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> I do not feel a whole lot of empathy towards lawyers that are actively suing the venue So... first, it's important to remember that "lawyers" are advocates.

by ajross 4y ago

> I do not feel a whole lot of empathy towards lawyers that are actively suing the venue So... first, it's important to remember that "lawyers" are advocates. Someone else is suing MSG. Their lawyers merely represent them. This is the same logic that would treat a criminal defense attorney as a criminal or shun a prosecutor because ACAB. Lawyers aren't blameless about the cases they take, and can be good or bad people, but under the constitution we're all granted the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, and lawyers are the profession that mediates that interaction. Also: this lawyer isn't doing that. She's just an employee of a firm; she isn't working this case. Per the bit you quoted, this is absolutely isomorphic to banning someone because of who they work for. Imagine refusing to seat Walmart employees at a restaurant because they aren't unionized.

ghaff 4y ago
Right, so you work for some large company that is in some dispute--maybe it's a patent or maybe it's something of a thousand other things (large companies are in disputes with each other all the time)--with Amazon or Google. Should you be OK with Amazon or Goggle canceling the accounts of all the employees of the company they're in a dispute with? Yes, that's probably an extrapolation too far but it's not that much of an extrapolation.