Post #3661978

2026-07-08 00:26 UTC

the idea that you can't call people rapists unless they have been convicted of rape is an expectation of silence from nearly all victims. the reason people use it is because silence from victims is their goal

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@nora@blob.love 2026-07-08 15:03

i am honestly not sure how many of the men interacting with this understand that this is about people not being able to talk about their own experiences with being raped. y'all sure are framing your comments in a way that thinks i particularly care about the rapist at all

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@DigitalTaoist@ieji.de 2026-07-08 07:50

@nora@blob.love From a legal standpoint I would suggest it's best to be "sure", and prepared to defend the "claim" in court. Since a challenge would be civil it would be on the balance of probabilities, i.e. you don't necessarily have to be 100% sure but the closer-the better. So if we're talking about Trump, for example, I think the label "rapist" could be defended successfully (depending on the makeup of the jury)...

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@tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net 2026-07-20 05:29

@nora@blob.love how hard do I have to be SA'd to call it rape

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