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Law in the Court of Public Opinion: Mumkey Jones V YouTube

Many years ago, I participated in Harvard's Second Life experiment called "Law in the Court of Public Opinion."  It was a fascinating class because it spoke to how our collective opinion of guilt and innocence is framed not by law but by the perceptions of those deciding the fate of others. In speaking to my 17 year old son, Moustache Man (spelled wrong for impact), we often discuss when we think something is being treated fairly or by the "court of public opinion."  Mumkey Jones, a YouTuber, has been ill treated by this circus court, and his channels, Mumkey Jones I and II, were taken down from YouTube for 6 infractions. Now, I had watched some of the videos when they were up on the channel before the channels were taken down.  I can't say I understood most of what he was talking about, but I am also not a teenager or young adult in the target audience.  I never get the humor from PewDiePie's channel, either.  Of all the modern YouTubers that my t