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I’ve seen better people have more severe lapses of judgement.

I’m not condoning what he said, but I can understanding what lead up to it.

Really? You can "understand" why a person, a public figure who runs several large companies, would make baseless accusations against a person he disagrees with, in an attempt to ruin this person for life?

I can't understand that at all.

People get angry, irrationally so sometimes. Live long enough and you come to understand (in my experience).

I have seen people ruined for more petty disagreements.

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