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by mp05 930 days ago
That's fine and I believe you. But does this negate every other thing he's done that is objectively right? What if he atoned?

John Lennon beat his wife (and wrote songs about it!!) but I still see morons with "Imagine" t-shirts preaching peace.

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To be frank, what has Project Veritas done that is objectively right? All of their explosive "revelations" turned out to be fake, and when they tried their scam on an investigative journalist, said journalist instead pulled the thread and thoroughly outclassed Project Veritas. Only then did they have the temerity to proclaim that their goal all along was in trying to keep media honest.
I only know him from his Project Veritas work, so I went to his personal Wikipedia page to see what redeeming activities he’s performed but it looks like just a lot more of the same - lies, attempted entrapment, attempted sexual assault, attempted voter fraud, etc.

So I must ask, what has he done that’s “objectively right?”

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe

Again, wrong political beliefs.

O'Keefe's content isn't much more egregious than Maddow's Russiagate coverage or any of the insane content pushed by politics streamers with huge reach (to children, no less) like Hasan Piker...but yet they're media darlings for being on the correct side along the overton window.