A UK man was acquitted of terrorism charges after delivering his own closing argument:
The devil exists amongst those who deliberately starve children to death because they rationalise that those children will only grow up to be terrorists. It exists among those who bomb tent encampments and literally burn children and their parents alive. It exists amongst those who call Palestinians “human animals” the same phrase used by Himmler, the head of the SS about Jewish children in a speech on October 4, 1943 to senior SS Generals.
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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If what's written is accurate: it brought me to tears, for a variety of reasons.
Additionally: I am unable to express that emotion in the safe space where I would normally express it, because I am now afraid to even mention the keyword in that space. These words of the author ring true:
"… a fantasy that they have created out of nothing. …"
"… It takes a certain malevolence to read that into …"
@datum@zeroes.ca thank you, and thank you to @bsdphk@fosstodon.org whose boost brought it to my attention.
#truth #fantasy #malevolence