Aura7541 said:
They disgust me, as well. We run on an "innoncent until proven guilty" system, but these people run on a "guilty until proven innocent" mentality. Patrick Kane got falsely accused for raping a woman, but even after it was proven that the incident didn't happen, people repeatedly shouted "She said no" during games. |
The false rape accusations are a heinous crime, in my opinion. They absolutely destroy the accused and falsely accused alike, and they make sure of it by going after every single avenue of social interaction, work, school, etc... Our Government's have not yet figured out how to deal with social media mobs, but I have a feeling we will end up seeing legislation that holds individuals who incite such mobs accountable. Much like inciting mobs offline, the damages these cause are no less severe, and permanent. And I think due to the attempts to redefine what exactly is rape (Waking up the next day and regretting the choice you made, is not rape), we may even need to see some kind of penalties for those who are proven to have lied about it. Jackie (Funny, we still don't know her name, even though the mountains of evidence tell us she made up the gang rape to try and get someone she was interested in to pay attention to her), from UVA, and Emma Sulkowicz are prime examples of two people who deserve severe jail time.
The other thing is when they redefine rape like this, and then it goes to the courts who overturn it. It impacts actual victims of sexual violence, because it creates an atmosphere of mistrust, as well as making actual victims feel as if they could never get justice. So, there are widespread consequences of what's happening here, and it really breaks my heart to think that an actual victim would remain silent.
