We’re not talking just about “fear and potential humiliation” dealing with the police, we’re talking about signing up for publicly testifying, in excruciating detail, about the experience of your own rape, as well as your entire sexual history, mental health history, relationship history, etc. Once you walk in and…

It’s still not that easy. Do you think I could just go on Facebook, make a false accusation against a random person of prominence, and the person’s life is ruined?

“When someone puts it on social media, it becomes libel, however... the potential returns may not be worth the risk of losing.”

If his life has been ruined, he should sue her for defamation instead of posting bs on Facebook. Let me know when he does. He won’t. He relies on people like you to always believe the male, even when there is evidence.

Just a tiny bit of pedantry from me:

The term rapist refers to someone that has committed the act of rape, not necessarily someone that has been convicted of the crime of rape. In this contact I would say it is appropriate for her to call the man that raped her a rapist, whether she went to the cops immediately or even…

The problem is that “due process” means something specific (and can’t just be a ‘shortcut’ for whatever you want it to mean if you expect people to understand your meaning), and that thing isn’t implicated in this situation, so he’s wrong and so are you.

When someone changes their subjective opinion of you, they don’t owe you due process. Same when a lot of people change their subjective opinion of you. He has no right to become widely loved and enjoy a stellar, unearned reputation. His rights have not been infringed. The government isn’t stopping him from speaking…

I know I’ve told you this before you are by far my favorite commenter on this site. Your level of knowledge and ability to dispense it is something I envy.

Unless you are actively paying money to watch him perform, you have as much to do with his career going downhill as anyone. Louis C.K. also had unsubstantiatied accusations, and he seems to be doing fine.

No, if you don’t listen to him FOR ANY REASON AT ALL you are denying him due process.