I've over time accumulated a record player, cassette, and CD player for my deck that I love. (I also have a decent 8-track and DCC for novelty purposes lol). It's really nice being able to go into a record store and the format not be a hindrance.

That said it's out of scope for the convo I think so I left it out. It also wasn't something I got into until I was able to acquire some disposable income as I got older. But I will say, Thrift shops and broad horizons are your friend :)

That's mad weird.... Beyond me there bud I'm sorry.

No.

Yes and in some scenarios of what you're talking about the person has declined the pardon because it would legally mean they are guilty of that crime that they were wrongly convicted for. Most people though accept the pardon even if they didn't do it because this battle of semantics means little when you're getting fucked in prison.

Obviously not everyone convicted of a crime committed that crime, our justice system is nowhere near perfect.

But legally speaking, if you accept a pardon, you are admitting guilt. You can not be pardoned if you didn't do the crime (in the eyes of the law). If you pardon someone you're essentially forgiving them for their actions.

How can you forgive someone for something they didn't do? How can you accept forgiveness for something you didn't do? If you didn't do it you wouldn't need forgiveness.

Also there is debate on if pre-emptive pardons are even a thing. I'd be of the camp that no, they are not a thing. So I will ignore them because they don't exist lol

How can you be relinquished from punishment from the justice system if you weren't found guilty by the justice system? If you weren't guilty (again in the eyes of the law) then you won't be "punished".

Also want to be clear. The innocence project is a great organization, and I do appreciate you bringing them up lol

I don't disagree with anything you're saying.

I wish there was the infrastructure for that without Spotify like what radio used to be, or when the average person had nueanced opinions and it was easier to get recommendations from everyone.

However we don't live in that world so there's nothing to judge anyone on atm until Spotify collapses under its own weight.

We'll have to agree to disagree there, I don't think your points stupid I just don't agree.

That said even if that's true it'd still make sense to primary challenge imo there's no reason not to.

I mean she does sometimes so not going to fully disagree with you. However she is currently on tour with Bernie pissing off Chuck and Nancy lol

That said doesn't need to be her necessarily I just mean that fielding someone to challenge would be good.

We gotta do something though as a whole, and I don't see why executing every potential avenue isn't beneficial. Run a challenge, run as an independent etc