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darkknight109 posted...

Revelation34 posted...

That's never how burden of proof works. Burden of proof is ALWAYS on the person making a claim.

It's not (if I were to claim, for instance, that pink dragons don't exist, people would not have to assume that pink dragons do exist until I proved otherwise), but if you want to think of it that way, Kavanaugh is the one making a claim here. He is claiming that he is the best man available to fill the Supreme Court vacancy and it is up to him to prove that, including dispelling any doubts about his temperament and ability to render sound judgement.

But your example is you making a negative claim.

We've been over this.

You can't prove a negative.

It is never someone's job to prove they DIDN'T do something. It is the accuser and/or investigative team to prove that the person DID do something.

Otherwise that's the assumption of guilt I was talking about, which was the whole point of this thread.

The rules are changing. And our shitty society IS, sadly, getting to the point where all men are seen as guilty until proven innocent, among many other negative claims.

According to a growing number of idiots (with a lot of promotion from the mainstream media), all men are seen as sexist, racist, and homophobic until they can prove otherwise.

It is a truly volatile time to be a man in America.
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