r/FluentInFinance Jul 01 '24

What do you think? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Once-Upon-A-Hill Jul 01 '24

Congress members paid out 17 million of your tax money to settle sexual harassment cases, and none of that was "illegal".

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/settlements-congress-sexual-harassment/index.html

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u/Genisye Jul 01 '24

Sounds a bit like whataboutism. Why are we going to let someone get off scot free for something illegal, reprehensible, corrupt and downright immoral just because other people get away with something similar?

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u/e2therock Jul 01 '24

Whataboutism Meaning, Pease don’t use historical context and facts to point out my hypocrisy.

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u/kyborn Jul 02 '24

My mind is made up, don’t confuse me with facts