
Or I can have a different opinion do you seriously believe no women think that she wasn’t raped? You’re a weirdo for trying to say I’m a man because I have a difference of opinion… you literally don’t know who I am babe! Victims don’t try to go to a party of their rapist days later and state they enjoyed it so much
My point as I said multiple times is people like you make it hard for actual victims and survivors to get justice or taken seriously I saw a post about it on here so I started commenting on the situation simple as that… if it’s a community a community allows those that have different opinions and etc to be together in one place it’s called “girl talk” not survivor land?
Bro that is my whole point. None of us know her. I’ve asked you why you’re here and you still won’t answer. I don’t claim to know the specifics of what happened to her or anything about her, but I also see zero merit in casting doubt on victims when so few victims actually get justice.
I’m not talking in circles. You’re just joining the conversation after the relevant comments. I’m saying #1 claims she doesn’t know the specifics of what happened, while simultaneously treating the conclusion that this woman was raped as established and framing any challenge to that conclusion as attacking victims. That’s what I’m calling contradictory.
I’m not saying nobody can believe her. I’m saying that if we’re admitting we don’t know exactly what happened, then evidence that conflicts with her account has to be addressed rather than dismissed by saying ‘believe victims.’ That’s literally the point I’ve been making the entire time
Nobody personally knows her. That’s completely irrelevant. We’re discussing an incident with hundreds of pages of investigative transcripts, contemporaneous messages, witness interviews, her police statement, the men’s statements, and a prosecutor’s original decision not to bring charges. I don’t need to personally know Jane Doe to read and evaluate that evidence. Neither do you.
That’s why your argument contradicts itself: when I point to evidence that challenges the allegation, suddenly it’s ‘you don’t know her’ and ‘none of us know her.’ But you don’t know her either, yet you’re comfortable definitively calling her a victim and criticizing me for reaching the opposite conclusion from the public evidence. You can’t make personal familiarity necessary for MY conclusion while not requiring it for YOUR conclusion. That’s two different standards.
I understand. However, I think they're trying to say that victims should at least be given the benefit of the doubt. There have been cases of rape where after coming forward and witnessing the backlash from people around them, ("you're ruining his life," etc type shit) people change their mind and choose to say "nothing happened." Her saying that in a statement doesn't mean it didn't happen. However, I also believe victims should be given the benefit of the doubt.
YES. This is literally the distinction I’ve been trying to make this entire time. I agree that someone saying something afterward doesn’t automatically mean the alleged event didn’t happen. But that works both ways: someone later saying they were raped doesn’t automatically establish that every part of the allegation happened that way either. That’s why I’m talking about evaluating the evidence, not personally knowing her or attacking victims.
If there are contemporaneous statements, messages, the police transcript, subsequent behavior, etc. that appear to conflict with the later account, those things should be examined rather than dismissed with ‘believe victims.’ Giving someone the benefit of the doubt is one thing. Treating the allegation as established fact and refusing to examine contradictory evidence is another. THAT is the distinction I’ve been trying to explain.
After looking at that gc, it's not hard to tell that they were taking advantage of the situation. It's 7 vs 1. Even if she consented at first (which I doubt), she has the right to withdraw consent at anytime. The likelihood she voluntarily agrees to one and then just accepted the 6 more that were invited in for "free pussy" is NOT LIKELY.
But you’re proving my point. You’re saying ‘benefit of the doubt’ means we should still believe the rape allegation even when there is contradictory evidence. But I’m talking about the entire record INCLUDING HER OWN WORDS. You can’t say ‘give her the benefit of the doubt even if there is contradictory evidence’ and then use the possibility that she’s telling the truth as the reason we should dismiss the contradictory evidence. That’s circular
At what point does the benefit of the doubt end and actual evaluation of evidence begin? Because if contradictory statements, contemporaneous messages, her own descriptions of the encounter, and the other witnesses’ accounts can all be dismissed simply because a later allegation exists, then you’re not asking people to evaluate the evidence you’re asking them to accept the allegation regardless of the evidence.
And no, ‘anything other than an enthusiastic YES is rape’ isn’t a statement of New York criminal law. Even New York’s affirmative consent college standard says consent can be communicated through words OR actions that create clear permission. The actual question is whether consent existed, whether it was withdrawn, whether she was incapacitated, and what the people involved knew or reasonably understood at the time. You can’t replace those factual questions with a slogan.
You’re also calling this ‘he said/she said,’ but that’s not what I’m arguing from. We’re talking about her own statements, contemporaneous messages, the police interview, the men’s statements, and the investigative record. That’s evidence that has to be weighed not erased because an explanation for contradictions is possible.