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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The historical record of societies that shunt aside due process and the presumption of innocence is not encouraging. Human nature being what is, accusations become weaponized to settle vendettas, destroy political rivals, and for personal gain. In East Germany people would be targeted with charges of treasonous behaviour by neighbours who simply wanted their apartment.
Margaret Atwood makes the case far better than I could.
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What do you think should be happening differently?
Am I arguing for vigilante justice? Or merely for individuals to make actions/express themselves by their own free will? What is wrong with free-enterprise factoring those expressions into their decisions?
Defamation law is a [flawed] safety net that protects people from unjust accusation. Employment law protects people from unjust termination. Flawed as those legal systems may be, there is a strong argument that they are still more effective in protecting individuals from injustice than our criminal justice system is at protecting vulnerable populations (women, POC, etc.) from even more significant harms/injustices...
I'm not sure anybody [here at least] is arguing for criminal justice, or general governance by tweet/twitter mob.