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Originally Posted by Monahammer
No, it's not irrelevant, and you continue to trivialize the nature of accusing someone of rape. It's not a simple matter.
There's definite validity in having a fulsome discussion about how any criminal accusation can dramatically effect a person's life in a wide variety of ways, and how perhaps our system of rapid social media dispersal of all news and commentary on said news devolves rapidly into pseudo mob mentality where the common refrain is to lynch the accused... but not by spitting out #### like "simply" accusing someone. It's not simple, it's very serious. Trivializing it actually mentally reduces the barrier for people to falsely accuse and thus perform the exact type of systemic abuse you're referring to.
Regardless, this is a bad news story for the club. His guilt actually doesn't matter to the public image of the club at this point, for the exact mob mentality reasons referenced above. How to minimize impact to the club is probably the priority.
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What a ridiculous take. Nobody was downplaying the seriousness of rape, only you would take it that way. Maybe it's time to grow up. The simple part of the statement doesn't even have anything to do with the act itself.