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This image captures the moment a former high school football star breaks down in court when his rape charge is dismissed. The dismissal occurred after the 16-year-old accuser admitted that the alleged incident never happened, concluding six years he spent in prison.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Injustice is bad. Falsely imprisoning someone is bad. But also, not holding a rapist to account is bad. And the latter happens 1-2 orders of magnitude more frequently than the former.

This is the same bad-faith edge case fixation that anti-trans people spout about “trans girls in sports”, ignoring the fact that said people would almost certainly never be caught dead watching professional women’s sports teams. It’s a comparatively rare issue, in the context of the original issue being discussed.

Also, the fact that you appear to be trying to litigate how bad a person should feel about rape because it typically takes “a relatively short time” is disgusting and infuriating in equal measure, and tells me a lot about who you are as a person.

[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

False accusations are incredibly common. Everyone is on edge because of the cornell case where it's clear there was premeditation. THAT was disgusting. Using your gender as defense "because you were scared" is also EQUALLY disgusting. Grow up; the world isn't sunshine and rainbows buttercup. what is TRUE isn't always pleasant, and maturity is learning how to face that.

If you want to have justified out rage perhaps you should direct that at how the top 1% are raping us harder than any frat boy could to some naive freshman coed.

Wow, what the fuck is the matter with you?