Reasonable People #31: Why the Heard/Depp case dominated the front pages, why a crypto firm paid $14 million to advertise during the Super Bowl, and why video calls are likely to stay annoying
Appreciate the footnote. I do think other sections are potentially quite offensive/trivialising too, in terms of the language used. E.g. "the circus of their mutual accusations" and "interesting to hear what they've been up to," and "the mystery of our fascination with Depp/Heard."
Their "mutual accusations", although they may seem like a circus, are unfortunately a product of a commonly used strategy by lawyers and abusers ("darvo") to reverse the victim-offender narrative which is very successful with juries. I think for a lot of people, it's not a mystery that we are following the case, and it's neither fascinating nor interesting to hear what they've been up to - it's very distressing and for many traumatising.
Appreciate the footnote. I do think other sections are potentially quite offensive/trivialising too, in terms of the language used. E.g. "the circus of their mutual accusations" and "interesting to hear what they've been up to," and "the mystery of our fascination with Depp/Heard."
Their "mutual accusations", although they may seem like a circus, are unfortunately a product of a commonly used strategy by lawyers and abusers ("darvo") to reverse the victim-offender narrative which is very successful with juries. I think for a lot of people, it's not a mystery that we are following the case, and it's neither fascinating nor interesting to hear what they've been up to - it's very distressing and for many traumatising.