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> Can they claim you were conspiring against X when half of your online presence is defending X?

Of course they will use only the data that supports their case, and pretend they didn't see the other half of the data.



Of course, but when they quote statements like “Biden is a criminal” your defense lawyer can pull quotes like “Biden is the savior of our Republic” to basically cast doubt on anything you’ve actually said online.


Saying incriminating things and denying them later is generally not a good way to stay out of trouble.

And I don't think incoherency and contradictory statements generally work well in court.

A Chewbacca defense only works in cartoons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense


It’s not denying anything. It’s clearly showing that what you say on the internet isn’t based on your true beliefs.

It happens all the time in actual court cases. Someone say “i hated John” and that’s used to show motive so the defense beings a witness who said the defendant drove John to church every Sunday.


It's just that it's a weak defense because the prosecution will make the argument that you committed your crime in one of those periods where you held malicious beliefs, in an emotional state.

They only need to demonstrate that you had motive sometimes, not all the time.




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