Politically correct identity politics is polarising and dangerous. — karl stone
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely Players;
They havetheir (they're) exits (a**holes) and their entrances (c*nts), And one man in his time plays many parts,[...] — Jaques (As you like it)
The BBC article is written for people just like you; who didn't watch the trial, and are willing to make blanket assumptions. — karl stone
I don't know what you wish for me to infer from the UK case; that a newspaper got away with printing rumours that were widely believed to be true? I don't find that particularly surprising. Metoo requires that we #believallwomen - and Amber Heard was repeating those allegations in her role of metoo's champion of domestic violence. The Sun didn't libel Depp - Heard libelled Depp, and the Sun reported it. It doesn't mean the rumours are true; just that the Sun had adequate reason to believe they were. — karl stone
. But if I thought Depp was beating Heard I'd say so. If that's what the evidence suggested, that would have been my conclusion - and my sympathies would be with her. — karl stone
That is, no actual harm occurred, but some action can later be presented as abuse to a credulous movement (#metoo).
Being a woman is not sufficient reason to extend automatic belief. — Bitter Crank
this article that just flatly refuses to accept the verdict. — karl stone
"The judge... found that 12 of 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence against Heard had occurred. — Baden
then move my work to some darkened corner — karl stone
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