> The Cornell case and the replies to my tweet show why media literacy matters.
Both sides cherry-pick whatever confirms their beliefs and ignore the rest.
Evidence ≠ interpretation. Allegation ≠ conviction. Consent once ≠ consent forever.
The education gap is fucking insane
@mjmillar_1991 “Fully conscious” isn't what her statement says. She described parts of the night becoming a blur, being “pretty incapacitated,” and said it was the most intoxicated she'd ever been and she felt unable to make decisions.
The Cornell gang-rape case: seven men accused, one woman allegedly drugged and raped for hours.
Her clothes didn’t rape her.
Alcohol didn’t rape her.
Seven men allegedly did.
Stop interrogating her choices. Demand accountability from theirs.
@RealSatanTheSir That's not what the full record says. She acknowledged consenting initially. She also described becoming “pretty incapacitated,” being extremely uncomfortable and unable to make decisions. Her underlying police interview explicitly says “It was coercion” and “I was raped.”
@BasedPoli I did. You're showing selected texts while ignoring her actual Nov. 2024 police interview: she described coercion, said she was “completely and totally incapacitated,” and told police she was “100% confident” she was raped. The DA never received that full transcript.
@Publius673 If she sexually assaulted an incapacitated man, investigate and charge that too. Consent applies to everyone. But that doesn't erase her allegation: in her 2024 police interview she said she was “completely and totally incapacitated” and “100% confident” she was raped.
@chateauroissy “Quickly claimed rape” after being exposed? She told campus police she was raped in November 2024, weeks after the incident. That interview existed nearly two years before this lawsuit.
@nullnotvoid Yes. Investigate it properly, put the evidence before a grand jury, and prosecute anyone the evidence supports charging. That's exactly the accountability I'm asking for.
@d1cky772_ That's not an established fact either way. What is established is that she told police in 2024 she was “100% confident” she'd been raped, and prosecutors never received that full interview transcript. Now the state AG is investigatin
@ElBlanco3006 Whether she voluntarily took ketamine matters to the intoxication question. It doesn't answer who she consented to have sex with. Those are two different factual questions.
@potesakana Because consenting to a threesome and taking ketamine aren't blanket consent for whoever else decides to join afterward. Her account specifically distinguishes the initial consensual encounter from what happened when additional men entered.
@pumaofthebridge You're quoting the six-page statement. The DA has since acknowledged he never received her full police interview transcript. In that interview she explicitly said she was raped. That's a rather important omission.
@shadowlord141 If evidence shows an incapacitated man was sexually assaulted, investigate that too. Consent isn't gender-specific. It also doesn't make her allegation disappear. Multiple alleged violations can exist in the same night buddy.
@Oldman_Kitchens False timeline. She reported the incident to campus police in November 2024 and explicitly told them she was raped. Cornell then conducted a Title IX investigation involving roughly 50 interviews with 32 witnesses.
@AusWay69 Her sexual history doesn't determine consent. And she told police she was raped in November 2024, weeks after the incident. The full interview containing that statement never reached the DA.
@bb55theshowboat You're collapsing several different events into one. She acknowledged an initially consensual encounter. She also told investigators that additional men entered, she felt “cornered,” and she subsequently said with “100% confidence” that she was raped.
@Porridge_Wog It shouldn't be ignored. Every person's consent matters. Investigate any allegation that an incapacitated man was assaulted too. That doesn't erase her allegation, and her 2024 interview explicitly described what she says happened to her as rape.
@CisManBad Taking ketamine voluntarily doesn't constitute consent to sex. More importantly, her account says she initially consented to some sexual activity, then felt “cornered” as additional men entered. Those are separate questions.
@unitynow666 She didn't “change it to rape” years later. In her November 2024 police interview she explicitly said: “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” The DA didn't receive that full interview transcript.
@LazyVapor1987 She described the initial encounter as consensual. She then described more men entering, feeling “cornered,” and said she became a “sex doll.” Consent to the first encounter isn't consent to everyone who enters afterward.