Totalitarian ideologies use politics to determine personal morality. That's how Chappaquiddick Ted and Bill Clinton became champions of feminism, and that's how a child molester becomes a lovable scamp called "JoJo."
Totalitarians also have no patience for the presumption of innocence when it hinders their political objectives. Totalitarians assume if you support due process for an individual, you must also endorse that individual's actions and politics - because that's how THEY do it.
For the totalitarian, there is no irredeemable sin except having the "wrong" politics. Especially when it comes to powerful people, correct political action and support for the right policies are the only true yardsticks for morality. Deeds are less important than positions.
There are only angels and demons, and only by examining their political positions - and their usefulness to the Party - can their feathered wings or cruel horns be measured. Totalitarians will gleefully invent positive qualities for anyone deemed to be on the side of the angels.
We've seen this over and over in recent American political history. People with ugly rap sheets are improbably canonized and gentle and sensitive because they were killed while committing violent crimes against people the Party has classified as demons.
Good politics give you wings, no matter how dirty your hands might be. Totalitarians subtly advertise their power by demonstrating they can demonize or canonize ANYONE. Get with the Party and your sins will be wiped clean. Oppose the Party and you will be damned forever.
For totalitarians, the presumption of innocence is not a right, but a gift the Party bestows upon its faithful, and withholds from its enemies. "Social justice" movements presume everyone with incorrect politics is guilty - therefore innocence is granted to their accusers. /end
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