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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
I would rather let a thousand murderers walk unpunished than see one innocent person be convicted of a crime they did not commit.
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So you'd rather condemn this poor girl and imply she's a sociopathic whore then to give her sympathy. Neat.
My problem isn't that people are refusing to call the kids rapists. They're not until proven guilty in a court of law. My problem is the implications and insinuations that she's a lying whore just looking to save face. Until someone is proven to be a liar about being raped they should be treated with sympathy and respect as if they were. Not because we need to condemn and witchhunt the accused, but because if she was raped her mind is pretty screwed up right now. If they've said they've been drugged and raped and had courage to come forward, they need support not just for them but so in the future other young girls and women are not afraid to come forward.
If a 14 year old girls sees this, gets raped at 17 - 20 and thinks back to how some are treating this girl, how eager do you think she's going to be to come forward?
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Originally Posted by Sliver
What people are actually doing is refraining from condemning either party until the facts are in.
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They're refraining from condemning the accused. They're willingly condemning the girl.