The point of "believe survivors" is to consider that the survivor might be telling the truth. It isn't about never questioning their account of what happened to them. "Innocent until proven guilty" works both ways. Isn't the accuser "innocent until proven guilty" as well?
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Liked your tweet until the second half. The accuser is only innocent until proven guilty of perjury if anything, because accusing someone of sexual assault is not a crime unless you are lying. Those rights are for the accused not the accuser.
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In a court of law, yes. But when people talk about "believing survivors" they are talking about the court of public opinion. In my opinion, there is a widespread culture of immediately disbelieving the accusers rather than doing the due diligence of investigating the claim.
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For average people I disagree, I usually believe it because I don’t see a motive for them to lie. For politicians celebrities etc I wait until I hear proof to just blindly believe accusations with no merit.
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I also will have to agree to disagree. The University of the West of England did a study in 2006 of "no-crime" reporting when it came to sexual assault allegations.
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The study, among other things, demonstrates instances where police officers in various departments were often extremely skeptical of ordinary women claiming assault.
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The study shows that many police departments had extremely high amounts "no-crime" reports in which the officer, skeptical of a claim, would often rashly determine that the claim didn't need to be followed up on.
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Sounds a bit like what people used to call “common sense “
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The oxymoron of our time. Sense is anything but common these days, sadly.
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In the era of Moral Panic, evidence is toxic.
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the left doesn't let silly rational arguments influence their decisions. only fee fees
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Rational argument? Here one for you: Kavanaugh lied under oath in a senate hearing in 2004.He was a party dude who drunk over the limit and had memory lapses of the party nights. So you believe a shouting crying sissie over a victim? Yea right typical protection of privileged menpic.twitter.com/nXP1HqLLcg
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@realDonaldTrump@realPolitiDiva@SandraTXAS Further, gender doesn’t dictate credibility nor integrity. Articulable facts & evidence are determining factors of truth. The stain of the Ford allegations charade lies at the feet of the Dems & not the shoulders of#BrettKavanaughThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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