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.

  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I didn’t believe in laws or courts (which is too say I don’t believe they have legitimate authority), and I don’t believe in “rights”. I believe people should be free. sometimes this means there will be angry mobs. but l would rather deal directly with my neighbors and community than have all our interactions mediated by illegitimate authority.