Err, more words?
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Replying to @lbent
now that accusations are beginning to have real bite, there is a greater incentive for people to make false ones than there was
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Replying to @Pinboard
I remain dubious about this incentive, on the whole.
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Replying to @lbent
if you can get someone fired or end a career with an anonymous accusation, that is a pretty powerful incentive
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But this never happens without the accuser also having their life just shattered in a thousand ways. Why worry about a theoretical that is historically unlikely at the expense of making things better for women who are suffering now?
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Replying to @bagofmoons @lbent
Because the first widely publicized case of it could provoke a backlash that will undo the very real progress being made at this point.
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Replying to @Pinboard @bagofmoons
We are going to see a backlash no matter what.
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backlash means it’s working!
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