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ShawnyMcKnight t1_j3yl2ku wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in West Virginia students protest second day over reported sexual abuse incident by thedriverera

It always has been. If someone accuses anything #MeToo related and you give any levelheaded response then you must also be a rapist and hate women.

I only watched the video clip on the site but it doesn’t say what evidence they have that this sexual assault occurred.

I love what the #MeToo movement did to take down people who were seen as untouchable but now all you need is an allegation to ruin someone’s life. They could be cleared of all charges and people would still condemn them.

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thedriverera OP t1_j3yu07o wrote

The actual evidence of the assault was passed around on social media pages. A lot of the kids around here have seen it unfortunately

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gphs t1_j3zm2p4 wrote

The thing about social media is that it’s pretty easily manipulated to present a distorted view, and then once the outrage gets going there’s no recourse for whoever is on the business end of it. That’s why there’s a legal process for this sort of thing.

A good example are videos that go viral from time to time that appear to show someone being the instigator of a fight, only later for a longer video to be posted showing the erstwhile victim to be the instigator: of course in the meantime the person painted as the initial aggressor has been threatened, lost their job, etc. Despite the pretty well-worn examples of mob mentality getting it wrong, the amnesia is strong. Surely this time that won’t happen, right?

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ShawnyMcKnight t1_j3yyfw2 wrote

Bummer, obviously they shouldn’t show it but mention what’s in the video.

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wrastle364 t1_j3z7jpi wrote

Don't care. Should be proven in a court of law first. Not some social media witch hunt (which has targeted innocent people numerous times)

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