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My concern here is only very peripherally about due process; rather, it's about not wanting to hand powerful people additional tools they can use abusively. Re
by cperciva 9y ago
My concern here is only very peripherally about due process; rather, it's about not wanting to hand powerful people additional tools they can use abusively.
Relying on due process and the court system is one way to prevent people like Harvey Weinstein from carrying through on a threat of "I'll make sure you never work in this industry again", but it's not the only one. Taking rumours and innuendo at face value, on the other hand, is guaranteed to hand more power to abusive people.
- rdtsc 9y ago> Taking rumours and innuendo at face value, on the other hand, is guaranteed to hand more power to abusive people. There are people who are very good at detecting these kind of weaknesses and exploiting them. Whenever a system of power or control is overreacting or is irrational about something, let's say terrorism, there will be people who will report their neighbors for "bomb making" or anti-government propaganda knowing the government will overreact and ruin that person's life. Instead of terrorism and government it could be a company's HR and this sexual harassment rumor network, or reporting someone for neglecting their children (playing on the "think of the children" irrationality) to the police if they cut the lawn too close to the your fence and so on.