[quote=no_such_reality][quote=SK in CV]
I really just don’t understand the sympathy for the guy.[/quote]
Fear of 1984 and thought crime.
We are dangerously walking an edge of being unable even question certain ideas. But that’s a separate issue not present in this situation[/quote]
No, it’s not present in this situation. One thing that societies do is draw lines between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Those lines shift over time. What might have been acceptable even 20 years ago is no longer. Sterling crossed that line. Is there anyone willing to stand up and say he didn’t cross it?