... and it’s fake news. It’s a false allegation of a false allegation. Say that 5 times fast.
Here it is again...
Scots teen sent herself depraved messages in vicious social media vendetta
What part is "fake"?
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... and it’s fake news. It’s a false allegation of a false allegation. Say that 5 times fast.
She deserves the same penalty that he would receive if she was telling the truth.She Accused Him Of Rape. She Then Sent Herself Threatening Messages To Frame Him.
One has to wonder "Why did she think people would just believe her?"
Rather alarming to think that without her mistake...this poor guy would likely be in prison or dead from suicide.
Thoughts?
If the question is why would people assume she's right and he's wrong...most people are going with the statistics. ...and according to the statistics, most allegations of sexual misconduct/abuse have merit.
Now, I'm not personally a fan of being a "slave to the stats" when someone's freedom and public reputation are at stake, I still think every case needs to be evaluated for its own merits.
But, in a way, the "attack the victim" mentality that exists in a substantial portion of the right wing is to blame for the visceral reaction from the left and them wanting to instantly "take the side of the woman no matter what"
When you see how they conducted themselves in the high profile cases like with Brett and Roy Moore, it's not surprising that people would react the way they do.
Extreme rhetoric from one political faction isn't often met with a less extreme reaction from the other side...these things tend to escalate more than they deescalate.
You'd have to first assume someone is a victim there...
But, in a way, the "attack the victim" mentality that exists in a substantial portion of the right wing is to blame for the visceral reaction from the left and them wanting to instantly "take the side of the woman no matter what"
No offense but blaming the victim - or attacking the victim has been around for 1000's of years now.
It's hardly left or right, and neither is it one side instantly after 1000's of year growing a conscience. lol Come on now!
If we have to be political about this - which is nonsense, but since its popular today?
...but there's a key difference with the regards to the political implications and responses in recent times.
During the whole Roy Moore controversy, we had people doing things like the following:
Jim Zeigler defended Moore's alleged actions on biblical grounds,[140]
Ed Henry advocated prosecuting the accusers criminally.[141]
David Hall said that the encounter was irrelevant because it happened "40 years ago".
Jerry Pow said that he'd support Roy Moore "even if the candidate had committed a sex crime" because he "wouldn't want to vote for a democrat"
William Blocker stated that he would still consider voting for Moore even if "hard proof of sexual abuse emerged" because "a democrat getting the seat would be worse than anything Roy Moore could've done".
Breitbart defended Moore by saying that relationships between 30-something year old man and 16 girls were "not inappropriate".[132]
From a public perspective, yes, victim-blaming and victim-attacking has been around...but never has it been met with these kinds of responses from prominent political figures.
From a public perspective, yes, victim-blaming and victim-attacking has been around...but never has it been met with these kinds of responses from prominent political figures.