Here's the thing. I don't actually give a fuck if he pissed in public, cheered so loud he got kicked out of a game, or if he's even struggling with addiction of any sort.

None of that actually matters. The only thing that I give a shit about is the horrors he's used the agency to commit. And pearl clutching about him being an addict like its some sort of irredeemable moral failure is some weak-ass shit that excuses the real issue, the fascist actions of the agency.

Now, I recognize that America can't actually prosecute him for doing fascist shit, as that would mean that weaponizing state-run police forces against minority groups and political dissidents is wrong and America cannot weather that sort of ruling.

So instead I guess we gotta do this capital C Conservative bullshit.

I bet he doesn't even pray to the right God!! Is he faithful to his wife?? If he drinks, he might also... GAMBLE!!! Has anyone looked into that?

If you want to show a pattern, you have to show a PATTERN.

This is a data point, not a particularly good one.

The guy is a giant POS, for a hundred thousand reasons more salient than this.

If the guy was doing a great job, I wouldn't give a shit if he was loaded 24x7.

Edit:

If sobriety was a reasonable indicator of competence and capacity Utah would be the capital of the planet.

Listen, I'm confident half of Lemmy has done this. And I was an idiot as a kid, but I grew up. Unless he was also the director of the FBI them, or in route to it other than through the passage of time, it's pointless to bring up.

I appreciate your distaste for him. I've got it too. This ain't it though.

this shows that not only did Patel have a drinking problem from an early age, but it was serious enough that it got him into legal trouble before he was even of legal drinking age

Would've been good to post it with this framing. Probably would've gotten less pushback.

Are you really saying pissing on the sidewalk is a serious crime if you're young and drunk?

Oh my goodness.