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arrow-up1620arrow-down1external-linkSuspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting taken into custody after being recognized at McDonald’swww.theguardian.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square450fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareMonkey With A ShelllinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 days agoBecause the refusal to convict someone based on laws and circumstances you feel are unjust is wrong and goes against everything the ruling class have fought for.
minus-square@winterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•2 days agoBut if also a cornerstone. (For better and worse–it got and still gets used to excuse people who commit hate crimes, for example.)
minus-square@Stovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 days agoThe “good ol’ boy” excuse. “He’s got a promising life ahead of him!” “It’s just how things are done, that ain’t his fault!” “He just didn’t know any better!” “We’ve all done stupid things before, who are we to judge?” “He’s a pillar of the community, think of all the good he’s done!”
Because the refusal to convict someone based on laws and circumstances you feel are unjust is wrong and goes against everything the ruling class have fought for.
But if also a cornerstone. (For better and worse–it got and still gets used to excuse people who commit hate crimes, for example.)
The “good ol’ boy” excuse.
“He’s got a promising life ahead of him!”
“It’s just how things are done, that ain’t his fault!”
“He just didn’t know any better!”
“We’ve all done stupid things before, who are we to judge?”
“He’s a pillar of the community, think of all the good he’s done!”