*”If the politicians ever ever had our best interests at heart, sure.”* No, not even in that case. The bill of rights wasn’t written with caveats..much less, an arbitrary caveat like “the state of the tyrant’s heart at the time of said tyranny”. Nope, fuck that. If you want to forgive people in your life who belittled you for your position (like friends and family), but who held no real power over you except to possibly hurt your feelings, then that’s one thing. But govt cocksuckers who purposely created a virus, unleashed it on you and everyone you love, killed your grandma, fucked up your kids, arrested you, took your job, invalidated your vote, and attempted to force you into a medical experiment - ALL AT THE POINT OF A GUN (because that’s precisely what govt authority comes down to at the most basic level) - need to face justice. For some it would be the death penalty, for some it may be Gitmo, for some it may be simply losing their job as a cop. Whatever justice looks like for these individuals, it is long past fucking due.