Comment on Lawyers ‘Scared’ to Do Their Jobs After Charges Against Palestine Action Barrister
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
The status chasing and money chasing establishment esquires are afraid, the freedom fighters with a law degree say “Bring that shit on you motherfuckers!”.
Maeve@kbin.earth 2 days ago
As much as I wish that were true, it isn't. People have families and lawyers, prosecution and defense, often make enemies with potential safety consequences, plus the financial considerations you mentioned, which include legal fees, student loans, , mortgages, children to keep fed, clothed, and in school. People with regular jobs don't want to take a weekday off work for peaceful protest in designated "free speech zones" and the like (dependent on country, obviously), for fear they'll lose their jobs, face arrest and legal fees, lose their homes, much less anything like France's Yellow Vest protests or Germany's anti-nuclear waste on rails protests. But even with those instances, things I mentioned are still real risks. Britain was arresting elderly people and the United States has a long history of arresting clergy.