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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by downandout on Sunday November 03, 2019 @07:43PM (#21437949)
That was 15 years ago. As polarized as the US is today, I have a feeling that many people would ruin an innocent person's life over ideological differences, though few would admit an intent to do so when questioned directly in public. We see many politically motivated firings/forced resignations these days, for example, as a part of "cancel culture" [1]. Depending on the person's financial stability, being fired may well ruin their life.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-ca...

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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by devtul on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:01PM (#21438043)
Cancel culture seems like a huge outlet for sadists and/or teenagers and young adults who never had anyone else depending on them for shelter and food.
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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by paggle on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @03:47PM (#21456508)
Cancel culture lets everyone feel like a Clint Eastwood vigilante -- enjoy the sadistic pleasure of torturing someone while also feeling like you're the good guy.
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