I mean, him running away to Russia would split Republicans even more. He’d still have his dedicated followers, but it would cause even more of a fight regarding DeSantis and others.
I’m trying to decide which would be more chaotically beneficial for the rest of us, him going to jail or fleeing.
Because of federation, all federated discussions that have participants from an instance save a local copy of that thread to the source instance the user is from.
So any infringement on one instance will be an infringement on any instances participants came from.
They know that there’s nothing meaningful to find from such an investigation, they were just demanding it because of the implication and because they can keep pushing conspiracy claims.
But an actual investigation to reveal the nothing is terrible for Republicans, because it cuts short the made up things they’ve been claiming.
Hence, their only option now is to try and discredit the very thing (and person) that they’ve been calling for.
If the reason for this is to prevent pedophilia content, then this will do nothing. People who access that sort of thing on the dark web aren’t going to be affected by this whatsoever.
I will stop using any websites that try to do that.
Like what? Bank websites don’t really use ads. And I don’t use LinkedIn.
Then I will stop browsing them? I stopped using Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit quite easily. I can do it with others if they’re going to go down this route.
I mean, I’m using Chrome right now, but if they actually implement this and my ad blocker stops working, I’m switching to Opera or something.
Do they really expect to not lose browser users with this move?
Also, it’s not like they don’t make the exact same argument even if the trans woman in question didn’t go through a male puberty and was on blockers and then hormones from their teenage years. All that does is force them to move the goalposts on their anti-trans arguments.
Though at this point, it looks like Trump will get the nomination with no real competition from DeSantis or anyone else, regardless of going to jail.
Trump fleeing and some states striking him from the ballot will enrage his supporters and make them not vote for who the actual nominee is.
I think the fleeing outcome harms the Republican chances more.