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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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"Just believe them" is shorthand for "Believe them long enough to actually press charges and hold a trial instead of dismissing them by default".
Yeah, I think a lot of people are completely missing the point. Very similar to how saying "black lives matter" doesn't imply that non-black lives do not matter, or that black lives must somehow be considered more important than any other life, the phrase "believe women" doesn't imply that we should start doubting men, or that a woman's testimony should be held as a higher form of evidence than anything else. It's pointing out the clear systemic bias against women in a system controlled and dominated mostly by men who do not want to cede their power and authority.
One of the many flaws of the English language is how difficult it is to condense a very complex sociopolitical message down into a catchy one-liner without losing a ton of the context that got people there in the first place.
Wasn't BLM just a scam to extract money for its operators?
No.
Between charges and a trial is a criminal investigation. If that doesn't give enough reason to proceed to trial, charges are dropped.
A better stat would be %age of accusations that result in an investigation. That should be a lot higher, but police shouldn't be trying to prosecute cases that have nothing but an accusation to court.
They aren't processing evidence, so what else can they prosecute with? Vibes?
https://www.endthebacklog.org/what-is-the-backlog/
Look up statistics for your area.
More capacity to process rape kits is something I can get behind. More evidence is good. It would stop people clamouring for convictions based on accusations alone.
So if you are assaulted with no witnesses then having bruises, stab wounds, and other injuries shouldn't be enough for the police to take any action?
Because that is the physical evidence that the police routinely dismiss.
That's because they're not looking for evidence that shows a crime was committed, they're looking for evidence of who committed the crime
Your injuries are evidence of a crime, but not necessarily evidence of a specific perpetrator