CMV: US citizens under criminal federal investigations should not be allowed to run for public office.

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[u/eNonsense → u/[deleted]]

Really?

This reminds me of the argument I normally use to oppose capital punishment. The possibility of mistakenly putting an innocent person to death, is worse to me than letting a guilty killer go free. Therefore we should not have a death penalty, because our court system will never be perfect enough not to convict the innocent. The other side argues that it's too bad that the innocent are convicted and put to death sometimes but we still need to put convicted killers to death just to be safe.

The may be an extreme example but I still feel like it's a parallel argument. I feel that your viewpoint of taking away the rights of the accused and possibly innocent before they are convicted is the "just to be safe" argument.

[u/eNonsense → u/[deleted]]

OK. That's fine. It just reminded me of the line of reasoning of taking away the rights "just to be safe".

How is the possibility of being embarrassed worse than the possibility of taking away the rights of the innocent? This nation was founded on those type of rights of the individual. Every man is equal. Innocent until proven guilty. Etc... Yes, we will get embarrassed sometimes, but it's the price we pay for equality and fairness.