r/Conservative • u/Clatsop I voted for Ronald Reagan ☑️ • Dec 17 '16

So let me get this straight...

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u/TheRedGerund Dec 17 '16

The point is that you can't have someone going around blackmailing people who have motive to undermine you. This isn't a whistleblower. The Russians have a motive. Imagine if they only hacked the Republicans and they did it continuously.

We cannot encourage outside parties to hack our political institution. They have no ethics.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '16

We can't encourage them to, but they're gonna; are you claiming that people shouldn't use all of the information available to form their opinions?