• zergtoshi@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I do believe that the perception of the action of which Luigi got accused weighes orders of magnitude more than the perception of his appearance or his popularity.
    It’s not him who was popular in the first place.
    It was what was done.
    Accusing him of it in turn made him popular. That would’ve worked for other people too.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 hours ago

      That’s not the type of popularity I’m talking about.

      Luigi is young, approachable, affable, and not unattractive. I don’t believe for a moment that someone without those qualities would enjoy any sympathy from a jury.