[ SECRET POST #4053 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4053 ⌋

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Comments

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Not at all.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

And there's also, I think, a problem of people instinctively not wanting to *believe* someone they like and respect (an idol, a family member, a colleague, or a friend, for example) did something terrible.

(cf. Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, any number of public figures who did something unambiguously awful but nevertheless had loud and vocal defenders)

I suspect it's psychologically easier to side with an accuser if the accused is someone you are ambivalent about, don't know, or never liked in the first place.

Re: OP (cont'd)

[(Anonymous)]

As an example, I was completely willing to believe charges against Roy Moore from the start.

Then there were charges raised against George Takei, and my initial response to seeing them was hoping that it wasn't true.

Then I realized that I was looking at Takei differently because I already respected and looked up to him, and letting that cloud my judgement. Someone with different politics than mine would likely have the same situation in reverse, and be predisposed to see Moore as a victim and Takei as guilty.

So I think personal bias can influence a person's response to allegations.