Saying to believe all victims has the added benefit of encouraging rape victims, who historically would stay quiet out of fear and shame, to speak up. This benefit drastically outweighs the “occasionally sometimes people make shit up” scenario. This is why we do not caveat the phrase. If we said, “believe all rape victims, but sometimes y’all are liars and you’re going to have to seriously prove this shit”, then we would go back to silencing real victims.
Of course some are going to lie, and you shouldn’t have trusted them, and you’ll know that retrospectively. But I’d rather be burned by a couple liars and help many victims.
Well, that’s why trust and verify is the concept. To not see anyone burned by lies. Victims will also exaggerate or lie to get a more vengeful outcome for what happened to them. Defaulting to believing what they say, simply because we know they’ve been wronged, can easily result in unjust consequence.
I no longer understand where you’re going. Are you implying that it’s okay for things to be unjust and unfair if it may pave way for more opportunities to serve justice and fairness? Like, collateral is okay if it’s worth it?
I’m a bit drunk so I hope I’m completely misunderstanding this. But if I’m not, it’s quite concerning—albeit intriguing.
I’m saying that it’s very important that as many actual rape victims come forward as possible. To have that happen we must appear supportive and show that we will believe them. That’s why we say we believe the victim. To get them to come out.
The court system is there to verify the claim after. That’s obvious and we don’t need to highlight that point. Highlighting that point, that the process of conviction isn’t easy, dissuades victims from coming forward.
The point of this story, which many missed, is that the court system failed. His lawyer told him to plead guilty. And he did.
The “verify” part is broken, and you don’t fix it by trusting victims less.
The point of this story, which many missed, is that the court system failed. His lawyer told him to plead guilty. And he did.
The “verify” part is broken, and you don’t fix it by trusting victims less.
No. The point of the story is, someone exploited this…
To have that happen we must appear supportive and show that we will believe them. That’s why we say we believe the victim. To get them to come out.
…and the concept you’re advocating is the thing that almost had an innocent person’s life ruined. To which you seem to be fine with at 0.01%—“Whoop-de-doo”—because you have an assumption that it’s offset by catching more bad guys.
That. Is. Fucking. Sick. I’m trying to give you benefit of doubt, but you’re doubling down on it.
we must appear supportive and show that we will believe them
That’s called Dark Psychology. Spoiler alert: It results in bad outcomes, such as seen in this article. An innocent almost had their life ruined because of the concept you’re advocating.
Saying to believe all victims has the added benefit of encouraging rape victims, who historically would stay quiet out of fear and shame, to speak up. This benefit drastically outweighs the “occasionally sometimes people make shit up” scenario. This is why we do not caveat the phrase. If we said, “believe all rape victims, but sometimes y’all are liars and you’re going to have to seriously prove this shit”, then we would go back to silencing real victims.
Of course some are going to lie, and you shouldn’t have trusted them, and you’ll know that retrospectively. But I’d rather be burned by a couple liars and help many victims.
Well, that’s why trust and verify is the concept. To not see anyone burned by lies. Victims will also exaggerate or lie to get a more vengeful outcome for what happened to them. Defaulting to believing what they say, simply because we know they’ve been wronged, can easily result in unjust consequence.
You’re worrying about the 0.01% at the cost of losing 10%. We can’t have perfect.
I no longer understand where you’re going. Are you implying that it’s okay for things to be unjust and unfair if it may pave way for more opportunities to serve justice and fairness? Like, collateral is okay if it’s worth it?
I’m a bit drunk so I hope I’m completely misunderstanding this. But if I’m not, it’s quite concerning—albeit intriguing.
I’m saying that it’s very important that as many actual rape victims come forward as possible. To have that happen we must appear supportive and show that we will believe them. That’s why we say we believe the victim. To get them to come out.
The court system is there to verify the claim after. That’s obvious and we don’t need to highlight that point. Highlighting that point, that the process of conviction isn’t easy, dissuades victims from coming forward.
The point of this story, which many missed, is that the court system failed. His lawyer told him to plead guilty. And he did.
The “verify” part is broken, and you don’t fix it by trusting victims less.
No. The point of the story is, someone exploited this…
…and the concept you’re advocating is the thing that almost had an innocent person’s life ruined. To which you seem to be fine with at 0.01%—“Whoop-de-doo”—because you have an assumption that it’s offset by catching more bad guys.
That. Is. Fucking. Sick. I’m trying to give you benefit of doubt, but you’re doubling down on it.
That’s called Dark Psychology. Spoiler alert: It results in bad outcomes, such as seen in this article. An innocent almost had their life ruined because of the concept you’re advocating.