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoNoam, War Crimes of US Presidents https://piped.video/5BXtgq0Nhsc
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoNot sure I’m concerned with Noam “Genocide isn’t a big deal when Socialists do it” Chomsky’s take.
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI see this posted a lot, but the only thing I’ve ever seen sourced of Noam saying anything like this is more “be wary of when the United States reports things that align in its imperial interests” rather than the oft-repeated “genocide good”
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIdk maybe but when I asked for a source what I saw was much more “beware America” instead of “Stalin did nothing wrong”
tbf accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, so I feel like Nixon should at least have a little bit of a bar there.
He was sadly never charged.
If you weren’t charged, but make a legally binding admission of guilt, have you committed a felony?
I feel like this is like, something they teach in some extra credit course at law school lmao
It says “charged,” not “committed.” Every president has probably committed felonies.
Ah, you’re right, it does say ‘charged’.
I don’t know, I’m not sure William Henry Harrison had time to commit any felonies while president.
I can’t even fathom how many Andrew Jackson must have ranked up.
Noam, War Crimes of US Presidents
https://piped.video/5BXtgq0Nhsc
Not sure I’m concerned with Noam “Genocide isn’t a big deal when Socialists do it” Chomsky’s take.
I see this posted a lot, but the only thing I’ve ever seen sourced of Noam saying anything like this is more “be wary of when the United States reports things that align in its imperial interests” rather than the oft-repeated “genocide good”
Chomsky is famous for Holodomor apologia
Idk maybe but when I asked for a source what I saw was much more “beware America” instead of “Stalin did nothing wrong”