Re: Sunny Hostin And Joy Behar Do Rhetorical Gymnastics To Excuse Biden Family Pardons

On Jan 30, 2025 at 10:55:57 PM PST, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:25:57 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
 

They're all concerned about people who were violent toward law enforcement
getting a break when it involves Trump, but have you heard them utter a
single
word about Biden's last minute commutation of Leonard Peltier, the American
Indian activist who literally executed two FBI agents?

 
I confess I still see red when I hear the word "executed" to refer to
a homicide committed by someone not acting on part of the state.

It's a common term not limited to state action. The mob, in particular, was
known for its "execution-style" murders.

Or those who were guillotined during the French Revolution. They were
executing state officials but they weren't state officials themselves.

Or those who are lined up and shot or beheaded by groups like ISIS or al-Qaeda
or the Taliban. Those are executions but the killers aren't government
officials.