I think we need to recognise the moral panic of the situation too. People are out there looking to cancel others, others are out to use the moment for financial gain, and then there is the legitimate ones too. We dont know which they are and for the most part, the judicial system is only OK at separating them.

If you can smear someone and that's it their life is over, no matter the truth of it, then what justice is that?

What's the truth here.. not very many people know, clearly.

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think we could use a little more moral panic about the actual number of people who are actually raped every year and maybe worry a little less about your proposed miniscule hypothetical

Also, learn to read: https://people.com/tv/kevin-spacey-controversy-timeline/

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The people who have made false allegations in the past are exactly the reason we can't just believe every victim that comes forward without proof. They are why we can't have nice things. It's not about the odds and ratios either, the state putting a completely innocent person in jail is a travesty of the system. The travesties of what we do to each other are the realities of living on a planet with other humans, we are terrible to one another regularly. We must do the absolute best we can to support victims of sexual assault...untested rape kits are a fucking abomination for instance and I'd be fine with tar and feathers for whoever let that happen. But we still must stop short of allowing even one innocent person to be put in jail.