Taking the Low Road, Liberally

CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT ALONE in their often illogical, unreasonable responses to the topic of the day: the proper treatment, within the criminal justice system, of Donald J.Trump. Although Trump supporters amaze us on an almost daily basis with their jaundiced views of facts and their tedency to replace facts with alternative facts, Trump detractors chip in, in their own way contributing to the illogic. Many were unhappy with the seemingly special treatment afforded Trump at his arraignment. Most common is the complaint that the judge not ony did not confiscate Trump's passport, but that she didn't even require bail to be posted. Furthermore, no mug shot was taken, Trump never appeared wearing an orange prisoners jump suit, nor was he burdened by leg irons and handcuffs. Definitely preferential treatment, according to progressives. I responsed by tring to point out that a mug shot would have been totally unnecessary; everyone knows what Trump looks like; he is hardly likely to run from justice and "blend into the crowd". Or, at least, he would have ennormous difficulty getting away with it....I also tried to counter with the viewpoint that for Trump to keep his passport was actually a good thing; maybe the courts should have given him money as well - who knows, maybe he would've used these items to leave the country, and not return. If you try, it is easy to imagine Trump on the beach in the south of France, luxuriating in the pampered life of a retired aristocrat, well out of harms way, and, more importantly, far enough from human society and politics to prevent him from doing any further harm. I'd take that offer in a heartbeat....Problem is, Trump never would. I want to ask every Republican who insists that Trump is the victim of a politically motivated campaign to destrooy him, the following: What if Barack Obama had left office with a garage full of Top Secret documents, at first denied he had them, refused to return them, and tried for months to obstruct the process of returning them. Would he have been indicted with federal criminal charges? Would the Republicans be screaming to let the poor guy alone, stop "weaponizing" the justice system, and leave poor Barack Obama alone? Would their reactions and attitudes been the same for Obama as they are for Trump? As they like to say: you be the judge. The Americal legal and judicial system, with all its faults, remains the envy of the world in its administration of justice and protection for both victims and criminals against arbitrary justice, confrontational and inconsistent though it is. Peopel who attack it merely becaue it does not perform to their hopes and expectations, as we are now seeing among the MAGA crowd, are doing a great disservice to teh very nstitution wih=ich protects them, and to their own country.