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DeSantis accused of playing politics as Florida shatters executions record
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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2025
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How the fuck does the average republican voter even sleep at night, knowing this is what they support?
Bear in mind, they want this. The bloodlust and cruelty is the point. They think it makes the State "strong", or something.
To be fair, for many, they recognise there is a problem with crime and they think the death penalty acts as a deterrent. All the evidence disagrees, but that's not the point.
As you say though, do many cruelty is the point, of even as a vengeance piece.
The death penalty isn't a deterrent because nobody on death row thought they'd be caught.
They think it makes the rest of us think they are strong and tough, and we fear them.
In actuality, they look more like wounded animals, trapped in a corner, and lashing out. Pathetic, really.
So we should do the "civil" thing and be reasonable by meeting them half-way... So a little bit of bloodlust and cruelty is the balanced and sensible approach? How about we try and talk to these people, and be more inclusive? /s
I mean there's one kind of culture in America where bloodlust and cruelty is the point, but then there's the other side of America that tolerates it as "just one of those things." "I don't like it, but it is what it is, therefore it is acceptable."