I know that argument is happening in threads outside of this. But this OP was created to support victims and isn't engaging in that. All they said was that victims are being shamed for not supporting an alleged rapist. Then you have people thinking that suddenly means it's cool to jump in with "this is why you should vote for Biden". Again, this thread is not about that argument whatsoever.
It really doesn't though. If you really think this OP is only about Biden, you haven't been paying attention over the course of ERA's existence. This has always been an issue, more or less, but has gotten much worse over time.
My only point was that the OP was not saying or implying that people who vote for Biden don't care about sexual assault survivors, so I'm not sure why that was in a general response to the thread. It's a both sides type of statement that doesn't apply here. I wasn't disagreeing with all your other points.
That would essentially sideline it. Happens to every stickied thread pretty much. Xatszam has made a couple of these threads specifically because people keep ignoring or downplaying the issue, or even worse.
No problem, I just wanted to make that clear, I didn't see any quotes in your post, looked like it was directed at OP.
Exactly. I've heard a lot of "we've got more important things to worry about right now, no one can focus on this" elsewhere on the forum.
This has happened regarding other marginalized communities here and has made a positive impact.
Removing the discussion of allegations from political threads is literally the worst thing this site can do right now, if that's what you're suggesting. If there is simply an isolated thread, people would be able to more effectively discard these allegations.
The benefit is that Reade's allegations aren't effectively quarantined/sanitized from the rest of the forum. The drawback is that people feel uncomfortable. What do you think is more important?
There was a thread for a while about the morals of voting for Biden given the allegations...it ended up getting shut down.
I'm saying if it just so happens to pop up in random political threads, we shouldn't just shut it down and instead isolate discussion to one/specific threads where people can simply ignore it.
So you think a trauma should allow people to give opinions others think are shit or dumb without anyone commenting?
It is how the First Past the Post voting system works though, essentially. If you are in a state which isn't likely to swing then its kind of a moot point, but that is how the system works.
I honestly don't know what to say other then, I'm so sorry that you, along with other victims of sexual assault/rape have to deal with bullshit like this.
So what you're saying is I should bottle all my shit up, all my pain and anxiety and trauma of what's been happening ( some extremely personally) and not reply to what you say so YOU feel better to be able to say anything you want without someone replying?
you shouldn't lash out against sexual assault survivors, yes.
I'm sorry. What? Why don't you read it again.
