ApassionataVonC
ApassionataVonC
ApassionataVonC

I think you're confused about how black men were scapegoated in the south, perhaps because your getting your facts from fiction. There was a problem with men raping women and there was a problem with white men looking for an excuse to lynch black men. I don't think there was a big epidemic of white women

Okay, I'm still not getting your point. There won't be any further adjudication on this — he's not going to court and the university actions have been resolved. So, there's not going to be a judge or jury in this instance, so the legal standards of evidence are irrelevant. What am I missing in your argument?

What are you blah blah blahing about, you dimwitting asswipe? You are the one who claimed there was a court of public opinion. And an invitation to sit in a room and listen to a speech is not "rather more" than the court of public opinion, now is a media story. Both, in fact, are axiomatically part of the court of

Oh, I see. So "innocent until proven guilty" is now a standard in the court of public opinion? And who is the "judge" of this court, exactly?

Guy at my teaching post-graduate college was accused of rape. My initial reaction was ' malicious allegation'. Why? He was a teacher, I thought he'd given a student one detention too many. He was a fun guy. He wasn't bad looking. He played rugby. He had friends. He was socially functional. Turns out multiple

I made a burner for this and will probably be stuck in the greys but here goes. Also, possible triggers.

I was raped by my boyfriend in high school and I can certainly understand where she would be coming from. Especially just a few days later. Maybe it was a mistake? Maybe she didn't understand what he was trying to do? Maybe he didn't understand what happened? It's hard when it's a person you have a close and deep

Yeah, but that's assuming a lot. I mean, we're all just making assumptions here, but it sounds like she was trying to sound totally normal so that maybe she could get the chance to talk to this guy about what had happened. I, myself, was attacked by an acquaintance in college, and our entire group of friends remained

As a teenager I was in a relationship with a man six years older than me who emotionally abused me and eventually raped me and continued to coerce and pressure me into different sex acts for almost three years. He convinced me, quite thoroughly that I was a weird looking girl with issues, and a little fat, and I

Way back in the day, there use to be special rules for rape. One of those rules was that a woman's testimony alone was legally insufficient to support a rape charge. She had to be corroborated.

Do you have the conviction rate for their "court"? Is it demonstrably the case that almost nobody who is accused is acquitted?

I can totally see how it is hard to understand. But it happens. I thought I was in love with my attacker for a year and a half following my assault - and I repeatedly said 'I love you' to him in person, emails, texts, etc., afterwards. It's fucked up, but it's true. Needless to say, I never reported it. How do you

I had sex with my rapist a few times after he did it and it was because apparently my denial is the strongest. But even before we got physical again, I was totally cool and casual and my texts were just like they'd always been to him because that was all I knew in communicating with the person I didn't want to be a

How is there "no evidence"?? Her testimony is evidence, by definition.

this is all very serious but can we just glory in that girl's brilliant updogging of this idiot

If three different women accuse a man of rape, shouldn't the "where-there's-smoke,-there's-fire" alarm bell go off?

I have to admit, I found Cathy's piece yesterday credible. I didn't recognize her byline, and I couldn't imagine why a woman would say she loved somebody who raped her or suggest hanging out with him. The longer transcripts and Emma's explanations put my concerns in context. It looks like she was trying to pull away

Cathy Young is the real-life Rita Skeeter

What kind of life experiences does a woman have to have in order to turn into the kind of person who says "oh yea, every one of those women are just making it all up"?

I know this is probably a stupid question, but why not just have them at places that, you know, already have stadiums or facilities?