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Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful by ajmurmann on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @10:16PM (#14305466)
Playing devil's advocate: They might expose that a candidate just likes to grab women by the pussy who did not indicate that they'd like that to happen. The candidate might still successfully be elected.
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Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful by spearmint on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:47AM (#14307457)
How is that playing devil's advocate? Are you implying that if such a campaign were to hurt a candidate you don't personally approve of, it would be perfectly fine?
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Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful by ajmurmann on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @10:47AM (#14308593)
No, I'm saying that having even massive dirty like this on a candidate apparently doesn't prevent them from winning anyways. A common response to pussy gate was that you hear stuff like that in any mens room. So digging up dirty from twenty years ago from someone Facebook page will likely be met with the same response.
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