393 points

Suggesting that a war should be waged against the democratically-elected government of the United States seems… Well, it seems kinda treason-y to me. Just a smidge.

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Hey now, treason is very specifically defined in the constitution. Oh and yeah, that’s the constitutional definition. This is treason.

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To be fair, we have been very lenient with traitors lately. To the surprise of no one, treason becomes increasingly popular.

This is why we should have met treason aggressively and swiftly from the beginning.

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SCOTUS allows treason if it’s an official act peculiar only to Trump.

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We’ve been very lenient with traitors since 1865.

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To be fair, we have been very lenient with traitors lately.

Lately? We have been lenient since the last civil war!

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Hey treason is when Democrats do anything I don’t like which means anything

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Its only real treason if it comes from the Treasony region of France. Otherwise its just called being a rebel.

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The Champagne virus is elusive.

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2 points

bubbling rebel

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20 points

I miss when that mattered…

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Isn’t this sedition, not treason?

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Technically yes, but it’s really just semantics and treason sounds sexier.

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11 points

Yeah this kinda does seem like it might cross the line and be actionable

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But you need either that person or two witnesses to admit to it in a court in order to convict.

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Doing the definition of treason is AT LEAST treason-adjacent!

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146 points

How to demonstrate that you are against democracy in one simple step.

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I think Project 2025 is already enough proof. It’s longer than Mein Kampf for Marx’s sake

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No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof

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The Trump presidency and the years since then have more than ever shown that the rules don’t apply to everyone equally.

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14 points

And yet…

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Spot the fuck on. This is Treason and nothing less. You know what Treason does and what’s done to it’s actor?

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I guarantee you a week ago this dude was crying because “Biden’s rhetoric was too crazy and led to the Trump shooting”

(Despite the fact the Trump shooter was a conservatuve)

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BREAKING: Fat white Ohio man wants others to do what he won’t do himself

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So many armchair generals in this world.

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The GOP army is going to need a vast fleet of lark scooters, albuterol inhalers and oxygen tanks

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