❗️ Let me make something perfectly clear to those attacking me over my opposition to livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution.

I have absolutely no sympathy for this man. His crimes were horrific, and I have no objection to his execution. None.

But since when did believing in justice require us to abandon our own standards of decency?

We're talking about the United States government broadcasting the killing of a human being for the entire world to watch. Think about that for a minute.

The same people who lecture us about protecting our children from the garbage on the internet are now cheering the idea of a government-sponsored, tax-payer funded execution livestream.

And for what purpose? Entertainment? Revenge? To prove how tough we are?

Some have called me weak. Others have accused me of sympathizing with terrorists.

That's absurd. There is nothing weak about believing America should hold itself to a higher standard than the very extremists we condemn.

And have we considered that we might be handing a terrorist exactly what he wants?

A worldwide audience and an opportunity to be celebrated as a martyr? @martyrmade

We can deliver justice without turning death into a free-per-view glorified spectacle.

This isn't about Hasan.

It's about us.

It's about who we are as Americans, what we stand for, and what we're willing to become in the name of vengeance.

I refuse to believe that decency is weakness.

And I refuse to believe that celebrating a public execution somehow makes us stronger.

We should be better than this.

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