@Broletariat I can't believe you dapped up this post. The first sentence makes sense and the rest of it is why he hates on me and every law student on here who make the arguments that need to be made. All the best arguments against Zimmmerman, NSA, Michael Dunn, etc., were made on here by law students. You sat in there as
@ogc163 and I, two law students, argued against the NSA and just ran up and basically called us scum bags without quoting us for no apparent reason.
@MustafaSTL @DANJA @ltheghost , etc.
The legal field is no more corrupt than any other field in the country with the ability to enact any sort of change. Most lawyers don't even make more than the national median, so this idea of people whoring themselves for the highest bidder is nothing but layman's ignorance wrapped up in "educated man's" sophistication. The lawyer who is chasing ambulances is much more likely to be a scumbag chasing a dollar than the dude sitting at the big firms who has a fixed salary just doing his job. Because his livelihood depends on him taking horrible cases. He just graduated 100k in debt on top of his undergrad debt and he's not making much more than he would've made with just his undergraduate degree. The idea that "good lawyers" are rare is nonsense. Most people who need a lawyer cannot even afford one and most lawyers cannot afford to defend them. All those sociology, political science and liberal arts majors that work for Teach for America and NGOs before law school didn't get there and forgot who they were. The fact is, as deplorable as this person was, someone had to defend him. I wouldn't take the case, but someone would...and did. I was not going to let this characterization slide (whether or not you reply with a good faith response or snark or ignore it).
@2Quik4UHoes sorry from detracting from the thread, but this shyt gets and the vast majority of law students and lawyers heated. I'm about to promote the thread to the front page. And I'll retweet.