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sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoHashtags sometimes are used for indexing. In this instance it was the the only hashtag used and it was at the end of an understandable congratulations Tweet re Higgins win.
The hashtag was used to make a political point and it is an irresponsible one IMO, feeding extremist views in vulnerable people (as my two friends demonstrated).
There was the other two points I mentioned as well, all within a year.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
People are always going to misinterpret something as shortform as a hashtag. I think there’s a larger conversation to be had about their use in spaces like politics, but I’d hardly say that makes one instance of their use irresponsible to the level you’re implying. Especially when you consider the fact that “women often make false accusations” is absolutely a red-herring used to try and delegitimise accusers again, and again, and again. The most prominent example from recent memory that comes to my mind, within politics, being the way Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Brett Kavanaugh were treated.
Have a nice night though 💜😊
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Up to 10% of the time in court. “often” is not a useful qualifier.
“Absolutely”? So no exceptions?
I am all for presumption of innocence until proven guilty and treating all parties with dignity in the meantime.
Am unfamiliar with the Kavanagh case.
Did you see the video example in the Reddit thread showing cops believing the woman and treating the man in an undignified fashion? Spoiler: the man is obviously innocent.
Enjoy your passive-aggressive smugly wugly day.