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[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, that only doesn't happens to the Epstein class. To these people down the pyramid, is a hell. Even worse when it comes to false claims.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Brock Turner is not a part of the Epstein class. You've already proven your statement false.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Well, that man wasn't exactly poor, not even mid class. Even if he wasn't near-the-top, he's still just one exception to the rule. One single exception can't prove anything false, as it's just anecdothical evidence unless it's against an universal proposition.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You have had many comments moderated because of your defense of rapists. People can see through you.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org -1 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

What the fuck, I never defended the fucking rapists. What you're doing is defamation.

CW: SA and FAHell, I've even been raped two fucking times in my life, one of them when I was a fucking child. I know what I'm talking about because I suffered that and also I have suffered of one false claim. Neither of the two are placid stuff.

I've only been trying to nuance things a bit, because most of people jump directly to "trust the (supposed) victims even when there's no single evidence", and I can't deffend that. But apparently that's defending sexual abusers. But I'm not, I'm just defending the presumption of innocence: someone has to be considered innocent unless proven otherwise.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago (1 children)

Your moderation history and past comments are open for everyone to see.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah, and precisely because of that is that I say what I'm saying, because anything I have said supports rapists.

Is by any case saying that rapists should live the same as their victims, but with added torture, something that a rapist supporter would say?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago) (1 children)

Is by any case saying that rapists should live the same as their victims, but with added torture, something that a rapist supporter would say?

Now you're supporting torture and cruel and unusual punishments.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago) (1 children)

Because they deserve it. Now you're saying that a rapist has to be treated better than how they treated their victims? That's not justice, and that makes their calculus of costs-benefits be always positive to them.

This analogy illustrates it very well: you give just a minor reprimand for a child’s action everytime they form a tantrum, and they'll learn that making a tantrum is not that bad because the worse they'll get is a minor reprimand, not something lasting as being grounded.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 15 minutes ago (1 children)

Rapists should not be infantilized and treated like they are children throwing a tantrum. Restorative justice is important.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 7 minutes ago

I don't know, I think that the behaviorism applies just perfectly to them, I think is rarely the occasion when such a scum will change to better, and that's even worse when you take into account that most of these people are psychopaths, and/or sociopaths, and/or patologically narcissists, so they'll also look for their own benefit and comfort, so restorative justice will be counterproductive to them.

Maybe I'm being too extremists when it comes to justice, but I just hate these kind of people that freely cause harm to other people. The only acceptable harm is the one done in defense of the innocent. They won't understand unless you pay them with the exact same coin they gave to you, because they're already morally bankrupt and their brain is dysfunctional.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

he’s still just one exception to the rule.

No he's not.

A 20-year review of reported rape and sexual assault cases found that 89% were “founded” by law enforcement, meaning police determined that the crime more than likely occurred.

But only 8% of reported rape and sexual assault cases ended in conviction.

In other words, police believed most reports, but very few cases led to the perpetrator’s conviction. Survivors can be believed and still not get the legal outcome they seek.