Irish Sunday Mirror

Justice on trial

Culture war over Kavanaugh bid is not a feminist issue but a fight to preserve the presumptio­n of innocence

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hypocritic­al part of it all is their fake stance of being victim-champions. Real victims’ rights activists support human rights for all – not just those they deem deserving of them. The genuinely concerned don’t sneer at the accused as judge, jury and executione­r – like so many on social media who decided he “looked like a rapist” or that he was “evil”. He wasn’t allowed to show hurt at being accused of the most stigmatise­d crime there is: “because he’s white and privileged.” Holding up one group as deserving and virtuous while having no empathy for another is a dangerous reminder of humanity’s dark past.

It has always been the “righteous man” who caused the most suffering in the world. The wicked who believe themselves to be virtuous are the most dangerous people on earth.

The Crusaders said they were “marked by the cross of Christ” while murdering millions in a medieval holy war. As philosophe­r Frederich Nietzsche said: “Like a tree, the more man seeks to rise in height and light, the more his roots spread downwards into the deep – into evil.”

From watching the grotesque pantomime that was the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearing, it’s clear the old saying is true – the only thing we learn from history is we do not learn from history.

We now see what the left has become – anti-justice, anti-democracy and anti-

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