• Doomsider@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    6 hours ago

    Think about it this way, if you disqualified politicians who engaged in some kind of sexual assault there would not be many left to govern.

    It is accepted and now normalized. If you are rich you can rape and do whatever you want.

    The problem for me is I grew up in a country that I thought was beyond that. I was apparently wrong.

    • FierySpectre@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      25 minutes ago

      The problem with disqualifying anyone based on any crimes is that it would enable the current ruling party to stick crimes on the opposition to eliminate the competition.

      Just in case to clarify, I’m not defending child rapists who most surely did commit the crime in question, just saying it’s a dangerous concept.

    • Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      5 hours ago

      there would not be many left to govern

      Good. There is not that many positions to fill anyway.

      It’s not normal that a criminal record that would make it almost impossible to find an entry-level grocery packer job is completely OK for a politician.

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        4 hours ago

        a criminal record that would make it almost impossible to find an entry-level grocery packer job is completely OK for a politician fucking president of a huge country

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      5 hours ago

      I refuse to think about it that way lol. Quantity does not equal acceptance for me. We have to hold our countries’ representatives to a higher standard than being outright criminals, guilty of many, serious offenses. If there are only a handful of politicians left after such a sift, then so be it.

      Thank God I’m not in the USA. But it’s not like this doesn’t fuck over the rest of the world too.