Okay, except when CNN writes a profile on the Steubenville rapists talking about how their lives were derailed by the rape, every feminist in America boycotted. I'm sure you did, too. Here, you want to discuss how hard things were for the ...false accuser? C'mon, this has to be a joke, right? That stance has to be a…

See, this entire appeal is based on emotion, then you throw out the 99% number you made up in the middle and we're just supposed to accept it. And the other side of that is that you're asking us to assume the accused guilty until proven innocent. That's objectively wrong. The correct approach is to maintain agnostic…

Right, but the other side to the coin is that feminists have to drop the line that women never lie about that stuff. They're just leaving the gates open for a vicious attack every time these stories come out. You can empathize with someone and be gentle to them while still acknowledging that there are two possible…

I think you always throw controversial lines that have nothing at all to do the with topic to up your page views and comment section. You wouldn't need to do this if you were a better writer, but you probably get bonus if a certain percentage of articles have 6 figures views.

Hmmmm...I don't recall saying that. I recall saying that people who comment on YouTube videos are the worst of the worst of internet commenters and ignoring the comments section is your best bet. Check out this comment for Pitbull's World Cup song (the first comment there)

An article on YouTube commenters, what's next? An outraged article that Klansmen say nasty things about Jews? Jesus Christ...don't you understand that place is the Mecca for assholes and trolls? These are the morons that got banned and are unwelcome in every other armpit of the internet so they hash out their…

…the burden of proof is entirely on Oberst. Not only must he prove that Faircloth's statements damaged his reputation, he also has to prove that he didn't rape her and that she lied about it because she intended to harm him…Why would she want to hurt Oberst? And why would someone lie about being sexually assaulted?…

I understand that reporting rape is extremely difficult and traumatic. However you should understand that being merely accusing someone of rape in the USA today can be a form of reputational assassination. I strongly disagree with the current situation where men who are merely accused of rape can be named in the…

My problem with your original report on this was that most of your meta-commentary on the fairly obvious lies and inconsistencies in Faircloth's story were couched in terms of

The fuck are you talking about? That's not the point. The point is that they wrote that this woman had no reason for lying about the rape.

False rape accusations exist and people make them for reasons that have nothing to do with rationality or logic. They're not as common as MRAs claim nor are they as rare as some feminists would have you believe. Your reporting on a fact shouldn't be dependant either on your fear of bolstering MRA propaganda OR…

#NotAllWomen are automatically telling the truth when they say someone raped them. That doesn't mean others aren't telling the truth.

Yeah, now that she admitted to lying. The comments in the original thread were way more supportive of her despite the glaring holes and inconsistencies in her story.

I find myself incredibly frustrated with Jezebel's response to this story. Just as you rightfully call out people who commit rape (proven cases) you should call out assholes like Faircloth in this situation. Be outraged! This is a disgusting act that makes it more and more impossible for people actually raped to be…

It's like duke lacrosse, he must be guilty of something or at the very least being in a position of structural power and privilege

Not to defend the MRA clusterfuckbrains on the other article, but Jezebel did say (in their original reporting on the article):

"However, as Jezebel reported, Faircloth had a long history of making contradictory statements online[...]"

Honestly while I agree that patriarchal expectations can impact a lot of the decision making among most people I do think that it denies a degree of personal agency that I believe some are more capable of than others.

You know you want it...

Yeah, these are the kind of rationalizations you tend to see people with declining options making for themselves.