Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about raw power

Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by rHiBWMawzT on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:08AM (#26139980)

I am also afraid that the legal profession is too political and that it defeats its own purpose. Is it possible to be so disliked by people that you can't get legal representation? Could law schools stop admitting people along political lines to prevent lawyers they disagree with from existing? I believe both of those are true now and that is very bad.

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Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by rayiner on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:29AM (#26140102)

Lots of large firms (one which has long represented Philip Morris) aligned themselves with the Resistance from the outset. This was long before the election fraud stuff.

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Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by rHiBWMawzT on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:39AM (#26140148)

Do you mean the Resistance to Donald Trump or is that a reference to something else?

It's their right to do that I guess, but I personally believe strongly in the Constitutional rights we have even if it is unpopular or kitschy to say that. I thought lawyers were people who believed strongly in fighting for their clients' civil rights even if they despise their clients because they think the rights matter. Without them we aren't a democracy.

Dershowitz defending the rights of Nazis to have free speech is a great example of that but I guess that kind of thinking is obsolete now. At least lawyers should stop saying they care about civil rights or democracy in that case.

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Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by watwut on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:39AM (#26141779)

> I thought lawyers were people who believed strongly in fighting for their clients' civil rights even if they despise their clients because they think the rights matter.

Afaik, this particular thing does not require you to not have political opinions. And in particular if some party or politician seem to trample all over civil rights or legal defenses, you might argue against him or align yourself with his opponents.

Also, if your motivation if pure civil rights, you wont attempt to trample civil rights of opponents of your client in the process. As in, you will defend your client as vigorously as possible, while keeping defense squicky clean. And you wont try to smear their victims etc. And you will defend all kinds of clients, not just nazi, but also their victims once in a while.

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