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Going on a media counteroffensive is probably better than trying to change his name and experiencing backlash in the form of the Streisand effect. People would think that he had something to hide, which he doesn't. Going to the press shows humility, which in this case is the antidote to shame.

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people will think he has something to hide no matter what. making decisions according to what people think ends up lol - you end up making decisions based on the worst things because those people often have the loudest and strongest opinion. based on what, i don't know, probably because liberal society worships youth and the brash cockiness associated with it.

if people are thinking the worst things about you, should you always be having to defend yourself? what about your own life, what if there are people in it that you're trying to protect who've been very hurt and just need safety and privacy? going to the press shows that in his experience, drawing attention to something has been mostly positive. this is not everyone's experience. the press is responsible for the streisand effect in the first place. i don't see how bowing down before this pressure is humble, although it is probably smart to be media-savvy, not everyone can afford the mental expense. people are different - as if theres only one way to react to a thing like this, as if the style of the reaction says anything about anything.

true humility would require that this person not care about his career any more, accept that probably he's getting a rightful punishment for his moral degradation by dating what seems like a much younger woman in a country where he has a great deal of power, who is not pulling these attacks out of thin air, in a context where, as one commentor says, a 'westerner and crazy chinese' is common - and move on. it's well known among asians that whites look old to them, and that asians look young to white people. white people have the luxury of not having to care what asian people think, and so this is not common knowledge to them and might explain some ignorance on this thread.

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my grandfather was a good republican, a mayor of a small town in florida in fact. he raised me to not talk about politics and religion because it's not polite. he said just to do a good job and that would be enough. obviously his times are over if this is the discussion we are having to have and i think that says a lot about this new radical experiment in social relations that the internet has brought about.