> document counts include duplicates and indirect references and are not a good measure of behavior.
Yes-- we don't know what Gates did, but Epstein liked to hobnob. If he was a name-dropper and wrote, "...as I was telling my good friend Bill Gates the other day" in thousands of emails, that doesn't mean much.
You're right, and the post acknowledges this repeatedly. That said, I hold Donald Trump to the standard that there is some guilt by association. If you choose to meet with a convicted pedophile to explore business opportunities, that says something about you. I cannot hold Donald Trump to one standard and Bill Gates to another, lower standard, because I've met him and like him.
> document counts include duplicates and indirect references and are not a good measure of behavior.
Yes-- we don't know what Gates did, but Epstein liked to hobnob. If he was a name-dropper and wrote, "...as I was telling my good friend Bill Gates the other day" in thousands of emails, that doesn't mean much.
You're right, and the post acknowledges this repeatedly. That said, I hold Donald Trump to the standard that there is some guilt by association. If you choose to meet with a convicted pedophile to explore business opportunities, that says something about you. I cannot hold Donald Trump to one standard and Bill Gates to another, lower standard, because I've met him and like him.
Makes total sense, I agree-- thanks, Devin!