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Otter592 t1_jawy2a5 wrote

You resign when an investigation by the appropriate authorities proves you guilty. No one should resign over allegations alone. That would be a ridiculous and dangerous standard.

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IamSauerKraut t1_jaxhcsx wrote

>No one should resign over allegations alone.

I thought both Clinton and donnie dumpster fire should have resigned based solely on credible allegations. I also think legislators who have credible allegations of physical abuse lodged against them should resign. We need to have some minimum standard beyond "infamous crime."

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Otter592 t1_jaxyf1w wrote

I think the key there is "credible" and who decides what's credible or not. It doesn't need to be a technical crime, but there needs to be a formal investigation to determine if allegations are credible or not.

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IamSauerKraut t1_jay0l2j wrote

>there needs to be a formal investigation to determine if allegations are credible or not

I think some folks are confusing sexual harassment with sexual abuse. One requires a criminal investigation with due process rights regardless of the accused's place in life, the other needs only credible allegations. For a solitary accusation, there may be a need to determine credibility in an accusation but when there is more than one accusation a pattern of behavior has developed and credibility runs in favor of those levying the accusations.

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ksquad80 t1_jb0e0gm wrote

The minimum standard isn't met by organizing a coup apparently.

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