I was quite flabbergasted by the "let him at least work for some time" rhetoric. I do not know if it's because america never lived under dictatorship like many other european countries, but this is not okay. Purging scientific data is not okay. Granting people access to write permission on federal payment systems is not okay. I could go on with other items, but it wouldn't be useful.

Perhaps an american movie quote can explain it better, given HN demographics is made by nerds like me: This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applauses