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But I could replace your “pizzagate, Benghazi, emails” with “pissgate, Russia, tax returns”. This is a non partisan issue.

nicwolff 9y ago
And there's the false equivalency. Fake news: Pizzagate - demented and wholly made-up Benghazi - thoroughly debunked in Congressional hearings emails - no criminality and no exposure of classified information vs real news: pissgate - a well-respected expert on Russian dirty tricks claims among other things that Trump hired prostitutes in Moscow to pee on each other. Some of those other claims have been corroborated - and we found out today that the special counsel investigating Trump's Russian connections (a Republican) has met with the author. Russia - Trump's family, campaign officials, and appointees met with Russian operatives and lied about it repeatedly. His campaign manager offered private briefings to Putin's close ally. His sons bragged about Russian funding that Trump denies. tax returns - Trump, who has a long well-documented history of shady financing and unsavory deal-making, would have rather lost the election than reveal where his money comes from.
- mythrwy 9y ago
  LOL. Pizzagate wasn't wholly made up. The conclusions were silly and and almost certainly false, but there were real circumstances and posts that inspired it. And you are seriously claiming pissgate is real news because "someone said"? I understand you feel strongly, but if we can't emotionally detach when it comes to determining reality it just keeps going around and around in the same circle. Which is what I think OP was trying to say.
  - SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
    Are you equating "spy with experience on the topic making a statement in connection with a leaked document" with "fuckheads on the internet masturbate about how smart they are, spew out nonesense"? There isn't equal weight behind those two kinda of "people saying things". One of those actually is news worthy and should be investigated. And you're stupid of you think there isn't a difference. Your entire post is like those kids in math class who apply random formulas without a plan -- you're repeating things you've seen that sounded smart without actually thinking and creating a meaningful point.
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nicwolff 9y ago

And there's the false equivalency. Fake news: Pizzagate - demented and wholly made-up Benghazi - thoroughly debunked in Congressional hearings emails - no criminality and no exposure of classified information vs real news: pissgate - a well-respected expert on Russian dirty tricks claims among other things that Trump hired prostitutes in Moscow to pee on each other. Some of those other claims have been corroborated - and we found out today that the special counsel investigating Trump's Russian connections (a Republican) has met with the author. Russia - Trump's family, campaign officials, and appointees met with Russian operatives and lied about it repeatedly. His campaign manager offered private briefings to Putin's close ally. His sons bragged about Russian funding that Trump denies. tax returns - Trump, who has a long well-documented history of shady financing and unsavory deal-making, would have rather lost the election than reveal where his money comes from.

mythrwy 9y ago
LOL. Pizzagate wasn't wholly made up. The conclusions were silly and and almost certainly false, but there were real circumstances and posts that inspired it. And you are seriously claiming pissgate is real news because "someone said"? I understand you feel strongly, but if we can't emotionally detach when it comes to determining reality it just keeps going around and around in the same circle. Which is what I think OP was trying to say.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
  Are you equating "spy with experience on the topic making a statement in connection with a leaked document" with "fuckheads on the internet masturbate about how smart they are, spew out nonesense"? There isn't equal weight behind those two kinda of "people saying things". One of those actually is news worthy and should be investigated. And you're stupid of you think there isn't a difference. Your entire post is like those kids in math class who apply random formulas without a plan -- you're repeating things you've seen that sounded smart without actually thinking and creating a meaningful point.
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