Responding to claims that have some relation to what I wrote:
"Ted called rape victims liars"
Ted directly links to and endorses a document that claims the rate of false rape reports is close to 50%. That's not questioning statistics. That's supporting an assertion that almost half of reported rapes are made up. Ted supports the claim that many people who claim to have been raped are lying.
"Ted thinks rape is the victim's fault, not the rapist's"
Ted thinks that, under certain circumstances, rape is partly the victim's fault. Ted blames victims.
"Ted questioned what should be called rape, so he must be against sentencing anyone as a rapist"
Ted clearly questioned whether some cases classified as rape should be classified as rape, in one case on the grounds that some victims later had sex with their attacker. Ted is a rape apologist.
Ted's public reputation is harmed by his own actions, not by mine.
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Re: My overall take on the discussion
Date: 2012-11-04 08:19 pm (UTC)"Ted called rape victims liars"
Ted directly links to and endorses a document that claims the rate of false rape reports is close to 50%. That's not questioning statistics. That's supporting an assertion that almost half of reported rapes are made up. Ted supports the claim that many people who claim to have been raped are lying.
"Ted thinks rape is the victim's fault, not the rapist's"
Ted thinks that, under certain circumstances, rape is partly the victim's fault. Ted blames victims.
"Ted questioned what should be called rape, so he must be against sentencing anyone as a rapist"
Ted clearly questioned whether some cases classified as rape should be classified as rape, in one case on the grounds that some victims later had sex with their attacker. Ted is a rape apologist.
Ted's public reputation is harmed by his own actions, not by mine.