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First off:
Secondly:
Thirdly:
That's pathetic, Shane. But thank you for answering.
And fourth:
The point is that the public has/will has no idea and no reasons to trust if what you're saying is accurate on your word alone.
Which is why I keep daring you to announce this information, in detail, without missing a beat on Twitter.
Someone will have multiple thoughts, and the niggling feeling in the back of the mind is going to echo a question of fridge horror:
What if Shane is lying, and his friend basically made a compact to "sell" his daughter as a underage bride to Shame Holmberg?"
All it takes is one person to press X to doubt, buddy.
Optics are a powerful thing, in the absence of evidence, proof, trust, and verification.
Do you actually trust the people you've been cooperating with to not let the public's imagination run wild and go with the darkest interpretation imaginable and keep on truckin' without you?