The phrase “believe women” exists because rape culture creates an unequal presumption of credibility. When women come forward, they’re immediately met with, “Are you sure that actually happened? Did you say ‘no’ loudly enough?” But when Graham Platner claims he’s innocent, how many of those *same* people respond with, “Are you sure you didn’t rape her? Why didn’t you stop?”
If your skepticism only goes one way, it isn’t skepticism. It’s misogyny!
After the initial shock of the platner allegation. Pro platner cucks are now doing right wing style rape apologia to defend the violent black water guy who self admittedly had an alcohol problem during the time of the alleged incidents. This is what experts call ‘sunk cost’
fyi, amber heard was a domestic abuse victim who had plenty of evidence documenting the abuse she experienced + a story that reflected well established patterns of interpersonal abuse. yet plenty of libs/leftists participated in the reactionary, heavily coordinated smear campaign against her, without hesitation, and still don’t seem to care/recognize how devastating the effects have been. we are experiencing a period of cultural regression without any reckoning of how we got here
This is genuinely disgusting. "Why didn't she call the cops?" and "Why didn't she throw him out?" are questions that have been used to discredit victims for decades. There's no universally "correct" way to respond to fear, intimidation, or violence, and pretending otherwise only reinforces the same myths survivors have always had to fight.
I'm honestly stunned that anyone who claims to care about evidence would lean on one of the most discredited, misogynistic tropes imaginable. Full stop. Real people react differently under stress. That's the fucking reality. Fuck you, @AnaKasparian
Three months ago, myself, @comrade_casey and @uninformedlefty had @SeanDaBlack on as a guest and he broke down why he didn’t trust Graham Platner. It’s insane to me that anyone is shocked by this latest revelation. Plenty of online leftists have a lot of explaining to do.
I am withdrawing my endorsement of Graham Platner and calling on him to exit the race immediately so that he can be replaced by a progressive fighter who will deliver for the people and help win back the Senate. These allegations are devastating and must be taken seriously.
Heartbreaking hearing that the woman who Platner raped was hesitant to come forward because she agreed with his politics and didn’t want to damage The Movement. If you didn’t already realize, this sort of thing happens a lot more often than you hear about!
This is why Trump won.
This is why this timeline sucks.
Genuinely this is why society has to fight the same battles over and over again, just to make a little bit of progress.. because this is literally the average person.
sexism, racism, transphobia etc exists across the entire political spectrum. we cannot and should not ignore the different lived experiences of members of the working class. leftists who ignore these interlocking forms of oppression because they take “no war but class war” to mean the exclusion of an intersectional approach to class politics are not building a united front. they’re leaving people behind and exposing the holes in this so called broad coalition building
YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER?!?!? HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF RAPE BY MULTIPLE WOMEN INCLUDING HIS EX WIFE?! HE WAS A PROMINENT FIXTURE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES AND IS ACTIVELY ORDERING ITS CURRENT COVERUP?! THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION FOR YOU SCOTT JENNINGS!?
Off topic mas aqui está um bom exemplo porque é que a RTP não pode ser tratada como uma máquina de fazer dinheiro como uma TV normal, guardam arquivos históricos super importantes e não só de Portugal