Comment on Kevin Spacey cleared of sexually assaulting four men

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is there ever any actual evidence? Isn’t that precisely why sexual predators are able to get away with it so frequently?

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  • ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Without evidence, there’s nothing. It would mean, you, me and anyone else can be charged for “sexual predatory behavior” and prisoned for years. While we did not do anything at all.

    Not-guilty until proven is a thing.

    Also do you realize what this does to someone who’s not guilty? Wrecked career, wrecked mental health and reputation to the ground.

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    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There's a lot of room between a court not having enough evidence to convict someone of a crime and that person having done zero wrongdoing, and society in general does a very bad job at navigating that grey space.

      Being cleared of charges doesn't mean someone isn't a bad person. At the same time, simply being accused doesn't mean that someone is a bad person. There's worlds of nuance here, but this is the internet - the place where nuance goes to die - so I don't bother having any expectations at this point.

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• hungry_freaks_daddy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you can’t tell by how he looks, acts, the things he says, I’ve got nothin for ya.

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  • ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah so basically, there’s not. What you are saying is just your opinion based on zero evidence.

    Certainly you might not like someone or have same vague idea how the person might be. But that does not mean anything without evidence.

    With your mindset, everyone would be able to sue each other and everyone would be guilty. Because he that particular person “acts suspicious, says odd things and he looks weird!”

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