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0 pointsred-iron-pine1y ago0 comments

additionally, wasn't the "whistleblower" who made many claims about Hunter Biden's laptop found to be blatantly fraudulent? dude was later convicted for making false statements.

IIRC the Romanian and Kazakstan ones were also heavily thrown into doubt.

whole thing reads like whataboutism

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quickslowdown1y ago

That's exactly what it is. The people breathlessly compiling a list of "what abouts" for this type of corruption need to look past their nose. 2 things can be fucked up at the same time, and one of those things being fucked up isn't an excuse for the other thing to continue being fucked up.

Also, when one of those "what abouts" is verifiably false, as in the case of the guy who made claims about Hunter's laptop, it's completely meaningless. Those people are comparing to something that doesn't even exist.

It's a stupid, losing game that way too many people want to play.

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