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Cyberdog ◴[22 Nov 17 00:34 UTC] No.15753124[source]▶
Is it sad that my first thought at seeing the headline was to assume she was one more person falling on their sword after sexual assault accusations?

What a world.

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tabeth ◴[22 Nov 17 01:47 UTC] No.15753528[source]▶
It really has been amazing to see the momentum building with people speaking out against aggressors. I wonder when critical mass will be reached in terms of when people feel that there's little negative consequence to sharing stories of harassment.
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topspin ◴[22 Nov 17 02:43 UTC] No.15753791[source]▶
Sorry to be a cynic but the likely next phase will be a spate of false accusations and then a backlash. The so far largely credible victims have been receiving a great deal of well deserved attention, but attention is a profound motivator for some people; certainly enough that they'll make things up.

We're in the midst of the storm just now... In the last 48 hours we've seen Charlie Rose implode and Pelosi call for investigations of Conyers. In the last few hours John Lasseter ended up in the spotlight and got LOA-ed out of Disney. It's too early yet, but at some point an accuser will emerge with provably false claims against a popular and sympathetic figure and the worm will turn.

It's just the way of things.

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1. linkregister ◴[22 Nov 17 02:57 UTC] No.15753863[source]▶
You're leaving out the part of the story where all of the accusers were slammed as liars for years until they were suddenly believed by the general public in the face of overwhelming mass testimony.

Only two of the scandals involve recently disclosed assaults.

So, maybe it will happen as you say. I predict it won't be widespread. There will likely be another Duke, but it'll be isolated.