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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2023, 11:19 AM Jan 2023

Again and again, the one detail I couldn't quite work out, stopped me from doing what I thought

needed doing: plausible deniability.

Is that even still a thing?

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Again and again, the one detail I couldn't quite work out, stopped me from doing what I thought (Original Post) Atticus Jan 2023 OP

Repugs don't even worry about denying it any longer... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #1

It doesn't have to be CrispyQ Jan 2023 #2

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #3

:) Or when a person can always find others who passionately agree, Hortensis Jan 2023 #4

Ferrets are Cool

(21,111 posts)

1. Repugs don't even worry about denying it any longer...

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2023, 11:21 AM

Jan 2023

they count on impunity.

CrispyQ

(36,547 posts)

2. It doesn't have to be

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2023, 11:28 AM

Jan 2023

when you live in a society where it's okay to remain quiet when you see wrong doing at the highest levels & keep that information secret for your book.

2naSalit

(86,880 posts)

3. +1

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 21, 2023, 01:56 PM

Jan 2023

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

4. :) Or when a person can always find others who passionately agree,

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2023, 02:07 PM

Jan 2023

no matter how dishonest and/or blatantly stupid. It's definitely still a thing, just less mentioned since everyone can now claim plausible deniability conferred by living in a post-truth world.

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