3) the no-name, badly-aged. forgettable black attorney (who was the only OJ attorney featured in this special, I realize most have died) saying "we won" in this day and age, makes me realize it is not about real, true justice.

So I watch the most recent iteration of a take on the "trial of the century" and my take away is mostly this: 1) he obviously killed those people. 2) this was one of the first and most prescient example of mis/disinformation flooding the scene and swaying people's opinions. And

There are so many cases of black defendants being falsely accused of crimes, it seemed counterproductive for THIS one to be the example. This was not a "black" man on trial. This was a violent, narcissistic, wannabe white man on trial. for the unspeakably heinous murders he so obviously committed.

So I sooooort of understood how people were fooled by the defense in that case... how they could have been overwhelmed by propaganda to believe anything. But the objective, scientifically educated part of me always scratched my head about this one.

I have spent decades contemplating that event. I spent a whole lot of time trying to figure out how an open and shut case ended this way. And then I learned how perception matters. I learned how people could be convinced a loathsome asshole like Furhman could have framed the poor black defendant.

When the verdict came down (after cringing that the female presiding juror mispronounced the name of the accused) I. Was. Floored. I, a young white woman, who had watched this trial closely, could not understand how this obviously guilty murderer was acquitted of this most horrific crime.

There are few events in "my" life that I recall with such vivid clarity, and one of them is the OJ verdict. I was an undergrad doing biology research at the time, and I (like the rest of the country) followed the trial closely. The physical (especially DNA) evidence was overwhelming.

And a follow up note should say that the more "god fearing" a man is, the more we should be suspicious of his intentions. The new "rules" are not Christian.

Sympathetic... but the "god-fearing" part should be irrelevant.

Future DEI hire?? Work twice as hard to seem half as good, baby girl. I feel you.

Also, it is somehow abhorrent if/when a boy is violated. But if it's a girl, "she asked for it" "it's not that bad" "god wanted it" "just lean in and enjoy
It" "close your legs" etc

It is brilliant. Men have gotten "their" women to conform and subject themselves to the patriarchy. Meanwhile, they try to come up with excuses to rape children in the name of their god. The smart men don't believe the religious nonsense. They just want YOU to buy it

I need high speed, reliable internet for work. Starlink is only option despite living 1/2 mile from the nearest fiber optic infrastructure. I pay 500/mo to cover minimum speed and data needs (and barely at that). I'm incensed that rural broadband $ is going to starlink instead of expanding fiber.