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No More Excuses
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I'm sorry, legal system, but this is what a mob looks like these days. It's electronic. Maybe you'd prefer that we show up with signs outside????
The reason it's so calm outside the courtroom is because there are online avenues to express public opinion. Public trials are public for a reason--so we can see justice in action. And when we see things we feel are unfair, we say so, whether it's with torches, marches, parades, boycotts, hacking, or whatever.
We have a court system so we won't have people tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail.... you can't shut up public outrage. It will find an avenue and it could be a lot worse than words on fora (plural of forum?).
How about the defendant demeaning the prosecutor who is the representative of the people. She has the RIGHT? Did I hear that? She has the right to tweet with her one phone call but we don't have the right to call her paid liar a paid liar?
I guess I missed a lot this morning.
I know this much, if you don't want to hear gossip, stay away from it. All sorts of whisperings go on in any community and institution, even church and temple. I learned to shut my ears and back away from any gossip.
If the DT or LV didn't listen to the crap out there, it would not be a problem. Why on earth would anyone in the centre of a big case even bother to check out social media????
Meanwhile, I think harassment at her place of business is wrong and harassment at any other time. But if you are going to state your expert opinion and take a stand in this circus, then you'd better have strategies to deal with it instead of coming across as a victim, so bullied and abused.
As if the DT is not manipulating all of this to their advantage.