Why CAN'T You Hear Me Now?
WOW. OOF.
I just finished seeing Congressman Charlie Rangel call out the House Ethics Committee and say basically -- I may have been negligent, but I am not corrupt. if you're going to accuse me, give me my damned trial and allow me to be heard.
Just a couple of weeks ago, Mrs. Shirley Sherrod was pleading to the news media to let her tell her side of the story when maliciously selected snippets of video showed her in a context completely contrary to the actual context of a public speech she gave.
Before that, although to no avail (because he never did defend himself), Former Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich constantly plead in the media, for his right to be heard in regard to his alleged attempts to sell President Obama's former Chicago Senate seat.
Maybe it's just me -- but I'm seeing a trend here. It seems like, for better or worse, people are slowly losing their right to confront (forget their accusers) any public accusations leveled against them. The viral aspect of digital communication is creating a sort-of Salem Witchunt environment; where any jackhole can make an assertion and the accused is (momentarily, at least) burned at the stake based on loud, unrelenting assertions alone.
I realize that such assertions may be true; but they may not be true; case depending. The ability to make your case against levied charges sould NEVER be dependent on your pre-judged guilt or innocence. I don't think we need be Juris Doctors to figure that this applies to our contemporary interactivities, al well. We just need to actively engage the sentience which is supposed to separate us from the rest of the freaking Animal Kingdom.
Say it to my FACE, motherfucker!
