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In reply to the discussion: Defending Assange against sexual assault allegations [View all]BainsBane
(53,026 posts)Which will not happen as long as Assange evades prosecution. I'm not sure why you say they are full of holes when Assange himself doesn't dispute the victims accounts. If you read his court documents and statements, you will see that he does not claim not to have done what the women describe.
The position of many of Assange's defenders here is he should not have to face the arrest warrant, that the women are lying "b,...es" who set him up. It's classic victim shaming. When people decide men they admire should not be held accountable for sexual assault, that invalidates the law entirely and entirely deprives rape victims and all women of their most basic human rights. I will not accept being a second class citizen because some here worship Assange, a football player, or anyone else. Nor do I have any respect for the arguments that he need not be subject to the law. Such a position is vile.