the idea that you can't call people rapists unless they have been convicted of rape is an expectation of silence from nearly all victims. the reason people use it is because silence from victims is their goal
i am honestly not sure how many of the men interacting with this understand that this is about people not being able to talk about their own experiences with being raped. y'all sure are framing your comments in a way that thinks i particularly care about the rapist at all
its fascinating how everyone talking in response to this (i cross posted it to mastodon and bluesky) is doing it in a way that continues to center rapists. i was hoping maybe we could think for a moment about the millions of people who are silenced from speaking about the rapes they have experienced
@nora
From a legal standpoint I would suggest it's best to be "sure", and prepared to defend the "claim" in court.
Since a challenge would be civil it would be on the balance of probabilities, i.e. you don't necessarily have to be 100% sure but the closer-the better. So if we're talking about Trump, for example, I think the label "rapist" could be defended successfully (depending on the makeup of the jury)...
@DigitalTaoist its really amazing that you thought this was an okay comment to make!
@nora
I'm amazed that you people found it so offensive!
I'm defending no one - neither your claims nor the "rapists" actions!!! I still don't even know to whom you're referring, ftm. And at this point I'm not particularly inclined to find out.
Maybe you're jumping to conclusions that weren't implied in any way shape or form?
@DigitalTaoist gross. So gross. Go take your rape apologia somewhere else you asshole.
@DigitalTaoist I must have missed the part where nora said "I would like a stranger to tell me from a legal standpoint about rape." Do you do this a lot? Lecture strangers on what you think isn't technically rape? If so, maybe stop.
