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Topic History of: “believe the victim” Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Honey
You would think that it would be quite obvious that in establishing that there is a victim to be believed, you have automatically condemned the accused.
hedda
"Certainly, though, Starmer’s Tweet was infelicious – the fact of a police investigation was presented as significant in itself, and this is irriating to anyone who has found themselves under investigation due to bad luck or malice. Perhaps had Starmer experienced being on the receiving end of such a concerted campaign to contrive a police investigation when he was DPP he might have been less keen on fostering the “believe the victim” culture that resulted in subsequent police fiascos (a charge made by Harvey Proctor)."