Originally Posted by JavaBlack

You ever see the uproar when someone does point out an atrocity committed by a soldier? Usually in the period where the atrocity has just hit the news and we're still awaiting a verdict...

Anyone who even seriously entertains the possibility that the soldier actually did do wrong is tarnished as unpatriotic. The news outlets covering it are tarnished as hating our military.

You don't hear that when the press and larger numbers of people act the same way about a yet-decided case involving a civilian.