I do not know him, do you? Most accusations against him that I have seen have been either by the person being sued or some form of hearsay.
It is not too unlikely that he is a scumbag to be honest, but it is still something that I do not know.
> and, indeed, defend them in particular
I contest this claim. He did not defend Appelbaum in this instance, in his declaration even he claims that he is unaware whether Appelbaum is a rapist. The lawsuit is against Lovecruft specifically. Regardless, I do not believe that scumbags do not deserve to be defended. Everyone does, as long as the defence has reasonable points that is.
Btw, can't this post of yours be interpreted as defending Lovecruft if we follow this logic? If so I find this ironic that you try to criticize Bernstein of something that you are doing yourself.
> I also agree in public criticism of entirely legal misbehavior
You must love sites like Kiwifarms then. It is one thing to have open criticism and debate and another to have dog-piling and harassment based on roumors - the ability to defend yourself and have others defend you is one of the most important things that distinguishes the two.
> and freedom of association
Do you also believe that people should be free to refuse to deal with minorities by any chance? This is something that is implied by the freedom of association after all.
> I don’t respect people who defend scumbags socially
Again, the pot calling the kettle black. I do not get this logic to be honest, I will explain why with an example. Let's take a scambag, Jeff Bezos for example, and I start saying that he is a murderer out of nowhere. Is nobody allowed to defend him or ask for evidence just because he is a scambag?
I do not know him, do you? Most accusations against him that I have seen have been either by the person being sued or some form of hearsay.
It is not too unlikely that he is a scumbag to be honest, but it is still something that I do not know.
> and, indeed, defend them in particular
I contest this claim. He did not defend Appelbaum in this instance, in his declaration even he claims that he is unaware whether Appelbaum is a rapist. The lawsuit is against Lovecruft specifically. Regardless, I do not believe that scumbags do not deserve to be defended. Everyone does, as long as the defence has reasonable points that is.
Btw, can't this post of yours be interpreted as defending Lovecruft if we follow this logic? If so I find this ironic that you try to criticize Bernstein of something that you are doing yourself.
> I also agree in public criticism of entirely legal misbehavior
You must love sites like Kiwifarms then. It is one thing to have open criticism and debate and another to have dog-piling and harassment based on roumors - the ability to defend yourself and have others defend you is one of the most important things that distinguishes the two.
> and freedom of association
Do you also believe that people should be free to refuse to deal with minorities by any chance? This is something that is implied by the freedom of association after all.
> I don’t respect people who defend scumbags socially
Again, the pot calling the kettle black. I do not get this logic to be honest, I will explain why with an example. Let's take a scambag, Jeff Bezos for example, and I start saying that he is a murderer out of nowhere. Is nobody allowed to defend him or ask for evidence just because he is a scambag?