you can still be sued, your career ruined after you are successful? There are examples of this.
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Replying to @o_guest
Sure, but it's harder. Celebrities can hire better lawyers and tend to be more easily forgiven due to a less personal bond
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Replying to @addamschloe
oh certainly — I just wasn't sure what finer point you are making or what exact angle you have? Still not sure...
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Replying to @o_guest
My main angle is that false allegations are still totally capable of ruining a career and people who make them should be prosecuted
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Replying to @addamschloe
sure but that's like saying people who bring up false racism allegations should be prosecuted... it's not a common thing!
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Replying to @o_guest
I can recall about half a dozen cases of hate crime hoaxes in the international news in the past six months- less common =/= rare
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Replying to @addamschloe
less common is surely the definition of something rare
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Replying to @o_guest @addamschloe
acts of racism far far outnumber acts of false claims for racism — so yes, absolutely rare
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Replying to @o_guest
They still happen often enough for it to be an issue, imo. We can address both problems without solely focussing on one
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Replying to @addamschloe
there's 7b of us, we can address tons of problems — just hopefully not in a zero sum way. Sometimes the way 1 prob is addressed
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exacerbates the other. And sometimes it's important in what order we do stuff.
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