Post by @chiraag@mastodon.online

2026-09-28 04:57 UTC

@budududuroiu@hachyderm.io @ShadSterling@mastodon.social @QasimRashid@mastodon.social The fact that we couldn't even agree that those men don't deserve positions of power is an indictment of our society, though. And that doesn't require a criminal conviction, right? It would just need us to believe those women and not empower those men. And we couldn't even do that. The 'system' I'm talking about is the criminal justice system. The only claims of rape it has taken seriously historically have been those of white women against black men.

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@budududuroiu@hachyderm.io 2026-09-28 05:06

@chiraag@mastodon.online > The fact that we couldn't even agree that those men don't deserve positions of power is an indictment of our society, though. 'We' being who? Me and you? If that's the case, I'm not sure if you're purposefully misinterpreting what I'm saying to find strawmen, but let me reiterate: Hegseth and Kavanaugh are poor proxies for judging how criminal courts handle rape because... there was no criminal court involved. If 'we' = US society, yeah, I agree, you don't need a criminal conviction to judge the moral character of someone standing for office. What would you want to happen in this case? What do you think justice looks like? What might be the downstream effects if you got your way? @ShadSterling@mastodon.social @QasimRashid@mastodon.social

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