Ah, so really, I'm not an individual when on social media, I'm part of a hive, and I have hive responsibilities. Got it. Sounds very "liberal."
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So provide me some sort of principle for when I'm allowed to have a well-formed opinion based on past experience and strong circumstantial evidence and when I'm not.
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Could you not just say 'There's strong circumstantial evidence for this and much precedent in the form of other cases.'
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But maintain a personal commitment to presumption of innocence when literally no way for someone to defend themselves, outwardly anyway.
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You're urging a principle of restraint in expressing an opinion, but what's the principle for when that should be applied? There is no criminal case here.
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I'm not sure what you're asking.
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What are the boundaries of this principle of not expressing a rational opinion for fear of being 1/400,000th of a dogpile? Whenever prison time is at stake? A job? Shame? Hurt feelings?
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I'm not opposing expressing rational opinions.
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Okay, well, if you want to put meat on the bones of your take here, go ahead, but I'm not going to keep firing shots in the dark until I have its outline.
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