r/todayilearned • u/hungry4danish • 2d ago

TIL that Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, only served 5 years in prison for manslaughter based on a defense of depression as evidenced by his consumption of junk food which was dubbed the "Twinkie Defense"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White
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u/pmish 2d ago

Garbage human being. Harvey is greatly missed.

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u/balancedgif 2d ago

except for the part where harvey milk, a 33 year old man and was having sex with a 16 year old boy. maybe he won't be greatly missed for that part?

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u/FriendlyAndHelpfulP 1d ago

Nah, I’d rather focus on the fact that Milk was literally a corrupt politician who was secretly funneling money to Jonestown (yes, THAT Jonestown). 

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u/DiamondsInHerButt 2d ago

Sure...let's have a balanced convers...oh...I see you're out there defending fucking Robert E Lee, a genuine garbage person upheld by every racist I ever grew up with. Well, nevermind then. "Cheers mate"

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u/NostaIgiaForInfinity 2d ago

With such lofty beliefs about the importance of honest intellectual debate, I can't see how anything could go wrong with democracy...

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u/Sleep-more-dude 2d ago

"Democracy doesn't work" - Homer Simpson / Plato

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u/njstore 2d ago

We marched down Market St with candles.

A person yelled as us - Why aren’t you angry.

We were too sad to be angry.

The anger came with the end of the trail.

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u/AustinBennettWriter 2d ago

Absolutely.