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Just to be clear, I never stated the computer repair mess was legitimate.
I look at it this way though:
1. Can the computer repair shop story be concretely disproven? If yes, do it.
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So Biden being in California at the time of this BS is not enough?
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2. Are some of the emails fake and can be disproven? Do it.
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The onus is not on the defense to prove their innocence, but on the prosecution to prove the guilt. If anyone needs to step up and prove the legitimacy of these emails, it is the party claiming them to be true. We've seen every media outlet with a shred of credibility turn and run the other way, because there is no way to prove them real without disclosing where the data came from and how it was acquired. The intelligence community has collectively rolled their eyes and said this has no merit.
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3. Are some of the emails real? Hopefully in conjunction with point 1, go after the fact that there is another instance of illegally obtained political ammo by the same group of people.
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It is irrelevant if any of the emails are real. The fact that they are in a pool of manufactured emails means the evidence holds no merit. When you poison the pool you poison everything in it. Unless you are just trying to assassinate someone's character, this holds no merit.
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Sure, it's an alt-right fantasy, but like 40% of US voters buy that stuff now. If you read the right's opinion on "RussiaHoax" etc, this stuff is starting to get incredibly out of hand, and I don't think censorship is going to cause that 40% number to shrink, which should be the real goal.
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Nothing is going to cause that number to shrink, so why indulge a fantasy? All it does it provide some level of legitimacy to the claim.
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If nearly half your population is easily manipulated by foreign actors, you have a major, major issue. Sure the good (not as bad?) guys will win the election, but you're still going to have a mess of a country.
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Yes, we have a major problem. It started when the media trust was fractured by Reagan and then Clinton deregulated ownership. We have been on a steep descent into a flaming wreck since. We have reaped what was sown and now 40% of the electorate are anti-science, conspiracy theory believing, non-thinking fools. Don't feed the trolls and poison another pool.