• AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Just as they are always meant to write “The suspect” not “The criminal”.

    For now, anyway. Due process and the presumption of innocence are still holding up, but the fascists are working hard on that one.

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        7 hours ago

        Uh, that’s why I said the fascists are still working on it. We’ll know it’s really gone when shows like COPS can no longer say, “All suspects shown are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”

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      1 day ago

      Due process and the presumption of innocence are still holding up

      What? No friend, that’s a very privileged viewpoint that doesn’t hold true for many people and never has.

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        7 hours ago

        Right, I know it’s under attack, but why then hasn’t media just dispensed with the pretense? Life would be so much easier if people stopped lying to each other, putting on fronts and making pretentions at being something or someone they’re not. It’s like, we know they’re full of shit, they know they’re full of shit. They know that we know, and we know that they know. So, what’s the point of keeping up this bullshit game any longer?