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Originally Posted by orangebird
<snip> if one of your daughters come home claiming she'd been raped, what would you say? 'I'm sorry you're distressed sweeheart, but I'll reserve judgement on whether you're telling the truth <snip>
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You've completely changed the focus from 'whether the accused man is guilty or not' to 'whether the victim is telling the truth or not'. These are not the same thing, and making the mistake of believing that they are causes no end of problems. Believe it or not, it is possible to be supportive of a victim of serious crime while resisting the urge to do harm to the person alleged to have committed the crime.