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It's a sad state of affairs if someone making a reasonable point which is something like this: "Accusations have such a chance of doing irreversible damage to a

It's a sad state of affairs if someone making a reasonable point which is something like this: "Accusations have such a chance of doing irreversible damage to a person's reputation and/or life that they (accused) should have a fair chance to explain their side of the story. And we have systems for this - the Judiciary" has to pepper it with such a generous dose of disclaimers about not taking sides with the accused. I do hope that over time people are able to have a rational discussion on such subjects without needing these disclaimers for fear of damage to their own reputations.

headmelted 9y ago
Ouch, if only because I agree with all you've said. My thoughts: "let's not rush to judgement with incomplete information, that's why we have a system for handling this". My fears: "I don't want to go down in a fiery nosedive into oblivion with the accused because people wrongly thought I was taking their side." My inner-monologue: "I'm a coward for using so many disclaimers, but I can also see the need given how sensitive this is for the victims. I guess I see both sides, but 'I see both sides' is a loaded term now thanks to the other guy." Rationality is hard in 2017.