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hardbass • today at 6:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Generally apologizing to people with persecution fetishes is unhelpful. He shouldn't have apologized.


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mc32 • today at 6:56 PM

He admitted that the majority of the targeted auditing was against conservative orgs while also targeting a minority of liberal orgs. He admitted to the targeting and also that it greatly focused on conservative orgs.

I'm not against going after fraud, but you have to be even handed about it.

You can read NPR's take. They admit they targeted conservative groups but also had progressive bycatch.

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555975207/as-irs-targeted-tea...

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