And "the complainant once did something unethical" is actually not a defence to a charge of criminal harassment.
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For the record I'm not saying "siccing the Internet" on Spurr was or would be unethical. I wasn't there, I don't know.
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I don't know why GAE's counsel raised that issue in the way he did but note lawyers have a lot of leeway in cross-examination
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And trying to anger the complainant, trip her up or tarnish her character aren't unheard of strategies.
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The issue in the criminal trial is GAE's behaviour. In this context Spurr is a red herring.
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I suspect Picazo was referring to tactics when she used "extreme" but because she didn't qualify it can easily be read to mean ideology
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And people (including me) have loudly objected to feminist and MRA ideology being equated as "extremes".
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There IS extreme feminist ideology, but the feminist ideology espoused by
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This to me is the problem with this kind of "nuance" - in the context of the trial it basically boils down to "but she's not nice tho"
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But she doesn't have to be nice. Harassing people who are not nice? Actually still a crime.
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@fortyfs Exactly. Victims are supposed to be perfect or they deserve no sympathy.
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@fortyfs Oh, I don't think inadvertent. That's the intent. It's a variation of, "if she wasn't a virgin, it's not rape."
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