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| Quote (Patrick @ Aug. 30 2013,15:47) | | Would you really prefer a system where your life and livelihood could be destroyed by anonymous rumor and gossip published by any blogger with a sufficiently large following? |
Now why are you calling a specific allegation rumour and gossip? Not only are such words not apposite, but given prior probabilities plus statements from others (including statements by people who are not anonymous, such as former JREF employee Brian Thompson) the odds that the allegation is untrue are far greater than the odds that it is true, and if it is true you have dismissed a rape victim's first hand account as gossip. No-one has provided the key to the conspiracy theory that PZ Myers has made it up.
Now why would a rape victim want to be anonymous? Could it be for reasons such as their account is likely to be dismissed as rumour or gossip?
You know what it is that makes people very aware of the potential harm to an accused male but utterly blind to the great harm done to rape victims who are not believed? Privilege.
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