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Re:Robert Scoble and Me by nf05papsjfVbc on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:01AM (#15515061)
It's a sad state of affairs if someone making a reasonable point which is something like this: "Accusations have such a chance of doing irreversible damage to a person's reputation and/or life that they (accused) should have a fair chance to explain their side of the story. And we have systems for this - the Judiciary"

has to pepper it with such a generous dose of disclaimers about not taking sides with the accused.

I do hope that over time people are able to have a rational discussion on such subjects without needing these disclaimers for fear of damage to their own reputations.

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Re:Robert Scoble and Me by headmelted on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:24AM (#15515191)
Ouch, if only because I agree with all you've said.

My thoughts: "let's not rush to judgement with incomplete information, that's why we have a system for handling this".

My fears: "I don't want to go down in a fiery nosedive into oblivion with the accused because people wrongly thought I was taking their side."

My inner-monologue: "I'm a coward for using so many disclaimers, but I can also see the need given how sensitive this is for the victims. I guess I see both sides, but 'I see both sides' is a loaded term now thanks to the other guy."

Rationality is hard in 2017.

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