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<\/a>Mike Theiler\/UPI<\/p><\/div>\n
by John Nolte
\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Judge Andrew Napolitano handed the mob all the rope they could possibly ask for,\u00a0courtesy<\/a>\u00a0of Fox News, saying,\u00a0\u201cAll of us agree that this witness is exceptionally credible.\u201d<\/h3>\nNo one argued with him.<\/p>\n
Listen, I am not here to signal my own virtue. I am not David French, or Matthew Dowd, or Jake Tapper. The reason I have defended those whose politics and character disgust me has nothing to do with virtue and everything to do with self-preservation.<\/p>\n
I have never liked Roy Moore; I have still defended him. Charlie Sheen\u2019s mug shot should be pasted next to \u201cdegenerate\u201d in the dictionary; I have still defended him. Woody Allen, George Takei, and Bryan Singer are moral and political illiterates; I have still defended them. And in the specific cases of\u00a0Allen<\/a>,\u00a0Moore<\/a>, and\u00a0Singer<\/a>, vigorously and in great detail.<\/p>\nYou know what\u2014I was wrong. Let me back up a bit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s actually not about self-preservation, at least not anymore.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was at first, maybe it was a hundred years ago, before \u201cThe Woke\u201d fascists who have captured our culture and media began slapping scarlet letters on free thinkers; before we became a country where panel after panel on MSNBC and CNN would condemn Atticus Finch for\u00a0not believing the woman<\/em>, before Twitter and Facebook would \u201cunperson\u201d Winston Smith over a joke.<\/p>\nMaybe a hundred years ago I believed that if I didn\u2019t join the mob, I would be safe when the mob came for me, because I could say to the mob, \u201cHey, I\u2019m not a part of this. I said Brian Williams deserved a second chance. I\u2019ve never called on anyone to be fired. I oppose boycotts. I\u2019ve defended you and you and even\u00a0you<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nHow so very naive\u2026.<\/p>\n
Nope. it is no longer about self-preservation. And again, it not about virtue or principle or pride. It is now only about thing: when the mob comes for me, at the very least, I can comfort myself in the knowledge I am not reaping what I sowed.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s why I waited a week before making any kind of comment about the allegations Christine Blasey Ford leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and that\u2019s why I listened to her full testimony before commenting on that\u2014which brings me to Fox News.<\/p>\n
Watch this crap\u2026<\/p>\n
No, no\u2026 Wait. Before you watch that crap, let me set the scene\u2026<\/p>\n
The Fox News clip below is from Thursday\u2014not Thursday evening after both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh had their full say, not even Thursday afternoon after Dr. Ford completed her full testimony. No, this is the very first break in her testimony, early in her testimony, very early in her testimony, a mere 15 minutes into her testimony\u2026<\/p>\n
And what is on the line here? Forget about the politics or the future of the Supreme Court. \u2026 Forget about all of that, because there is something much bigger at stake here: a man, an individual\u2014his name, his reputation, his future, his place in history, his guilt or his innocence, and the way his own children will remember him.<\/p>\n
There is no smaller or more vulnerable minority than The Individual, and in a decent country populated with decent people, nothing should be more important than that; than the right of that one man or that one woman to enjoy, among other things, the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise\u2014most especially in the court of public opinion.<\/p>\n
And with all that in mind\u2026<\/p>\n
Watch this crap:<\/p>\n
You know what\u2014I was wrong. Let me back up a bit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s actually not about self-preservation, at least not anymore.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was at first, maybe it was a hundred years ago, before \u201cThe Woke\u201d fascists who have captured our culture and media began slapping scarlet letters on free thinkers; before we became a country where panel after panel on MSNBC and CNN would condemn Atticus Finch for\u00a0not believing the woman<\/em>, before Twitter and Facebook would \u201cunperson\u201d Winston Smith over a joke.<\/p>\n Maybe a hundred years ago I believed that if I didn\u2019t join the mob, I would be safe when the mob came for me, because I could say to the mob, \u201cHey, I\u2019m not a part of this. I said Brian Williams deserved a second chance. I\u2019ve never called on anyone to be fired. I oppose boycotts. I\u2019ve defended you and you and even\u00a0you<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n How so very naive\u2026.<\/p>\n Nope. it is no longer about self-preservation. And again, it not about virtue or principle or pride. It is now only about thing: when the mob comes for me, at the very least, I can comfort myself in the knowledge I am not reaping what I sowed.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s why I waited a week before making any kind of comment about the allegations Christine Blasey Ford leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and that\u2019s why I listened to her full testimony before commenting on that\u2014which brings me to Fox News.<\/p>\n Watch this crap\u2026<\/p>\n No, no\u2026 Wait. Before you watch that crap, let me set the scene\u2026<\/p>\n The Fox News clip below is from Thursday\u2014not Thursday evening after both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh had their full say, not even Thursday afternoon after Dr. Ford completed her full testimony. No, this is the very first break in her testimony, early in her testimony, very early in her testimony, a mere 15 minutes into her testimony\u2026<\/p>\n And what is on the line here? Forget about the politics or the future of the Supreme Court. \u2026 Forget about all of that, because there is something much bigger at stake here: a man, an individual\u2014his name, his reputation, his future, his place in history, his guilt or his innocence, and the way his own children will remember him.<\/p>\n There is no smaller or more vulnerable minority than The Individual, and in a decent country populated with decent people, nothing should be more important than that; than the right of that one man or that one woman to enjoy, among other things, the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise\u2014most especially in the court of public opinion.<\/p>\n And with all that in mind\u2026<\/p>\n Watch this crap:<\/p>\n