D’oh, that should be NOT quite of that Weinstein’s caliber. I am certainly not cheering that Rand Paul got corona, although I do hope he’ll at least learn something from the experience.
I generally try to reserve wishing cancer and disease on really bad people, not just your random dickweeds.
The beauty of this is, you don’t have to wish it on Weinstein or Paul; they’ve already got it.
I have nothing to add to the Weinstein discussion. I just wanted to note that Tooth has a great quote by a great writer.
If you really hate someone, don’t wish corona on them now.
Wish it on them in three weeks time
Tweet thread from a lawyer who works with prisoners in Rikers. Absolutely heartbreaking.
If you think Weinstein should be dead for his crimes, wouldn’t it make more sense to lobby for an extension of the death penalty to people who did what he did rather than hoping he gets a random disease?
Weirofhermiston wins the Internets for the day.
To me, the proof that there is no such thing as Karma is that neither Donald Trump nor Richard Burr has COVID-19.
I don’t recall anyone here saying he should die for his crimes, just that they won’t be sad when he does die. And since he’s already got this disease, that may happen sooner than it would have otherwise. And no one will shed a tear.
People in this thread have said the’re glad he has the disease, that it’s a good thing he has it, that he deserves to have it. That’s pretty much saying that he should have the disease.
Care to amazingly move your amazed goalposts again?
The point is: tough shit for him. It’s a direct consequence of his own actions. Fuck him.
Personally, I would hate to see his prison sentence cut short. But I won’t dwell on it, whichever way it ends for him.
That sounds absolutely horrifying. I have no words.
Yeah, they’ll get it, but they have their respirators and top notch medical staff all ready to go. So, still not as proper fucked as many in this country.
Yes, but you specifically said that people are saying he deserves to die. There is a big difference.
What people are saying is that, due to how bad his crimes are, and given that this disease exists and has to infect people, Weinstein is one of the more deserving candidates. No one is arguing that we should kill him or give him the disease.
And, frankly, I can’t see anything wrong with that. Rape is just that wrong that I can’t see anything wrong with schadenfreude when a serial rapists who used his wealth and power to accomplish his crimes and take advantage of women gets a disease.
That’s all this is. Schadenfreude. No one involved is trying to change it where rape can be punished by a disease. None of these people are saying he shouldn’t be treated, or that we shouldn’t try to stop diseases that affect people like him.
What is morally wrong is that which causes harm. And I can’t see the harm in these feelings as long as they remain feelings.
No, of course, there’s no harm in those feelings. I mean, there would be, if they contributed to a carceral state that has over two million people in prison, assumes if you’re accused of a crime you’re guilty, and has pretty much given up on the idea of rehabilitation, trapping ex-cons into a life of second class citizenship and marginalization. But, of course, no such place like that exists, because a place that did that would be monstrous. So, go ahead and rejoice in the suffering of convicts. I mean, it’s not like they’re PEOPLE or something.
I thought we were talking about Weinstein. One bad dude. But now it’s 2 million convicts. So, wow. That escalated faster than COVID-19.
If moving the goalposts is the only way you know how to win an argument, save us all some time and take your moral victory lap now.
The folks you are talking to are legit mentally ill and morally deranged.
As I said back in post #29, the most vulnerable inmates are being released. Here’s that cite again.
It is amazing how he does that, amirite?