RE: Melania Trump says Sexual Assault victims shouldn't report unless they have evidence
October 14, 2018 at 6:43 pm
(October 13, 2018 at 3:58 pm)Mermaid Wrote:bold mine(October 13, 2018 at 10:56 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: I'm late to the thread, but I don't really see what's controversial about what she said. I mean, are we to start throwing people in jail without evidence? Since when did Atheists become so anti-evidence.
1) She urged people not to report to authorities if they don't have evidence. That's very different than throwing someone in jail.
2) She's the FLOTUS, in a position of large influence, and underreporting of sexual assault is a huge problem. This directive isn't helping.
3) Sexual assaults quite often have almost no evidence, or no evidence at all.
4) I am unsure how that makes atheists "anti" evidence.
(October 14, 2018 at 6:38 pm)Mermaid Wrote: I think you are misunderstanding me, Joods. I am not assuming anything. Everyone and every case is different.
Really? Is #3 not your claim? That's assuming an awful lot without proper statistics to back it up.
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