The presumption of evidence is being touted as uniquely American or a founding tenet of Western thought. It is important indeed to Western jurisprudence, but its provenance spans thousands of years.
Wikipedia notes how the Romans expressed it: “ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat” (“the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on
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They're so self-righteous and act as if they can do no wrong. Even then it's always "false equivalency".
What it really is is a thatsdifferentism and itdoesntcountism..... or just double standards. ;)
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