My Brain was warped young: by Alexandr Solzynitsyn, Francis Schaeffer and J.R.R. Tolkien. Then, in my adult life, the Penguin came along just after word 97 borked a 5000 word thesis. So I added to my fairly bleak Calvinism and mistrust of the zampolits — whom I met in real life while doing summer jobs — a sense of the hacker ethic. Not the best background for a career in what is euphemistically called mental health. It was dealing with patients, as a house surgeon, that made me aware of the reality of madness, and the need for checks and balances to ensure that, in our enthusiasm, we did not do harm. Again. But now the converged Law schools produce zampolits.  Not lawyers. They are no longer fit for purpose. 

Standing firm on the principle of supporting constitutional rights such as free speech and due process, one will invariably be called the nastiest words the SJWs can muster, the worst of which is Trumpkin. After all, that’s what any heretic who fails to confess their sins and succumb to the overwhelming emotions of the progressive scolds must be. It’s infected colleges. From there, society. And that includes the law.That it was coming has been clear for a few years now. That young lawyers (and their enablers) have adopted it means that they are no longer competent to serve their role of defending against the wave of scolds who would punish for offenses against their feelings upon no more proof than the tears of victims.The alternative to social justice isn’t bigotry, but liberty. No criminal defense lawyer can forsake constitutional rights to serve an unprincipled cause of elevating their favored identity at the expense of the Constitution. And yet, they believe they are entitled to do so, and proudly reject their duty to their clients in favor of their dedication to their cause.This is why so much effort has been put into explaining the wrongfulness of unprincipled ideologies that began with the children and wound their way into the courthouse. You hated it as it happened, as it failed to align with your feelings, but you will hate it far more when you can’t find a lawyer willing to defend you because you are too awful for them to tolerate.And should this happen, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Scott H Greenfield

The role of a lawyer is to examine the facts and challenge the allegations. In a court, nothing is believed until tested and examined. The opinions that an expert give — and I have to give such opinions — can be challenged. The role of the lawyer is to examine: to advocate.  It is not to disapprove of a group, and deny the rights of others, because they are politically unacceptable. That is instead oppression. And that perversion of a legal process end in a Soviet court, where the defence lawyer damns the accused more harshly than the prosecutor. And that is not justice. It is tyranny.  But tyranny does not end well. Choose instead to live well.  You may have to read some older books, and stretch your mind.  But these times are evil, and you need to read those who wrote from times before to critique the current year.