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@ISIDEWITHAnswersForeign policyStarted 9yrs agoActive 9mos ago

Yes, but only if they are convicted terrorists

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 @9FRPRPH from California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Torture onto anyone is an immoral act that should never be used. If the people voluntarily give the right to torture anyone, it opens a fluid gate for a government to enact other immoral positions.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…9mos9MO

Do you seriously believe that forcing someone to rot away in prison for years is somehow more "ethical" than a few lashes?

 @9FNR3PS from Missouri  agreed…2yrs2Y

It can be difficult to get the information you need to stop further attacks from other sources besides from the actual individuals acting out terrorist actions. Which means we have to get the information from them to stop more of them.

 @9GNG2DW from Pennsylvania  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The use of torture destroys people, clears the rule of law, undermines the criminal justice system, and erodes public trust in public institutions and the state they represent.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…12mos12MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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