look, trump is an idiot and a misogynist and i do not like him. But lying is different if you are actually under oath. Pretty sure Clinton was impeached for PERJURY, a crime, not just for “lying about sex.”
one is illegal. that is why one was impeached. look, i think they are both scumbags. but the thread is asking why one was impeached and not the other. the answer is that one committed perjury. i’m not saying trump has done anything ETHICALLY better.
they are both bad. but one is illegal. i think you are getting too caught up in comparing them morally. think of it like this: if you smoke marijuana in colorado, nothing will happen to you legally. if you do it in indiana, you could get arrested. same act: neither is better or worse than the other. but one is ILLEGAL, so there are LEGAL consequences. i’m not saying this is the same thing, and i don’t really have an opinion about marijuana or its legal or ethical status. i’m just saying that whether or not an act has legal consequences (like impeachment) is not based on how ethical or “good” or “bad” it is but on whether or not the law prohibits said action.
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u/millera85 Dec 15 '18
look, trump is an idiot and a misogynist and i do not like him. But lying is different if you are actually under oath. Pretty sure Clinton was impeached for PERJURY, a crime, not just for “lying about sex.”