How did we let Johnny Depp get away with this?

Amber Heard was found guilty of actual malice.
that being the higher legal standard, meaning that everyone was sure she made her allegations fraudulently and with forethought.

I actually watched the trial live and sampled a few legal opinions on it. if you somehow got away from the hole thing thinking she was not a pos that tried to frame her ex maliciously for pr you are insane.

even just on preponderance of evidence she is guilty as all hell. absolutly disgusting human being that rightfully got blacklisted for her actions.
not that this makes jd into an angel, but there's factually very little evidence against him.

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I think another important factor why the narrative of this trial went the way it did is because of how closely it followed the COVID pandemic and all that went with that–domestic violence incidents increased because victims were trapped in their homes day and night with their domestic abusers. COVID lockdowns and restrictions caused women especially to lose their employment and independence. It took years for women's employment levels to recover. Women are far more vulnerable to DV abuse because they carry the bulk of the caretaker burden in society, both for kids and elderly parents, while being paid less for the same work/job title at officially recognized employment. So women who are best able to understand and empathize with Heard's situation were also the most exhausted and stressed by the state the entire world was in. I remember when the trial was ongoing I didn't have the time or energy to take on the deluge of hate towards Heard. I searched and not even a single video result came up defending or taking a neutral stance toward Heard came up. This trial was an escalation in social media weaponization that had not been seen before. The closest I remember is what happened to Anita Sarkesian but this was mainstreamed to a whole new level. This will happen again with even more amplification because AI engines etc.

My brother, you are such a breath of fresh air. You are logical, pragmatic, and masculine without demonstrating any of the negative traits usually associated with those qualities. Idk you personally, but you present yourself as the type of man I try to be and encourage my other brothers to be. I won't say much more because I don't have time for the manosphere weirdo contrarians coming for me, but I believe you hear me clearly and that's what matters.

Stay up 🤜🏾🤛🏾

About time a man on YouTube recognizes the sh.tshow that was the Heard Depp trial. I'm still angry about that travesty of (in) justice and all the people who tried to tell us that Heard's experience has nothing to do with dv survivors because she's too rich and famous.

I was unemployed and depressed at the time, and spent way too much time watching recaps and footage from this trial.
My impression from what came out in that trial is that Heard was the abuser in that relationship, and that Depp was the abusee.
I’ve been in an AR, my wife’s been in another one, I have friends with experiences of abusive relationships, I’ve worked with social service workers and I’ve read a fair bit on the subject. I’ve been on the jury. In a few trials with abusive relationships.

I don’t see any of the typical signs or behaviours from abusers from Depp, but I see a lot of them from Heard, most of them out of her own mouth.

I’m sorry, but to me it looks like you’re falling into the assumption that the female will be the victim and the man will be the abuser, because that’s the more common case. That is true, but it puts men who’re in the victim position in a really bad place. They’re not heard, they’re not seen, they’re not believed, and frequently they’re not taken seriously even if they’re believed.

The same thing is true for trans women and people in bi or gay relationships, btw.

I agree with you on gamergate and everything else outta history. But that doesn’t make Heard not an abusive partner. Do I know she’s guilty and Depp innocent? Absolutely not. But looking at the preponderance of evidence, brought out in that trial, I wouldn’t worry too much about somebody I knew getting into a relationship with Depp, but I would really worry if they started dating Heard. Or non-famous people in similar positions.

So that’s my take. A as lefty feminist. Not all abusive relationships look like the standard patriarchy model, and if we go in with that assumption, we’ll be blind to non-typical cases.

That’s my take, cheers

I'm gonna be honest, when this was going on I got caught up in the Depp narrative because at the time I was helping a male friend of mine leave an absuive relationship, meanwhile the ex was spreading a bunch of slander claiming he was an abuser, so I was acutely aware at the time that sometimes abuse cases are more complicated than 'he hit her.' In this case it wasn't more nuanced than that which is obvious now, but I was holding on to skepticism for far longer than I should have.

Thank you so much for this video, i really thought i was alone in this

I can't thank you enough for making this video. This is so needed and I hope it goes viral. Self proclaimed body language experts are the same kind of people that claimed to be able to identify criminals or geniuses based on their body features centuries ago

02:28 "it was like putting an abuse victim in the same category as their abuser. But that's the thing, to most people Amber herd isn't a victim of abuse"
(I really hate when you use the thumbnail this way. A picture of a man with the title "Abuser" is as bad as anyone picture with the title "Pedophile")
Amber Heard IS NOT a victim of abuse. In a toxic relationship, there is no victim. I have been the child in an abusive relationship.
The victim can't leave, can't raise her voice. If my mum called my dad "Pathetic loser" she would have died. I find this so disrespectful for victim of abuse, it's angering me!

I thought it was both of their beds.

Some hard truths in this video. Thank you for making this.