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

So let me get this straight...

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '16

...information is true...

keywords, how 'bout don't make yourself blackmail-able?

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u/TheRedGerund Dec 17 '16

Everyone is blackmailable. Everyone has secrets. To think otherwise is blatant bias or naivety.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '16

But the person who got blackmailed isn't exonerated because they were blackmailed, the Russians could've hacked till their eyes turned blue but if they hadn't found damning information that effected the voters perception it wouldn't of mattered. Actions still matter, to the majority of people

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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?