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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: "Me Too" Blowback
« on: January 27, 2018, 09:42:19 am »
   The thing that needs to be kept in mind is that people are innocent until proven guilty. 

That is a good idea in theory, but institutions have eroded under the digital era and replaced by collective (mob) rule.  You're pretty smart - suggest something else.

One thing that is emerging is the meme of "multiple accusers", which effectively brands the suspected one as 'guilty'.

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  But unless it's a Bill Cosby-type situation where dozens of women have come forward and the guilt looks pretty overwhelming, we need to reserve judgement until the evidence is laid bare and the process does its job.  Otherwise it's chaos, and people can ruin careers & lives based on completely made-up claims.

Right, you got there.  Except that number is now down to two.  The solution to careers being ruined is for people to forgive.  That's a concept that has been lost to us ie. collective forgiveness.  But if we complain about all infractions, even simple impropriety, then we have to also have a range of responses and paths to forgiveness.
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