Quote: (03-01-2014 04:16 PM)Deuce Anna Half Wrote:
That Jezzie article is some masterful hamster rationalization. It's amazing the lengths the writer went to say "we know she's got a documented history of being a liar and attention whore on the internet, but maybe this time she's telling the truth and he really did rape her guys...seriously!" It never actually admitted the accusation was false, it just tiptoed around the possibility while continuing to imply that she actually was raped.
You need to read that article a little more closely. It's actually the opposite: it pays lip service to the feminist party line of "believing" rape accusers while making completely clear that the woman in question is lying through her teeth. It's not hamster rationalization, its subversive groupspeak. Also an infuriating rhetorical tactic, but how else would it be able to hit Jezebel?
OP: Colleges didn't use the beyond a reasonable doubt standard before the Dear Colleague letter, either. The BRD standard and its Constitutional background come into play in criminal proceedings. College disciplinary hearings are private administrative hearings. They used to use a clear and convincing evidence standard.