• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Trump’s rape of E. Jean Carroll was uncovered in a civil suit.

    O.J. Simpson’s only punishment was via a civil suit.

    Alex Jones got fined over a billion dollars for harassing the parents of dead children in a civil suit.

    It’s not abuse of the legal system, it’s fighting abuse of the legal system. Trump, Simpson, Jones, Jay-Z… they can all buy themselves out of a criminal trial. A civil suit is a hell of a lot harder to get out of.

    And I hate to tell you this if this wasn’t your intention, but this is some real “women are lying gold diggers” territory.