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shitloadofbooks • yesterday at 11:05 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You in a few years time: "I can't believe this person who lied and cheated, lied and cheated to ME."


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oooyay • today at 12:08 AM

I think you'll be rather disappointed. This is a view I've held since college that's stayed with me to this day. The same logic I see on display in this thread is what I heard when Republicans were going after Bill Clinton. The fact that he lied was the cherry on top, they were very eager to charge him with some kind of moral crime. The fact that the moral crime existed was a giant distraction to the actual risks, and the risks largely didn't exist if the moral crime did not exist.