Scandal = illegal or unethical individual behavior, not policies you don't like. This isn't a value judgment. Bad policy is often worse, hurting more people. But defining "scandal" as "thing I think is bad" renders the term meaningless by making it entirely subjective.
Sex scandals are scandals. Perhaps the most common type. Standards on social mores are always in flux, and some people's opinions definitely shift with partisanship. No doubt.
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I'd say they're still scandals. Some people responsible for scandals don't face consequences, others do. But you raise an interesting point: To qualify as a scandal, do we need to cross some threshold of public anger?
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