• 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re strawmanning my argument here. false convictions for murder also happen… should we all be worried about false accusations of murder now too?

    Is there a reason you’re so afraid?

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        9 months ago

        Then why aren’t we discussing that? But also, what are you doing to put yourself in the situation where you could be falsely accused of murder (besides having an offwhite skin tone, of course)?

        My point being, we should also be afraid of stray bullets coming from the sky. Or cardiovascular disease. Or drunk driving.

        Lots to be afraid of. are we prioritizing correctly though? When looking at statistics, it seems we probably shouldn’t sweat the false rape or murder accusations, unless we are doing shit which might make sense where we were accused. In that case, what are we doing, boys?

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          9 months ago

          I… Yes. Yes these are all problems. Yes, they should all be addressed. You’re being incredibly disingenuous with your arguments, and allow me to add, heavily condescending by your liberal use of the term “boys” in this context. I legitimately don’t believe you’re capable of arguing in good faith about this. But, in closing, allow me to speak plainly. To wit, a false accusation with actions behind it functionally ends a life. The life of the accused ends that day. They may continue living, but no longer in the same capacity. We should have a higher bar than a single party accusation to end the life of another. If you do not believe that to be the case, then that speaks volumes more about your mindset than the issue at hand.

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            You’re being incredibly disingenuous with your arguments, and allow me to add, heavily condescending by your liberal use of the term “boys” in this context.

            Well that’s just like, your opinion, man.

            I legitimately don’t believe you’re capable of arguing in good faith about this.

            You mean to say, you don’t have any rebuttle to what I’m saying. Name one case where I’m arguing in bad faith. Maybe I just need to explain myself further.

            But, in closing, allow me to speak plainly.

            I wouldn’t ask for anything else from you.

            To wit, a false accusation with actions behind it functionally ends a life. The life of the accused ends that day.

            Agreed. Also things which “functionally ends a life”:

            • Being raped
            • Being raped and not being believed
            • Having your rapist go free because he got a good lawyer, despite you being raped.
            • Simply accusing someone of rape, because they raped you (or hell, even if they didn’t). Posts like this fuel the fire of skepticism (normally healthy but in this case mysogynistic) which spread FUD and make it harder to put criminals in jail.

            They may continue living, but no longer in the same capacity.

            Yeah, I understood what you meant by “functionally ends a life”, please consider the list I have provided (all things which happen orders of magnatude more than men being falsely accused, let alone imprisoned because of a crime they didn’t commit.

            We should have a higher bar than a single party accusation to end the life of another.

            Careful what you wish for here. The bar is already pretty high, and you’re sowing more FUD trying to convince people that they should be more concerned being falsely imprisoned from a rape accusation than concerned for the actual people raped. and sending the rapist to jail.

            If you do not believe that to be the case, then that speaks volumes more about your mindset than the issue at hand.

            Your vague bar of “single party accusation” is lower than the current legal standard for imprisoning someone for rape. That’s my point. You’re spreading FUD saying that isn’t.