• iopq@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    He leaked private information of an individual. People are bending over backwards to say how in this case being against privacy is actually good

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      How much privacy is expected of the POTUS? Precedent is established and in the case of the Presidency strictly adhered to until as of recently. Nah, the public was given what was owed to it.

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        Precedent of Presidents voluntarily releasing their tax returns. This wasn’t voluntary

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          Yeah, because the cunt doesn’t give a shit about serving the people he’s supposed to represent. Or do you also think Hitler was entitled to some privacy and the enigma code shouldn’t have been broken?

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            Hitler would deserve privacy if he were a United States private citizen. He was not, he was a foreign leader.

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              See no he doesn’t if he’s a public official. The task of governing a large population requires transparency. I can’t believe that you argue in good faith that either a murdering fascist or a two bit con from New York deserves access to privacy while handling the affairs of multiple millions of people. Privacy laws do not apply to heads of state. You’re still arguing that these people should be able to avoid accountability for very real crimes.

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                There’s still a right to privacy even if you do a job of public servant, unless the law specifically requires the release of those documents.

                Even a real criminal has a right to privacy, you don’t lose all your rights when you commit a crime

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      Because there are very few rules that should be universal. “Keeping tax returns secret so they don’t expose the benefits rich people get” isn’t one of them.

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            So you’re going to say violating someone’s privacy is moral, but only if you don’t like them? What’s the logic

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            Yes, from the comments I see sentiments like the rich and Trump fans are not people. Just dehumanize your opponents and everything is permissible.

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              They are people. They’ve simply forgotten that we are people too, equal to them in every way except the size of our bank accounts.

              As for the Trump supporters, I understand why they supported him in 2016. I struggle to see why they still do after what he’s done since, ie: lowered taxes for the rich again.

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              Not dehumanizing them, taking away their private citizen status, because it’s right in the title “Public Official”.