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> So far, there's at least one picture of Hunter with a meth pipe that doesn't appear to be manipulated. That seems to indicate there's some non-zero something
by weswpg 6y ago
> So far, there's at least one picture of Hunter with a meth pipe that doesn't appear to be manipulated. That seems to indicate there's some non-zero something there, with how much being up for debate.
It is already public knowledge that Hunter Biden has addiction issues. How does this photo make you believe the other claims are authentic? I've heard before that a standard disinformation tactic is to sprinkle some truth along with the lies.
I'm particularly skeptical of using an unrelated personal problem to assassinate his father's character as being involved in some sort of international business crimes.
> We should probably withhold judgement and let the facts come out. Let people compare the signature on this contract for the laptop with Hunter's, let people forensically analyze the image, etc.
while you're claiming that reasonable people should withhold judgement, the election is 2-3 weeks away and low-information voters are not going to wait for a forensic analysis to form their impressions. It should be 'innocent until proven guilty', full stop, but you're saying it should be the other way around and that we should keep our minds open to the possibility that he's guilty. Totally backwards.
- Natsu 6y agoIt makes me think they really have Hunter's files. Whether those other files are real or not is precisely what I'm withholding judgement on so the rest of your comment doesn't really match what I said.
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- Amezarak 6y agoIt is also public knowledge that Hunter Biden was being paid 50k/month by Burisma. I'm not sure why the "new" allegations from the emails are surprising to anyone, or how anyone could instantly dismiss them as disinformation based on the priors we already have. Did anyone think it was pure merit and coincidence that got him hired? The only thing that mattered was the exact details of the corruption and if it matters to you - I personally am quite sure that many, many people on both sides of the political spectrum are engaged in similar behavior.
- matthewdgreen 6y ago> I'm not sure why the "new" allegations from the emails are surprising to anyone, or how anyone could instantly dismiss them as disinformation based on the priors we already have. This is like accepting a cryptocurrency payment because the sender can prove they have access to the public key.