House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down
time.com
State law enforcement said Monday that investigation remains ongoing, but so far “no evidence” has been found “to indicate the fire was intentionally set.”

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.

State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach which began at around 11:30 a.m. E.T. on Saturday, sources told local news outlet FITSNews.

Goodstein was reportedly not at home at the time of the fire, but at least three members of her family, including her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries. According to the St. Paul’s Fire District, which responded to the scene, the occupants had to be rescued via kayak. Law enforcement have not disclosed whether the fire is being investigated as an arson attack.

  • snooggums@piefed.worldEnglish
    143·
    3 days ago

    That far right extremists keep perpetuating violence based on far right propaganda and that assuming this is one of those is along the same lines as assuming Kirk was intentionally shot and it wasn’t just a random stray bullet.

    Sure, we should stay open to the possibility that it is unrelated. But automatically dismissing what is likely to be intentional is ridiculous. She had been receiving death threats, and this would be one way to follow through.

    I do work in web development and understand logic and assumptions. What are your credentials?

        • aidan@lemmy.worldM
          11·
          2 days ago

          That’s not what they did, they rejected people acting as if the cause is certain

    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
      513·
      3 days ago

      arson is not the most frequent cause of house fires so presuming arson as the most likely cause in this case is foolish. It could be a coincidence. We have no idea why this happened and deciding it is political is not logical.

      Other than trying to fan the flames of discontent, and thus being part of the problem, what is the point of deciding this was political violence when you have no evidence at all to back any claim?

      The intelligent position is to make no claims until you have evidence.

      • mmcintyre@lemmy.world
        9·
        3 days ago

        Do you know that arson is not the most common cause of house fires among people currently receiving death threats? Because I don’t. Like… it could be, but I wouldn’t presume.