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In reply to the discussion: You might want to re-think that comment you are about to post about Ferguson [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)Sorry!
That's just how I read his comment, as if the second trial (with a different standard of evidence) negates the first. And if that is what he meant, then he contradicts this idea that he always accepts what a jury says as true.
This is a conversation I had IRL about Zimmerman a few times, with people whom I knew didn't agree with the results of the OJ Simpson trial.
"Zimmerman was found not guilty, so you have to accept that as the truth. The legal system works."
"I thought you disagreed with the results of the OJ Simpson trial. So I guess that means you accept the results of that trial as the truth now?"
"No, that's not the same thing!!"
When of course they're contradicting themselves. They use this argument when convenient, and ignore it when convenient.