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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by wwright on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:21PM (#24791111)
Well, multiple members of the Trump campaign have literally pleaded guilty to lying about involvement with Russia; that story does have that going for it :)
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by zalkota on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:22PM (#24791131)
You sir are the problem.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by dang on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:55PM (#24793049)
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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by triceratops on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:56PM (#24792385)
Telling the truth is a problem? What times we live in!
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by dang on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:56PM (#24793062)
Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. They're tedious and we're trying for curious conversation here.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by triceratops on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:02PM (#24793138)
You're right. Sorry dang!
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by dang on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:08PM (#24793209)
Appreciated!
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by messick on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:50PM (#24792311)
Lol. Although I guess that’s true in a “not letting Trumpers forget he is a Russian stooge” kind of sense.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by dang on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:56PM (#24793065)
Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. We're trying for curious conversation here.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by naiveprogrammer on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:28PM (#24791209)
You'd think that after 4 years of intense scrutiny by the media, with a 2-year Special Counsel Investigation, people would finally let this go. If you don't see the parallel between this pipe dream and the QAnons of the world, I can't help you.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by delfinom on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:37PM (#24791330)
We had like what? 6 congressional committees over finding Mr. Ben Ghazi for years? And what, we can't have our own go at it?
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by wwright on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:29PM (#24791223)
Well, it doesn’t help that the “infamous dossier” literally states that a sitting President can’t be charged for the crimes that were investigated. And the author explicitly stated that he did not find Trump or his campaign innocent of the described crimes.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by j_walter on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:00PM (#24791612)
You don't have to be found innocent of the crimes...you are presumed innocent until proven guilty (except in the court of public opinion).
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by veridies on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:48PM (#24792280)
Note: this opinion is independent of the current president, and I'm not stating any opinion on President Trump's conduct.

This seems like a really bad standard to apply to the president. I'd argue that morally there are two relevant factors when it comes to finding someone guilty: the damage that would be done to others by failing to punish the perpetrator, and the damage that would be done to the alleged perpetrator by punishing them. We choose different standards depending on those two factors. For example, in civil cases, someone specific has lost something and someone else has gained at their expense. And you're not seeking to imprison someone, but to take away some of their wealth. So we pick a standard of evidence (preponderance of the evidence) that's lower than in criminal cases (with a very high injury to the perpetrator and typically lower injury to the community).

In contrast, an impeachment is not a prison sentence. It would injure a president only insofar as that president would no longer keep the most prestigious title and position of power in American society. And failing to impeach for serious corruption or crimes (say, if a president were conspiring with China to weaken America's standing overseas) could be catastrophic. So I think a much weaker presumption of innocence is in order.

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by djsumdog on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:42PM (#24797223)
If you're talking about Flynn, he was entrapped by the FBI, his lies weren't material, his lawyer had a conflict of interest, when his new lawyer uncovered all of that in discovery, the prosecutor moved to dismiss (because they had committed misconduct), Sullivan, in AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, appointed his own Amicus to say they couldn't dismiss the case.

Flynn was then charged for lying when he plead guilty, because ht wasn't actually guilty. Seriously. This is a Kafka trap.

On top of that, it's now clear Sullivan was getting e-mail, exparte, and ENTERING THEM into evidence!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFMk48KA608