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> I also think there maybe should be blowback for false accusations on people who report them. Basically. You better damn well be sure you head what you heard.
by jstarfish 3y ago
> I also think there maybe should be blowback for false accusations on people who report them. Basically. You better damn well be sure you head what you heard. It’s becoming to easy to yell racist run away and ruin somebody’s life.
You can't punish "false" accusations without silencing people from making any accusation out of fear lack of substantiation will be interpreted as false. We can't say that the driver did this maliciously; he may well have heard what he thought he did. The driver isn't the problem; he was aggrieved and reported it, as he was entitled to.
Tampering with someone's thermostat because you were entrusted with access to it and later decided you don't like them is sociopathic, and every bit as monstrous as deploying ransomware in a fucking hospital. I guarantee you no diligence was done to prevent collateral damage. More than the driver (blameless) or Amazon itself, this particular executive needs to be taken to task for such recklessness. Interfering with life support or communications systems is just fucked; we do that shit as acts of sabotage during war, and it's domestic violence when it occurs between spouses. Even your utility company needs to give advance notice of termination.
Yahoos acting on bad intel one too many times and punishing the innocent is literally what instigated Black Lives Matter. The irony is lost on Unnamed Amazon Executive.
- 40yearoldman 3y ago> lack of substantiation Without this there is no action anybody can take... We can't live in a world where accusations without evidence hold weight, nothing will get done and everybody can just accuse anybody of anything to get their way. Unpopular opinion, but people need to grow up. You getting called a name should probably in any case, not be actionable. And in retro, if you think a door bell called you a name you probably are unfit to deliver packages to any doors, and should seek mental help.
- mym1990 3y agoSo basically if someone gets raped in a dark alley, there is no recourse for action ever? Do you even know how ring doorbells work? The owners inside can talk through them, avoiding confrontation, and saying whatever they want.
- 40yearoldman 3y agoUnfortunately yah. You can’t just point to the next man you see and toss him in jail. Bad things happen to people, it more than sucks. But without evidence who raped you there is little you can do. Sure report it, but no action can be taken on any man is no evidence of who did it. But way to go, comparing somebody being called a name to rape. Clearly they are the same thing.
- mym1990 3y ago[flagged]
- 40yearoldman 3y agoSaid the person who seems to be advocating evidence—less prosecutions. Never seems to fail, can’t argue logic result in ad hominem attacks.