RE: Aziz Ansari Doesn't Pick Up On "Non-Verbal Cues" and Gets Treated Like A Rapist
January 22, 2018 at 2:21 am
(January 22, 2018 at 1:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(January 22, 2018 at 1:42 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You just said, whether or not the story depicts an actual criminal act is arguable. I don't see how your take on all this is so far off from ours.
I've never said his acts were clearly criminal at any point in this thread. I'm open to evidence, and also open to exculpation.
My point here is that survivors here of sexual assault are levying the same arguments against Grace that very much hurt themselves. They are dismissing her out of hand even as he has not argued the facts, facts which seem to fit New York state's legal definition of "forcible touching". "She didn't report it", it must not have happened.
But as Joods explained, her issue isnt that Grace didnt report it to police. Its that Grace reported it to the media instead of reporting it to the police. And that the story didn't depict sexual assault in the first place, thereby hanging this guy on public opinion rather than allowing him a fair trial.
None of us is saying sexual assault didn't happen because Grace didnt go to the police. We think sexual assault didn't happen because the story Grace gave didn't depict sexual assault.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
