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ecshafer • today at 1:42 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

We have this concept in the western world of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. Something like a sexual assault accusation is typically taken extremely seriously (As it should), but this can lead it to being weaponized. Maybe a manager who is a rival for a position you covet, well a sexual assault accusation may make them conveniently go away.


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GrinningFool • today at 1:58 PM

While we can easily find a ton of documented cases of sexual assault, cases of false accusations seem relatively sparse.

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JohnHaugeland • today at 2:05 PM

i think that people should reflect extremely carefully on whether they want to be the person following this line of logic publicly

jasonlotito • today at 1:48 PM

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