Originally posted by Mountain Man
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If you want to defend someone, the standard is "any way to interpret their innocence" is proof they are innocent. So, anything other than an blatant confession in open court in front of 1000 witnesses leaves room open for doubt, and if there's doubt, they are innocent. (See clinton's emails.)
If you want to attack someone, the standard is "any way to interpret their guilt" is proof they are guilty. The easiest and clearest example is all the tea leaf reading when it comes to claiming a republican said a racist dog whistle.
Or, for the cleanest example Look what happened when someone tweeted out Maxine Water's "Get out and let them know they are not welcome here" words changing Trump to Cuomo. Exact same words, Maxines was interpreted with maximum charity and declared to not be condoning violence, The other was immediately condemned as promoting violence.
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