We should focus our energy more on prevention and less on fake cries of outrage for political gain.... especially given the fact that Russia's meddling had no measurableveffect on the outcome.
How would you know what effect hacked emails had on the election that was decided by the slimmest of margins?
Show me the names of let's say the first 500 or 100.... 50, 20? Let's make it 5.
Five people who decided to vote for Trump - who intended to vote for Hitlary.... But didn't because of the hacked emails!
Five people who were NOT affected by the video of Trump saying *grab em by the ****** but WERE affected by Hitlarys leaked emails.
Name em.
Can't find five?
Just give me ONE.
LOL
wtf? Seriously?
I can give you plenty of names I personally know that stayed home because they didn't feel like voting for the shiniest of two turds and it's pretty much impossible to pinpoint the exact moment lackluster support turns into dislike.
Let me teach you something very valuable to know about people: They often THEMSELVES do not know precise reasons they arrive at decisions and positions they do. And then from there people that kinda want to make out to the poll end up not going because of this and that.
The margin was small enough and conversation surrounding the leaks was big enough that it seems quite plausible that the effect could have been a game changer.
BUT EVEN SUPPOSING THAT IT WASN'T. Even when we do that, there is still a matter of illegal hacking by foreign government to influence elections. Russia did it in the states and they did it in europe, it is illegal, it is an act of aggression and it should be responded to.