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[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While in theory this is a good idea, I have first-hand experience with people grouping together and accusing me of doing things with another (at the time) underage individual, trying to get me kicked out of school/smear my name/see me imprisoned/etc...

The issue? The other underage individual they said I was doing things with, was female. Me, I'm gay as fuck. Which was made pretty obvious during questioning. Also upon examination with the other individual being tested and questioned separately... Suprise, they found that, indeed, both testing and questioning showed the accused activities were completely unfounded. All parties that made these false claims admitted that they were falsified shortly thereafter. I could have sued them, and their families (since they too were underage) - this could have actually ruined my life, these things should be punished, these traumas compensated - but I decided against it, just wanting the situation to go away. It was an awful experience, and I still have trust issues; one of the accusers was friends with me. At least, so I thought.

Now, that's not to say 'oh they are lying' in this case, but you can't just blanket believe either side. You need facts, proof, evidence. Imagine if I were to make these claims about you - suddenly you are interested in evidence and due process.

(I won't be replying to any replies to this comment - don't want to tear open that scar any more than I already have writing this)

[-] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

While I feel sorry for your experience, rape can ruin a life just as much and happens more often (and unpunished) than false accusations. They actually took you serious and made sure to do the proper interogations to find out people were lying. We are just asking they do the same for women who are raped.

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Because people lie. What we can do is to not victim shame so women would be less afraid to come forward. This alone would help deter a would be attacker

[-] chandlerbung@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 months ago

Agreed.

It would also help out men and boys to have a safe environment to come forward with their claims without facing abuse from society/police.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Because the list takes the onus away from women needing to speak out. We shouldn't require victims to expose themselves if we have other evidence.

[-] sudo@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago

For the record: numerous women have spoke out against Trump for sexual misconduct while underaged. All the named ones are from Miss America or Miss Universe competitions. A couple of Epstein's victims have filed charges against Trump too but those remain anonymous.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

"At least" twenty-five women have publicly accused him and some have gone to court - here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah but when victims do expose themselves, it'd be nice if a bunch of online shit heads didn't constantly chant 'women are liars! They only want money!"

[-] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago

Preaching to the choir in a place like Lemmy.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago
[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

your also forgetting death threats from magats, that forced one to drop lawsuit against him.

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Epstein and Israel both hired lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on internationally | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

Epstein Docs: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/21/items/epsteindocs/

Epstein Bribes/Payments: 1 BILLION+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IrEi-ybzs

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

A good summary of Trump-Epstein timeline: https://thepresidential.medium.com/we-have-been-gaslit-about-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-for-four-years-fbda67c20f75

• ⁠Much of this info can also be found on: https://theepsteindocs.com/

Feel free to do your part and spread this info around so it is never “lost”.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

I just want to take a moment to apologize to women for all the bullshit you’ve had to endure, like being treated as interchangeable, objectified, talked down to. None of that is okay, and no one deserves it.

[-] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Apology not accepted. If you personally never did any of the above, then an apology is not needed. Nor is it fair to ask of men to apologize on behalf of other men who did. Women don't want apologies from men who aren't at fault. They just want men to stand up for them.

I get the sentiment, but wording matters because this is the kind of rhetoric the manosphere loves to take out of context to claim that men have to apologize for just being men.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

Would you accept an apology from someone who has hit you in the face and is going to hit you again?

Make it stop first.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Fair point. Accountability > performance. I’ll sit with that.

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

What a hero. Line up, ladies, we got an ally over here

[-] Zomg@piefed.world 8 points 4 months ago

I think people do.believe them, it's just the way justice systems work. It has to be proved without shadow of a doubt.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

To give a serious answer you are right. Its not what you its what you can prove.

[-] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Allegations of sexual crimes should always be taken seriously and addressed immediately, however, that's not the same as taking the words of the victims words as the truth. A due process has to be mandatory and proof must remain a non negotiable requirement to arrest and punish someone. That's the one and only way justice can be served.

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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

What do you wanna bet that, within the next month, a right wing talking head uses that phrase to defend Ghislaine Maxwell?

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Why can't we just rely on common sense instead of jumping to massive generalizations regarding someones gender?

Trump has been covered in red flags regarding his treatment of women for years. E. Jean Carroll? Stormy Daniels? Katie Johnson? The Hollywood Access Tape?

I'm a little anxious that if Me Too blows up again it may have the opposite effect intended, and instead deflect attention away from Trump as people argue over the movement itself.

[-] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I mean, if anyone without Trump's money and influence had this many accusations leveled against them, you can be pretty sure they'd be behind bars by now. It's not that the women aren't being trusted, it's that the entire fucking system is broken. Or more accurately, is designed to serve the rich and powerful.

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

So, do you want to drop "innocent until proven guilty" for every accusation by a woman or do you have some simpler system than "evidence presented in an adversarial trial" you'd like to filter them through?

The justice system is broken, and I don't know if it can be fixed. It is far too affected by Capital.

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[-] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Money and government are in the way. Person to person, who the fuck wouldn't believe the woman?

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

i, too, believe in gulity until proven innocent

[-] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 points 4 months ago

Enjoy losing your liberty because some lunatic made false accusations on you

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[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 1 points 4 months ago

Oh, I tried this on shower thoughts. Get ready to read some depressing comments.

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[-] 474D@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

You could make a similar collage full of false accusers. Without the need for proof, this could easily become a weapon to be used against good people. Don't forget that Trump's base is full of women as well

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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Well…

If the justice system didn’t have a systemic massive unjustified distrust of women, and it spontaneously reached the peak of equality on this specific metric, then there would probably eventually be a higher rate of false accusations.

And then we’d eventually end up with a latent mild justified skepticism of all sexes, and then we’d still end up needing objective evidence.

So it’d be kinda self-defeating, except for a handful of glory years. Now would be a fantastic time for those glory years, no doubt, but it’s not a long-term solution.

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

We believe them, we just need to prove it.

People believe in magic sky daddy, im still waiting for proof there too. To be clear, if proof appears im obeying sky daddy so hard.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Trust but verify.

[-] Zezzoz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I am all for seeing trump and anyone else in that list behind bars, but this kind of bullshit thinking goes nowhere.

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