Submitted by thedriverera t3_10964a2 in news
thedriverera OP t1_j3yu07o wrote
Reply to comment by ShawnyMcKnight in West Virginia students protest second day over reported sexual abuse incident by thedriverera
The actual evidence of the assault was passed around on social media pages. A lot of the kids around here have seen it unfortunately
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?
ShawnyMcKnight t1_j3yyfw2 wrote
Bummer, obviously they shouldn’t show it but mention what’s in the video.
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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