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And even worse than this, is that I see people go on to accuse the writer of the second story as being an apologist for the events in the first, and making them
by Thorentis 6y ago
And even worse than this, is that I see people go on to accuse the writer of the second story as being an apologist for the events in the first, and making them out to be even worse than the perpetrators of the first story. Essentially, whoever is the first to bring "bad things" to light, must be immediately trusted and considered completely truthful and no criticism is possible. Whoever "cancels" somebody first automatically wins. There is no chance for defence, counter-argument, or questioning the "evidence"/here-say. If you get in first with breaking a story, event, past mis-deed, then you win.
- me_me_me 6y agoIf you accused of crime and go to court, you will be guilty in the eyes of your neighbours no matter how baseless the court case was, no matter that someone else had confessed to that crime. That's the sad reality.
- pnt12 6y ago"That's the sad reality." That's debatable, or incredible cynic imo. But even if so, losing your job is not comparable to losing reputation.
- koheripbal 6y agoThere's an unfortunate problem with the volume of internet voices. Those with the most amount of free time, and the largest amount of outrage, have the loudest voices. It creates an unhealthy amplification of irrationality and emotional response.