Sure it can be super uncomfortable and even demeaning.
Though it just feels wrong that the argument is we should have so much sympathy for the people who are a victim of this sort of thing while those same people don’t seem to care much or at all about the people who are a victim of the “always believe accusations” mantra.
Maybe it’s true that only 2% of accusations are confirmed lies, but hiding behind that and making those 2% of victims just another statistic again feels very wrong.
It feels like doing the same thing that people have been doing to victims of sexual assault for decades: Just turning them into a statistic and acting like they’re an “acceptable casualty” of the system.
I don’t know what the solution is, but I know that social mob justice isn’t going to take us anywhere good.
I think she was definitely one of the more famous false accusers in recent memory. I typically don’t wear my tin foil hat too tight but it was obviously something cooked up by a certain party to get back at a certain president. They just didn’t expect it to fall apart, though any reasonable person saw it for what it was. Part of me believes that something DID happen to her though, she was just manipulated into thinking it was that guy.
I’m sure that at least a fair number of accusations being thrown at people have something to them. Where there’s smoke there’s usually fire. But I don’t think that every accusation should be believed at face value. Let things unfold, hear some statements and such before passing judgement at least. Then let the justice system sort it out.
Man I really hope all these accused people use the fullest extent of the law to hunt down and prosecute anyone making false claims and hope those people get the book thrown at them including jail time. False accusations are a blight upon our society.
There is strength in numbers. I think a lot of victims feel like they are alone, and nobody wants to hear their story. Once they see others tell their story, it can be easier as they are part of a group and not alone.
Golf won’t allegate you. I think the girls on those resorts are risky though, try to serve your own drinks or hire your own personal drink person.
As someone who doesn’t want to end up sexually assaulted myself in some dark dungeon hellhole, I regularly stay far away from most women even if they seem to find me pleasing to look at.
You just don’t know what their motives are now a days, and since it is so easy to be mentally/physically/financially/socially ruined without the burden of proof-- you’re better off living the life of Lord Varys from game of thrones.
Oh my, I am not a victim, but thanks. I try to empathize though as best I can, so I feel I can safely say that victims respond when, how and only if they choose to and they shouldn’t be judged for that.
To your other points, yes I very much agree that it is very strange, this massive wave all at once. It’s obviously orchestrated and coordinated which makes it very suspect, yes.
Which is why I listen to, and take accusers seriously. Never ridicule or condemn, but not necessarily believe without proof or at least very hard evidence.
It’s not “coordinated”. A victim saw someone come forward and decided that they too wanted to come forward. And so on and so forth.
It’s how the entire MeToo movement began. It was the same way for Cosby and Weinstein. First one woman came forward. Then another and another and another. Each gaining a bit of confidence to come forward because they saw others were doing the same.
I feel like the punishment for proven false accusations just be equal to the punishment for what they are accusing the person of. I don’t expect most to agree with that, and Im okay with that.
Everyone is entitled to due process. I’m sure there are several people that work at Blizzard that are guilty of much worse. Companies that pander and preach the most usually do.
That being said, this is exactly why companies shouldn’t put people in their games. It’s going to come back to bite them some day.
Imagine thinking this is a appropriate response to someone calling out that folks shouldn’t be looking the other way when you see someone abuse another person or drop a roofie in their drink.
The problem with strength by numbers is truths get blended with false accounts, mob mentality sets in, and people are executed before there is even a trial.
I do honestly feel for anyone who has been wronged; there are better ways to handle a situation, then go out to the community.
If anything is that serious, then it needs to be taken to the authorities, not twitter, Reddit, or Facebook.
The law matters, public opinion (shouldn’t), and Blizzard acting on these accusations leaves them open for a defamation case if the allegations are not valid.
Blizzard has a big responsibility; their actions can sway public opinion one way or another. Their efforts here have already accused Swifty. How is that justice?