FBI Director Kash Patel wrote that the drinking incidents — including an arrest for public urination — were not his usual behavior.

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    21 hours ago

    All y’all saying the right things

    This is old. Who hasn’t peed in a bush once, or thrice, etc

    But most of us aren’t foolish enough to do so in a visible/observable way, and most of us aren’t currently part of the Drunkard’s Parade that’s fuckin up the country with great enthusiasm and effect.

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      20 hours ago

      Who hasn’t peed in a bush once, or thrice, etc

      not someone who should be running the FBI

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        14 hours ago

        This is the kind of shit which makes it hard to take liberal news sources seriously.

        Genuinely, if you have a problem with some one who caught a ticket for public urination in their, honestly whenever, I don’t want to be politically aligned with you.

        It’s a stupid form of puritanical politics I want nothing to do with. The guy is a piece of shit now, that is what matters.

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          12 hours ago

          I would type more but this doesn’t warrant it - this is a stupid thing to say. DM me for a more in depth conversation if you like. Or try it out publicly here. Gl hf.

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            12 hours ago

            If there a way to have a legit actual conversation about this? I would love to 1:1 this kind of thing. Heck I would be wrong more than right and would love a real time conversation

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          14 hours ago

          It’s pretty ridiculous that anyone would defend this guy, or especially that you would call it “Puritanical politics“

          That’s what makes it so hard to take you seriously

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            14 hours ago

            The fuck else would you call what you are catching mass down votes for?

            If you would you consistently apply this standard to all candidates, I would want NOTHING to do with your political project.

            I want people who’ve both pissed in public and gotten caught. I want people who have had real human lives not those secured by the guardrails of class or capital. This guy’s a cunt but not because he caught a minor infraction 20 years ago and focusing on that is distracting from the real price of shit that he is.

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              13 hours ago

              I’m not responsible for everyone else’s poor standards. Stop blaming me for your terrible choices, lol.

              And your defense of Kash Patel is what’s distracting from what a real piece of shit he is. Rationalizations don’t change that.

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        19 hours ago

        Imma be real with you. If you find a candidate for that role who claims not to have had such minor indiscretions in their past: that person is lying. Whether that makes them a good or bad candidate for the FBI is left as an exercise for the reader.

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          19 hours ago

          Defending Kash Patel with some hypothetical isn’t a strong argument, especially, because, ya know, Kash Patel, who would make a good or bad candidate is, in fact, up to congress.

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        19 hours ago

        The problem isn’t that he ever did this, the problem is that it was entirely believable that he would do it today (because he’s a careless idiot, not a college student who would later stop such shenanigans). But I agree with the person saying it’s old news and not really worth bringing up right now especially given the misleading title.