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@SharylAttkisson @DefendAssange 1) "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."
Except that forces of Darkness have turned that rule on its head. They BEGIN by slandering the target, who is presumed guilty and convicted in the court of public opinion before he/she can mount a defense.
Except that forces of Darkness have turned that rule on its head. They BEGIN by slandering the target, who is presumed guilty and convicted in the court of public opinion before he/she can mount a defense.
@SharylAttkisson @DefendAssange 2) If and when the target, at great personal expense, is able to prove his/her innocence through the judicial process, the Forces of Darkness will deny the truth, sow doubt in the public mind, and continue to reinforce the false narrative.
@SharylAttkisson @DefendAssange 3) The laws by which our civil society established and dispenses JUSTICE may be carved in stone, but that stone is just a veneer on an edifice built on sand, vulnerable to vandals determined to hammer that law to dust.
@SharylAttkisson @DefendAssange @threadreaderapp unroll 1) "When the debate is lost,
