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> For example, if somebody liked to spend their time skinning small animals alive and posting the videos on YouTube, I don't think I'd accept a job at their company. That's just a bit too far for me!

Skinning animals alive for fun is a criminal offence in many jurisdictions (animal cruelty), and recognised as a symptom of mental illness (it is in the DSM-5 criteria for conduct disorder, and maybe other disorders too).

By contrast, donating to a mainstream political campaign is not a crime, and is not recognised as a symptom of mental illness

So I think the analogy you are trying to make here is a poor one



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