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0 pointstorstenvl5y ago0 comments

I'm not the OP but:

- There is no presumption of innocence.

- There are no formal rights of an accused.

- There is no clear delineation of what constitutes a violation.

- There is no right to confront those making an allegation.

- There are no negative consequences for making a false allegation.

- All of which leads to a system whereby people are subjected to ostracism and official censure for violating unwritten rules, all without proof. A person can find their life ruined merely by saying the wrong thing or in the wrong tone, all while being told that the system is just and fair and seeking to protect the vulnerable. It is dishonest, it is gaslighting, and it is frankly Soviet.

I am a criminal defense attorney with experience in personnel law. I know first hand how important the presumption of innocence is, and I know first hand how disastrous these personnel management "policies" can be.

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rmrfstar5y ago

There are people who are openly hostile to all of these ancient principles.

It's not just people who are too green to know better. I've seen a user with a 2007 vintage account and >30k karma extol the virtue of smear campaigns.

Scary times.

StillBored5y ago

A lot of them don't seem to have a "warning" phase either. In a lot of cases I'm guessing the harasser isn't really aware that someone is feeling harassed.

Plus, in many cases they don't get applied equally anyway, the project leader is going to get handled a lot differently than a random contributor. AKA one gets sent to etiquette school, the other gets banned from the conference and mailing list.

StreamBright5y ago

Exactly.

> All of which leads to a system whereby people are subjected to ostracism and official censure for violating unwritten rules, all without proof

Aka which hunt.

The downvoter crew has already arrived though.

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