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Dear Some of You:
You want Trump defenders to stop being Trump supporters and vote for Biden and join the right side, right?
You wish we could win by a larger margin so we can affect real change.
But when former Trump supporters like Cohen try, you call them ugly names.
You want Trump defenders to stop being Trump supporters and vote for Biden and join the right side, right?
You wish we could win by a larger margin so we can affect real change.
But when former Trump supporters like Cohen try, you call them ugly names.
I got testy with a few people earlier. Whenever I do that, I regret it.
Confession: My legal career has been (mostly) as an appellate defense attorney. My clients were all indigent and found guilty.
Judging is easy. Sympathy makes us humane.
Confession: My legal career has been (mostly) as an appellate defense attorney. My clients were all indigent and found guilty.
Judging is easy. Sympathy makes us humane.
I called it lost cause lawyering. https://twitter.com/gaiaso/status/1304877026268966914
I may as well tell you all why I chose defense instead of prosecution.
Before I went to law school I taught English at the college level. I found that students were very judgmental when they read literature. . .
I may as well tell you all why I chose defense instead of prosecution.
Before I went to law school I taught English at the college level. I found that students were very judgmental when they read literature. . .
I quoted John Updike, who said that the purpose of literature is to expand our sympathies. (I tried to find the quotation and can't. Extra credit to anyone who finds it for me. I may be remembering it wrong.)
I tried hard to get my students to use literature to expand their. . .
I tried hard to get my students to use literature to expand their. . .
. . . ability to sympathize and not be so quick to judge.
I don't use the word 'forgive.' I use the word 'sympathize.'
I'm not telling anyone to forgive anyone. But I think judging should start from a point of sympathy.
And never be name caller or stone thrower.
I don't use the word 'forgive.' I use the word 'sympathize.'
I'm not telling anyone to forgive anyone. But I think judging should start from a point of sympathy.
And never be name caller or stone thrower.
We can sympathize with a former mobster trying to make amends, but that doesn't mean we trust him 
https://twitter.com/OuisieM/status/1304879154526126080
https://twitter.com/OuisieM/status/1304879154526126080
Thank you! I have a citation.
(I was quoting Updike in the 1990s, so it must appear somewhere else. I guess original the quotation is from D.H. Lawrence.) https://twitter.com/MimiG_8/status/1304878374565949440
Agree.
I push back when former GOP people say that Democrats should "fight like Republicans."
No thanks. I can share my tent with people whose methods I dislike, but I won't imitate them. https://twitter.com/LynGerry1/status/1304876148116148224
I push back when former GOP people say that Democrats should "fight like Republicans."
No thanks. I can share my tent with people whose methods I dislike, but I won't imitate them. https://twitter.com/LynGerry1/status/1304876148116148224
I agree with this, too.
Also, I'm a book lover. Writing an honest book is an intellectual feat.
How else will we understand Trumpworld if not from people who leave and explain? It gets rid of the speculation, and helps us understand the problem. https://twitter.com/ToniAnnMyers/status/1304877845018292230
Also, I'm a book lover. Writing an honest book is an intellectual feat.
How else will we understand Trumpworld if not from people who leave and explain? It gets rid of the speculation, and helps us understand the problem. https://twitter.com/ToniAnnMyers/status/1304877845018292230
Someone didn't understand why all my clients were found guilty and thought I must be a terrible lawye
I am an appellate defense lawyer, which means (by definition) my clients were found guilty at their trials, or they wouldn't appeal.
I didn't do the trials.
I am an appellate defense lawyer, which means (by definition) my clients were found guilty at their trials, or they wouldn't appeal.
I didn't do the trials.
On appeal, they are not judged guilty or not-guilty. The appellate court decides whether to uphold the conviction.
Winning on appeal often just means that the appellant gets another trial.
My point was that I tended to represent people you might not like.
Winning on appeal often just means that the appellant gets another trial.
My point was that I tended to represent people you might not like.
