When the media reports on some kind of scandal like this, when they actually do report, for example in the UK with the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal, or the recent football managers scandal, they will report that people have come forward to say they were abused. They don't demand any additional proof beyond perhaps establishing that the person was part of that football club or did spend time in that particular hospital or whatever. And people believe it because the media reported it. So when we have victim testimony coming to us over the internet, because the media won't report on any of this, that testimony is no less real than the testimonies reported by the media in other cases. I think lot of people still have this idea that it's not valid or true until the MSM says so, like a subconscious idea. When it comes to witness testimony, unless there's a good reason to suspect they're lying, you have to take it seriously. What would this girl get from lying? She's not getting money, in fact it's pretty dangerous what she's doing.
So many skeptics have said to me 'well where's the victims/ There aren't any victims!' But there are, so many people have come forward over the years to say what has happened to them and no one believes them, and the media won't report it, so everyone assumes they're all just crazy liars who happen to all have very similar stories. They get ignored and many people have no idea that anyone even spoke up. I think we need more people to come forward, and people are only going to feel comfortable coming forward if they see that others who have spoken out have been believed by this community and treated with care and respect. Anyone claiming to be a victim of this should be given the benefit of the doubt unless there's a very good reason not to trust them. I think the likelihood of people lying about this stuff is very very small.
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Birdzeyeview ago
correction; she is some random girl on the internet CLAIMING to have been a victim of SRA etc.
SpikyAube ago
When the media reports on some kind of scandal like this, when they actually do report, for example in the UK with the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal, or the recent football managers scandal, they will report that people have come forward to say they were abused. They don't demand any additional proof beyond perhaps establishing that the person was part of that football club or did spend time in that particular hospital or whatever. And people believe it because the media reported it. So when we have victim testimony coming to us over the internet, because the media won't report on any of this, that testimony is no less real than the testimonies reported by the media in other cases. I think lot of people still have this idea that it's not valid or true until the MSM says so, like a subconscious idea. When it comes to witness testimony, unless there's a good reason to suspect they're lying, you have to take it seriously. What would this girl get from lying? She's not getting money, in fact it's pretty dangerous what she's doing.
So many skeptics have said to me 'well where's the victims/ There aren't any victims!' But there are, so many people have come forward over the years to say what has happened to them and no one believes them, and the media won't report it, so everyone assumes they're all just crazy liars who happen to all have very similar stories. They get ignored and many people have no idea that anyone even spoke up. I think we need more people to come forward, and people are only going to feel comfortable coming forward if they see that others who have spoken out have been believed by this community and treated with care and respect. Anyone claiming to be a victim of this should be given the benefit of the doubt unless there's a very good reason not to trust them. I think the likelihood of people lying about this stuff is very very small.