Titanium Dragon 
@SeraphimDawn
Joe Biden actually dropped out of a race back in 1988 because of plagiarism. So the idea that it is not a big deal is questionable; it can be, as it draws your integrity into question.
Especially when, you know, you plagiarize something about integrity and hard work.
Moreover, that Brietbart page contained some obvious nonsense (hardly surprising - they’re a notoriously unreliable news source). The claims about Hillary Clinton plagiarizing were a link to them accusing her of plagiarizing from herself when she wrote a book (which is nonsense in context - the only situation in which that’s relevant is if you’ve sold the original material, or if you’re lying about something being new, neither of which were the case), and complaining that she “stole Bernie Sanders’ talking points” (you cannot own an idea).
Sadly, that sort of dishonesty is all too common with people like that, who don’t really understand the issues at hand. Especially when they are trying to defend neo-Nazis.
On the other hand, there are many instances of people plagiarizing. Generally speaking, how big of a deal plagiarism is depends on a variety of factors.
As Melania is not a politician, it really doesn’t matter very much, it is just embarrassing for the Trump campaign.
The list is extremely poorly constructed, incidentally - plagiarizing your thesis is extremely serious. Biden got slammed for his plagiarism because he was plagiarizing a story which was supposedly about himself. Conversely, Clinton’s section was pure nonsense (ironically, the sort of thing you can get in trouble for if you are a real journalist), while Obama’s plagarism was more rhetorical and the guy who he cribbed it from didn’t care.
Joe Biden actually dropped out of a race back in 1988 because of plagiarism. So the idea that it is not a big deal is questionable; it can be, as it draws your integrity into question.
Especially when, you know, you plagiarize something about integrity and hard work.
Moreover, that Brietbart page contained some obvious nonsense (hardly surprising - they’re a notoriously unreliable news source). The claims about Hillary Clinton plagiarizing were a link to them accusing her of plagiarizing from herself when she wrote a book (which is nonsense in context - the only situation in which that’s relevant is if you’ve sold the original material, or if you’re lying about something being new, neither of which were the case), and complaining that she “stole Bernie Sanders’ talking points” (you cannot own an idea).
Sadly, that sort of dishonesty is all too common with people like that, who don’t really understand the issues at hand. Especially when they are trying to defend neo-Nazis.
On the other hand, there are many instances of people plagiarizing. Generally speaking, how big of a deal plagiarism is depends on a variety of factors.
As Melania is not a politician, it really doesn’t matter very much, it is just embarrassing for the Trump campaign.
The list is extremely poorly constructed, incidentally - plagiarizing your thesis is extremely serious. Biden got slammed for his plagiarism because he was plagiarizing a story which was supposedly about himself. Conversely, Clinton’s section was pure nonsense (ironically, the sort of thing you can get in trouble for if you are a real journalist), while Obama’s plagarism was more rhetorical and the guy who he cribbed it from didn’t care.
