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You make several good points, but I'll address the few that are not very good > It is unreasonable to think that Hunter Biden then completely forgot about it.

You make several good points, but I'll address the few that are not very good > It is unreasonable to think that Hunter Biden then completely forgot about it. Hunter Biden is a known drug addict. It is reasonable to assume that he can forget something as crucial as his personal laptop given his history of abuse. > Where it was then lost. At this point, everyone has accepted that it is Hunter's laptop. Most people have also accepted that the contents are also genuine. It was also never contested by either Hunter or President Biden. "There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was the — that it was Russian intelligence." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-reports-intervention-memoir/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-reports-int... In the grand picture, the narrative of how they acquired the laptop doesn't matter, though I agree with you that it's likely from theft. It's akin to computer thieves encountering child pornography in one of their "scores". What matters more are the contents, which are disturbing. The drug abuse and sex are banal. However, the evidence of corruption is disturbing. To be fair, I'm confident both you and I can find documented instances of corruption in the Trump administration. The difference is that the mainstream media is only going to actively protect Biden during election season, which lends credence to the far right's accusation that the mainstream media is biased. https://news.yahoo.com/york-times-quietly-deletes-claim-021800355.html https://news.yahoo.com/york-times-quietly-deletes-claim-0218...

seanmcdirmid 5y ago
> At this point, everyone has accepted that it is Hunter's laptop. That isn't true at all.
- chaostheory 5y ago
  No one sees the Bidens disputing it. The Bidens just want the story to go away. Like it or not, it is Hunter’s data. How the opposing side gathered it is near pointless. Corruption is corruption.
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    There are plenty of stories in the New York Post about celebrities having sex with aliens, and you don't see those celebrities disputing those stories either.
    - chaostheory 5y ago
      1. It's not only the NY Post reporting on it. Yes, it's a tabloid, but has been grudgingly vindicated by mainstream media outlets for this story. 2. It's not something ridiculous like "celebrities having sex with aliens". That's a bad comparison. 3. There is proof of corruption. Selectively ignoring it just because it's your side ie claiming it's "fake news" doesn't help society as a whole. It also adds credence to the far right's claims of selective and biased reporting. It furthers their narrative of persecution. It's how we go to this mess in the 1st place. If the mainstream media wasn't corrupted through the 1990s consolidation circus, I highly doubt Trump would have risen to power. He rose to power because of fallen public trust in public institutions like mainstream media.

seanmcdirmid 5y ago

> At this point, everyone has accepted that it is Hunter's laptop. That isn't true at all.

chaostheory 5y ago
No one sees the Bidens disputing it. The Bidens just want the story to go away. Like it or not, it is Hunter’s data. How the opposing side gathered it is near pointless. Corruption is corruption.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  There are plenty of stories in the New York Post about celebrities having sex with aliens, and you don't see those celebrities disputing those stories either.
  - chaostheory 5y ago
    1. It's not only the NY Post reporting on it. Yes, it's a tabloid, but has been grudgingly vindicated by mainstream media outlets for this story. 2. It's not something ridiculous like "celebrities having sex with aliens". That's a bad comparison. 3. There is proof of corruption. Selectively ignoring it just because it's your side ie claiming it's "fake news" doesn't help society as a whole. It also adds credence to the far right's claims of selective and biased reporting. It furthers their narrative of persecution. It's how we go to this mess in the 1st place. If the mainstream media wasn't corrupted through the 1990s consolidation circus, I highly doubt Trump would have risen to power. He rose to power because of fallen public trust in public institutions like mainstream media.