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GummyBearz

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4. It was an easy majority here

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 12:42 PM

Aug 2016

Anyone who advocated to wait for the facts to come out got shutdown by accusations ranging from sexism, elitism, white privilege... Amazing how quickly those threads vanished after the truth came out.

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Disbarred Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong is back, along with more misconduct allegations [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 OP

That horrible asshole. Fuck him. bluestateguy Aug 2016 #1

It felt like the majority here believed Nifong. The media had helped railroad them. pnwmom Aug 2016 #3

It was an easy majority here GummyBearz Aug 2016 #4

That majority didn't vanish. They just moved on to different cases and did the same thing. Akicita Aug 2016 #5

Unlike yourself-- who never speculates prior to all relevant facts being presented. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #8

I might muse or wonder, but I try not to convict without the facts. Akicita Aug 2016 #13

They reeeeely wanted their Lifetime Movie Channel storyline bluestateguy Aug 2016 #6

I assume that by "PC shitheads" you mean people who didn't know at the time Chakab Aug 2016 #7

You place too much stock in the consequences of expressing a sentiment on a message board LanternWaste Aug 2016 #9

The three falsely accused players were facing far greater consequences than anything that mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #10

I remember... ms liberty Aug 2016 #11

I've seen it in just the little time I've been here. Sand Rat Expat Aug 2016 #14

I wonder how many other innocent people Nifong framed. His false prosecution pnwmom Aug 2016 #2

I think it had at least two good results. bighart Aug 2016 #12