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   Raccoon 🏳️‍🌈 :unverified: (raccoon@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 16:42:06 JST Raccoon 🏳️‍🌈 :unverified:

   • Evan Prodromou

   @evan
   This is highly dependent on what we mean.

   Do we mean the government, when semi-controlled by one party, should not prosecute a member of the minority party, ever? (As in, the DOJ under Biden prosecuting Trump)

   Or, what we already have in the US, the president can't be involved in the prosecution of his own political rival? (As in, how Biden is completely refused from the Trump prosecution)

   I see people trying to use this both ways and getting very confused, but I'm going to agree.

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan
     Yes. I actually posted about them.

     #Nevalny is clearly being persecuted for his opposition to Putin overthrowing the democracy and becoming a dictator.
     His prosecution has no place in a democracy.

     #Bolsonaro basically did what Trump did: lost the election on fair terms, then attempted to overthrow the democracy and install himself as a dictator. For a democracy to exist, it must prosecute this kind of behavior.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 16:42:02 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @raccoon do you have any thoughts on the prosecution and sentencing of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny?

     https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-court-sentences-imprisoned-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-to-additional-19-years

     Or Jair Bolsanaro?

     https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-court-bolsonaro-barred-running-1.6894057

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan
     And to clarify...

     President Biden is not prosecuting former President Trump. Anyone who thinks Biden is involved in that prosecution is simply misinformed.

     The DOJ, which Biden technically oversees, has independently decided to prosecute Trump, and recruited members of The Republican party to handle the investigation and prosecution. Biden isn't allowed to be part of that.

     So no, Biden is NOT "prosecuting his political rival".

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 16:42:09 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @raccoon so, I think there are some important touch points in here! I'm going to give my full thoughts after the poll is over, but I appreciate your detailed thoughts very much. Thanks for replying!

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan
     Once again though, these are not prosecutions of political rivals. #Bolsonaro, #Yanukovych, and #Trump are not being prosecuted under the authority of a political rival, nor are they being prosecuted for being a political rival.

     They are being prosecuted by independent government officials for undermining rule of law and attempting to overthrow the democracy itself.

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan
     There's also #Yanukovych, The former president of Ukraine, and known Putin conspirator, voted out after attempting to join the Russian Union against the will of the people, who has spent the last 10 years attempting to collapse the democracy of Ukraine and working for Putin's interests. His recent sentence, in absentia, for high treason, isn't just necessary for democracy to continue in Ukraine, but for rule of law itself.