History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Not for Nothing ... but, Am I the Only One to think that it is a travesty that of ALL the times [View all]Orrex
(63,191 posts)I won't dispute The Magistrate's assessment, even if I don't entirely agree with it.
The question was raised in ATA about hiding the identity of the alerted-on poster so that jurors are required to consider the post on its own terms. Skinner responded that it is reasonable to weigh a poster's history and the particular post's broader context when rendering a verdict.
I'm not sure that this is inappropriate. It is common to see replies in-thread that call a person out for their history (of misogyny, of conservative talking points, or dog whistles, etc.) If the consensus of randomly chosen jurors is that a poster's history informs a current verdict, then who is to say that they're wrong? Should this be offset? If so, then how?
If jurors' names are supposed to be hidden, at least from other DUers, then that anonymity should not be breached lightly.