05-18-2023, 07:47 PM
(05-17-2023, 09:53 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Did you just use 'whataboutism' with me??
No. It was not an effort to diminish what you were saying, just more of a "welcome to the party" kind of thing. Also, see Dill's post.
(05-18-2023, 01:05 PM)Dill Wrote: Not speaking for Bels, but on my assumption about what he was referencing.
The FBI has long been questioned for its handling of leftist and civil rights protestors in the U.S., as well as foreign "terrorists," especially of the Muslim variety.
It's possible that the carelessness now apparent in parts of the Trump campaign investigation are bringing to light a laxity which was always there in the FBI, but not revealed in depth until a party in power had the power to protect its own by investigating the investigators (with similar laxity).
This is pretty much spot on.
(05-18-2023, 01:45 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Kudos to the sub-forum. It took an astonishingly long time for accusations of racism to enter this thread. Maybe things are improving slightly?
To be fair, I referred to Trump's racism earlier on when calling out all of the other reasons people had to not vote for him prior to the whole Russian collusion debacle.
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