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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: The Ghoulish Face of Empire [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)one could imagine that, having stepped into it once, like Mike Barnicle, the Beatles, Joe Biden and so many others, he is not repeating the behavior and give him the benefit of the doubt until he proves he's beyond redemption?
Besides, is it really a legitmate question when you don't have a reasonable expectation that the people you are "asking" have an answer? And when that supposedly legitimate is your only comment about the article. Or is it more of a hit and run, gratuitous smear?
Plagiarism involves dishonesty, so, if we are going to judge, let's be honest. That was a slur, not a legitimate question. And why? Because plagiarism is such a heinous as to cancel out everything good the man has ever done or tried to do?
I didn't know Hedges plagiarized. But, now that I know, my opinion is, if that is the worse thing he ever did, I still respect and admire him more than I do many other people. He's done more good for others than most people even aspire to do.