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# David Youngberg > I do consider an attack on the government at least...

*February 9, 2025 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to James Hanley's comment.*

David Youngberg > I do consider an attack on the government at least a little more significant than an attack on a downtown" Many people don't think government officials are our betters, deserving of special privileges not afforded to ordinary citizens.  To us, a crime committed against a Senator is no more or less serious than a crime committed against a middle class black body shop owner.  (Of course, our rulers want to indoctrinate us with the notion that they _are_ a special class, deserving of special privileges.) > Why they didn't instead demand Trump prosecute people who had escaped punishment was never explained, The Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime. The best that could be done is ensure that people accused of similar crimes would receive similarly lenient sentences. > On more than one occasion their argument was: "if they can get away with it, so should we." Terrible argument. No, the terrible argument is that one side of the political spectrum should receive lenient sentences, while their opposition receive extraordinarily harsh sentences. > Were the J6ers overly punished? It's hard to tell--no one actually presented any evidence that they were. Some J6ers received sentences longer than many murderers receive, even though no one was killed (aside from a protester).  Many of the harsh sentences depend on the sedition claims, which, as we discussed, I think are idiotic. > But a pardon is a different matter entirely. A pardon is a declaration that the accused shouldn't have been convicted AT ALL. It deletes the conviction. To issue one to virtually everyone involved amounts to a declaration that the J6ers were justified in their actions It doesn't "delete" the conviction.  They still served several years in prison and face enormous legal bills.  And I didn't see anyone do anything that warranted a four year prison sentence, let alone 15+ year sentences you seem to think just. I'm not going to get any more worked about them than you are about the people Biden pardoned/commuted who shouldn't have been pardoned/commuted.