A Liberal Lives In Wisconsin

     The verdict earlier this month against five members of the Proud Boys was a historic victory for the rule of law, personal accountability, and American democracy. Florida Proud Boys Leader Joseph Biggs, Former Proud Boys Chair Enrique Tarrio, Philadelphia Proud Boys President Zachary Rehl, top Proud Boys lieutenant Ethan Nordean, and New York Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola were convicted of 31 of the 46 combined felonies they faced. The first four were convicted of seditious conspiracy and five other felonies each, while Pezzola was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted of seven other serious felonies. The next day, the DOJ requested sentences of 10 to 25 years in prison for the Oath Keepers defendants convicted at trial as they prepare to face sentencing in late May and early June, giving the seditionists a good idea of the fate they will face later this summer.       While the Oath Keepers, their stack formation, and their Quick Reaction Force have captured much of

     Quite simply, the Republican argument in favor of the death penalty screams of "snowflakery." I find it humorous that people who vote red look at having emotions or caring about other people as a vice, but I'll take any opportunity to point out the hypocrisy of their using this word as both an insult and what they believe to be an accurate portrayal of the party that respects science.      A clear elaboration of this position is the death penalty. I decided to have a discussion with a few people who support capital punishment. The arguments that stick out are, simply, that people deserve it. This is not a fact that is in dispute. Some child-murdering freak absolutely deserves to die, but that doesn't square with a few of the other arguments made. The proponents of limited government often fail to see the hypocrisy in allowing the government's judiciary to decide whom, among the vast swamp of filth in the world, deserves to die in particular. Nor do the religi