Yeah it is always kind of hypocritical that we get all up in arms when the court of public opinion condemns someone but no one seems all that upset when that same court of public opinion puts someone on a pedestal and idolizes them.
Shouldn't we be asking for proof in both scenarios? We're perfectly happy to take someone's word for it when they're extolling the virtues of our local sports heroes.
But when some random celebrity is accused of something bad in the same court of public opinion based on some other person's word, all of a sudden we want a full trial with evidence.
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