ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDonald Trump Jr asked courtroom sketch artist to ‘make me look sexy’www.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down116
arrow-up1327arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump Jr asked courtroom sketch artist to ‘make me look sexy’www.the-independent.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareTaigagaai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoBecause it’s usually not allowed to take pictures in court
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There’s absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It’s just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·1 year agoIf we’re gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBe real, bro, you already do that.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago…are you illiterate? That’s exactly what I said.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI called your current job useless, actually, but don’t worry your pretty little head about the details.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoOh, you are illiterate. Ok then.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHad to think a bit for that one, huh? Understandable for your situation.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThose recordings are not available to the public though, right? Isn’t that the difference? Or am I just mislead here? I see why the tradition of it feels conservative. But I dunno. I think it’s cool. Seems like good culture.
minus-squareRidgeDwellerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoBut why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThink it’s to protect the identities of people
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s working well, I definitely do not know it’s trump Jr there.
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s not who it’s supposed to be protecting lol
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThen who’s it supposed to protect?
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWitnesses, the jury, people like that
Because it’s usually not allowed to take pictures in court
That’s not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There’s absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It’s just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
I don’t think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.
If we’re gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich
Be real, bro, you already do that.
…are you illiterate? That’s exactly what I said.
I called your current job useless, actually, but don’t worry your pretty little head about the details.
Oh, you are illiterate. Ok then.
Had to think a bit for that one, huh?
Understandable for your situation.
Those recordings are not available to the public though, right? Isn’t that the difference? Or am I just mislead here?
I see why the tradition of it feels conservative. But I dunno. I think it’s cool. Seems like good culture.
But why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated
Think it’s to protect the identities of people
It’s working well, I definitely do not know it’s trump Jr there.
That’s not who it’s supposed to be protecting lol
Then who’s it supposed to protect?
Witnesses, the jury, people like that