'The danger in the witch trial is that accusation becomes evidence., as it has for the Left in the 'me too' movement and so much more.
From Just Thomism
For us, “witch trial” means a cautionary tale of the dangers of religious extremism; but historically it’s better viewed as the danger of sacrificing the legal procedures and protections of the accused out of zeal to rid the world of evil.
-Caesar divorced his wife after an accusation, even though there was some reason to believe the accusation was untrue, saying that “Caesar’s wife ought to be beyond suspicion.” As brilliant as he was, the quip was foolish. Anyone beyond suspicion is beyond accusation, but being beyond accusation demands the wicked be rendered magically incapable of even speaking your name.
-The danger in the witch trial is that accusation becomes evidence. Even if accusation and testimony are the same words, this is only unity in matter. The form of the two is utterly different, and only the latter is evidence; the former is at best hypothesis.
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