Reply #290: Why is it always an either/or position on these issues?

[DefenseLawyer]

There is rape. There is child molestation. They are terrible things. There are also people falsely accused of rape and falsely accused of child molesting. Those things are just as terrible. Pointing out the possibility that an accuser may be lying is not "blaming the victim". A person who brings a false accusation is not a victim. I have no opinion on the relative merit of the Duke case and it may very well be completely true, but I can tell you that not every accusation is true. I don't think it makes me anti-victim to accept that as a simple fact. It always seems that "victims advocates" feel like they are betraying victims if they even acknowledge the possibility that not all accusers are telling the truth. To me that is no more reasonable than some jerk saying "They all were asking for it". Why not look at each case on its own merit and accept the reality that not every accusation proves to be true?