Legitimacy was Re: Ross Ulbricht got 2xLife+40 for a Harmless Website

[David Barrett]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:48 AM Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > his nazi 'laws' have any legitimacy at all?
>> >
>> > I'll try to answer a guess as to what you mean if you can stop giving
>> me a
>> > worse game to play.  Everything has some degree of legitimacy.
>>
>>         That's  wrong. Criminals like barrett have no legitimacy. And
>> neither has your
>
>
Comments like this reinforce the need to respect and defend the actual
institutions we have, as imperfect as they are.  He's accused me, without
evidence -- or even any statement of what supposed law I broke -- of being
a criminal.  We all need to push back on this kind of anti-democratic,
anti-justice language whenever we see it.  It's fine to disagree; it's fine
to call the cops on me for whatever you think it is I've done.  But to
basically assert judgement without any investigation or process is to
demonstrate a complete disinterest in justice itself.  There's too much of
that going on; silent people need to push back on this corrosive tactic.

-david

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