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by machinebun 1823 days ago
The innocent until proven guilty only applies in criminal court, not in civil court by the way.

Personal privacy is good, but there are some societal things that should supersede the right to personal privacy in my opinion - I don't think any single right should be absolute.

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The US Constitution would disagree with you.

Edit- the “Bill of Rights” sorry

Whenever two people have conflicting absolute rights, who's right is more absolute?

That's why rights are always relative. The Bill of Rights is a good starting place, but any law should pass the common sense/reasonableness standard - we already make many [reasonable, common-sense] exceptions to the right to free speech (i.e. shouting Fire! in a theatre for a cliche example, or incitement to violence)