Between so much bullshit and disinformation floating around in general (especially against progressives/socialists)
Both sides use this to diminish and dismiss valid claims. Replace progressives/socialists with conservatives and it’s the same argument I see against the sex crimes on the right.
I’m not going to get into too much detail because I’m pretty fucking tired of this conversation these days, and as you pointed out it’s a moot point in this particular case, but we on the left need to step back and recognize that there’s issues with believing women on our side as well. That intersectionality exists and that there are many, many people on the left that have no idea what our rape culture has allowed to continue with regard to how we treat women. And that ignorance is not acceptable.
These claims against Platner are actually really credible. There’s quite a bit of evidence. I see a lot of this “I don’t know, maybe, maybe not, I didn’t look into it, I don’t know what the details are” as a defense to shrug this off.
Both sides use this to diminish and dismiss valid claims. Replace progressives/socialists with conservatives and it’s the same argument I see against the sex crimes on the right.
I’m not going to get into too much detail because I’m pretty fucking tired of this conversation these days, and as you pointed out it’s a moot point in this particular case, but we on the left need to step back and recognize that there’s issues with believing women on our side as well. That intersectionality exists and that there are many, many people on the left that have no idea what our rape culture has allowed to continue with regard to how we treat women. And that ignorance is not acceptable.
These claims against Platner are actually really credible. There’s quite a bit of evidence. I see a lot of this “I don’t know, maybe, maybe not, I didn’t look into it, I don’t know what the details are” as a defense to shrug this off.