So, I'm bored waiting for the wife so I'll throw in a couple of things.
In this story, there is no middle ground. There's no "we don't know". One of them is straight up 100% lying. She claims she was violently raped. He claims he did nothing. There's no soft middle in there. One of them is lying.
So which one? And by what standard do we decide which one is lying?
We know you're just hand-waving away all of the evidence saying it doesn't mean what we think, but all of us (no really... all of us) think the evidence of how she acted and how he acted after the time she claims the incident happened shows that there was no rape. If there was no rape, q.e.d. we know which one was lying.
In order to take your position you have to start with the assumption that she's not lying, that we should #believeallwomen, and then hand-wave away the evidence and make a bunch of allowances for "odd behavior" considering the circumstances.
Or, we could just look at the evidence, be reasonable considering what we all know about human behavior, and make our best judgment. Which is what we're doing.
Many mistakes in that post, friend.
Yes, one of them is lying. NO, we don't know which. What makes you think we need to come to a conclusion? "We don't know" is not a middle ground, it is a statement of fact. There simply isn't any conclusive evidence either way. It's foolish to try to draw conclusions for the sake of drawing conclusions, when we will never know what actually happened.
I didn't hand-wave anything. I understand why you believe what you believe. But you're dead wrong if you think your interpretation is the only (or even the most reasonable) way to interpret the available information.
You're also dead wrong about my stance relying on the assumption that she is telling the truth. That's not the case at all, any more than your conclusion relies on the assumption she's lying. I personally believe there's a decent chance she's telling the truth, and it has fuck all with assuming that's self-evident and fuck all to do with #believeallwomen. I looked at all the available evidence (including her words, the Facebook posts, both of their behavior, the art projects, etc) and it seems perfectly feasible that she's not lying. I'm not stating that as a fact, I'm simply explaining why my opinion is what it is.
"Look at the evidence, be reasonable considering what we all know about human behavior, and make our best judgment" is exactly what I've been doing the entire time. I already gave a list of reasons why I think her story is entirely feasible. Obviously, you and I differ on what we consider likely here, but there is no measuring whose personal opinion is more valid. This is why, ultimately, our personal opinions on the matter are worthless.
She's a fucking liar. The end.
That has not been proven. Sorry, dude.
