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Re:Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US g... by slg on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:47PM (#18935395)
A surprising amount of the American political system was built around our natural human desire to avoid being shamed. Once you have a political figure who is shameless all the rules chance.
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Re:Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US g... by netsharc on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:34PM (#18936007)
A figure? Seems to me many in Washington were shameless before Trump, when they can lie to people about death panels so they can deny them healthcare, or "we need to tax the rich less!", etc. Or announcing support for a policy and denouncing it after taking lobbyist money...
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Re:Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US g... by solveit on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:46PM (#18936069)
There's everyday politicking, and then there's Trump.
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Re:Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US g... by golemotron on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:57PM (#18935458)
I'm a centrist but I saw as early as 2015 that shame was being overused. Shamelessness should be an expected escalation.
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