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I don't like mob justice (feddit.uk)
submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) by NomNom@feddit.uk to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
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I believe anyone accused of a crime should have the right to a fair trial and a lawyer.

Until recently, I believed my opinion was mainstream.

It's not.

In Italy, a respected newspaper was attacked and vandalized by activists who claimed their coverage of the Middle East was biased. I find this extremely surprising. La Stampa has published many articles such as "Israel commits war crimes". Apparently that was not enough. There was just a wild claim on social media. That's it. Then people stormed the newspaper and vandalized it. Journalists received death threats. I think this is fucked.

Recently in France, a far-right activist was beaten to death on camera. He was on the ground and a crowd of 10/15 masked people kept beating him. The guy is far-right, but he has no criminal record. A crowd just decided that the death penalty was appropriate for him.

Never liked mob justice. Never will.

I believe anyone accused of a crime should have the right to a fair trial and a lawyer.

Apparently, that's no longer accepted.

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

The more unstable society is, the more that kind of thing will happen. You can thank the billionaires and politicians.

[–] NomNom@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Politicians don't fall from the sky. If you vote for crazy politicians, they will do crazy shit.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago

That is such a gross oversimplification it is ridiculous. It works with the assumptions that

  1. people can pick whoever they want
  2. Politicians don't lie about what they'll actually do
  3. There isn't all kinds of financial fuckery involved that corrupts the whole system

I'm sorry to say that overwhelming government corruption is happening the world over.