She's being satirical. See the tweet from the woman who heard me on the radio who was horrified that I say we need meaningful evidence that people are guilty before we jail them, fire them, or otherwise ruin their lives. PS I say so as one who was victimized.
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There's a big difference between jailing and firing. Blackstone was specifically talking about the deprivation of liberty, not the court of public opinion or even a private employer. I agree that the principle is the same, but the difference in degree is very large.
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I do understand that, and I take very, very seriously the deprivation of liberty. And yes, principle is the same. And thanks - love to have this sort of thing pointed out.
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Believe me, I've experienced it quite recently - with people even going after my livelihood. I will stand up against that, even for people I disagree with. What happens - & look at
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Oh yes. Lives can be destroyed very easily. Fortunately, no-one sane believes I am a Nazi.
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The problem comes when they call a person "racist" and stuff like that where it isn't immediately obvious that they aren't (to the surface reader). Or they take something you said/wrote out of context to make it look like you are.
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Yes, exactly. Something plausible. I once phrased a tweet badly so it could be read as racist rather than condemning racism & a load of people were determined to believe the worst. Fortunately, I didn't have many followers and no committed enemies then. Now it would be bad. Scary
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You're talking due process, but we're only talking about attending this college, turns to we're only talking about going to college at all, turns to we're only talking about losing a job, turns to we're only talking about being branded publicly, turns to going to jail.
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Yes. And being publicly shamed is life-destroying even if jail isn't a possibility. My friend had a schizophrenic sister who had delusions that she had been raped & made lots of accusations. Some of those men's lives were ruined even tho they were never charged.
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It wasn't her fault. She wasn't lying. She really thought it had happened. But mud sticks. I'd be very wary of a man who had been accused of rape but never charged. Different to accusations of racism but those can also tar you for life.
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The sad fact is, you can never unring that bell. People will always assume that where's there's smoke, there's fire. And too many people are too quick to dismiss baseless accusations.
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