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Originally Posted by Skybird
The mere fact that somebody thinks the situaiton is so desperate that he must go this way with the editorial, and that workers in the WH must cheat on a so-called president in order to save the country from bigger harm, means that these persons do not have the trust anymore that the established mechanisms that should safeguard against something like a Trumpnami and provide prtection to country, people and the constitutional order. Its a system meltdown, like I said just yesterday. The system has failed.
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In a Democracy opinion does not overrule elections and the rule of law. When they do you have a problem.
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To oppose, disobey and confront the Trumps of this world, no matter their names and nationality, should be seen as a moral imperative for every thinking man of mental sanity and reasonability.
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Yes you are correct.The question is how should this be done? In the US there are Congressional elections every two years. There are Presidential elections every four years. There is freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Protests against the government are legal. Anyone can run for office. All those rights and freedoms have not been exhausted.
The system did not fail this person, the anonymous source. This person failed to take advantage of the possibilities available. If necessary he/she should have resigned their position and went to the media with the story. That would be showing the courage of your convictions. Instead what they did do was create another crisis when one was not needed.