Where did Ted actually accuse _rape victims_ of anything? I read only that he questioned the studies and the definitions used. You made it sound like he had accused one or more people of misrepresenting their experiences. Could you give the exact reference please?
Also, where did Ted explicitly or implicitly say that rape (by anyone's definition) is ok? I.e., how do you justify calling him a 'rape apologist'? If I read correctly, Ted wanted to distinguish between different forms of rape (which may or may not be a sensible thing to do), but did he ever state that either of them were acceptable, whatever you chose to call it? The way I read it he did the exact opposite, he stressed that they were all unacceptable. But not all the same.
What you are accusing Ted of is extremely serious, and regardless of you being right or wrong it will likely do irreparable damage to his reputation (as the headline of your post is crawled by the various search engines). Moreover, if consensus becomes (as seems clear to me) that you have greatly exaggerated, if not entirely manufactured, this controversy, then I can not see how you, nor the Ada Initiative can recover from the disgrace. In short, I hope you thought this one through...
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Is this really proportional
Date: 2012-10-29 10:55 pm (UTC)Also, where did Ted explicitly or implicitly say that rape (by anyone's definition) is ok? I.e., how do you justify calling him a 'rape apologist'? If I read correctly, Ted wanted to distinguish between different forms of rape (which may or may not be a sensible thing to do), but did he ever state that either of them were acceptable, whatever you chose to call it? The way I read it he did the exact opposite, he stressed that they were all unacceptable. But not all the same.
What you are accusing Ted of is extremely serious, and regardless of you being right or wrong it will likely do irreparable damage to his reputation (as the headline of your post is crawled by the various search engines). Moreover, if consensus becomes (as seems clear to me) that you have greatly exaggerated, if not entirely manufactured, this controversy, then I can not see how you, nor the Ada Initiative can recover from the disgrace. In short, I hope you thought this one through...