Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Izzy SoDope"
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I’ve never seen that show, but it’s kind of weird to me that “taking the fifth” has become normalized. Maybe it’s the zeitgeist, maybe it’s having just watched taped depositions of Trump cronies like Michael Flynn invoking their Fifth Amendment rights not to self-incriminate when asked the most basic questions, like about the peaceful transition of power between presidents. (I found it bizarre that he refused to answer such a no-brained question that boils down to, “do you believe in the basic principles of America”.)
But politics aside, it seems bizarre to me that “taking the fifth”, with all its criminal implications, has become a stand in for “none of your business”. What does this mean? On one hand, it suggests that we have a right to delve into the personal matters of other people, that they have no right to privacy. That’s troubling. More troubling is that criminality has become normalized as a behavior, that it’s a private matter and OK as long as the criminal isn’t caught. Or maybe I’m reading too much into this.
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