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Feel how you're feeling now. This is what cognitive dissonance feels like. It doesn't matter what he does, his supporters will always support him as his loyal subjects.

I'm Vegan actually. Are you Vegan? Here's a list... The guy has quite the track record of fuckery.... I wonder how much jail time he's served.... "Trump initially came to public attention in 1973 when he was accused by the Justice Department of violations of the Fair Housing Act in the operation of 39 buildings. The Department of Justice said that black "testers" were sent to more than half a dozen buildings and were denied apartments, but a similar white tester would then be offered an apartment in the same building.[9] The government alleged that Trump's corporation quoted different rental terms and conditions to blacks and made false "no vacancy" statements to blacks for apartments they managed in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.[10]" "In 1985, New York City brought a lawsuit against Trump for allegedly using tactics to force out tenants of 100 Central Park South,[17] which he intended to demolish together with the building next door." "In 1988, the Justice Department sued Trump for violating procedures related to public notifications when buying voting stock in a company related to his attempted takeovers of Holiday Corporation and Bally Manufacturing Corporation in 1986." "In late 1990, Trump was sued for $2 million by a business analyst for defamation, and Trump settled out of court.[20] Briefly before Trump's Taj Mahal opened in April 1990, the analyst had said that the project would fail by the end of that year. Trump threatened to sue the analyst's firm unless the analyst recanted or was fired. The analyst refused to retract the statements, and his firm fired him for ostensibly unrelated reasons.[21] Trump Taj Mahal declared bankruptcy in November 1990, the first of several such bankruptcies.[22] After, the NYSE ordered the firm to compensate the analyst $750,000; the analyst did not release the details of his settlement with Trump." "In 1991, Trump Plaza was fined $200,000 by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission for moving African American and female employees from craps tables in order to accommodate high roller Robert LiButti, a mob figure and alleged John Gotti associate, who was said to fly into fits of racist rage when he was on losing streaks.[29] There is no indication that Trump was ever questioned in that investigation, he was not held personally liable, and Trump denies even knowing what LiButti looked like." "In 1991, one of Trump's casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was found guilty of circumventing state regulations about casino financing when Donald Trump's father bought $3.5 million in chips that he had no plans to gamble. Trump Castle was forced to pay a $30,000 fine under the settlement, according to New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director Jack Sweeney. Trump was not disciplined for the illegal advance on his inheritance, which was not confiscated." "In 1993, Vera Coking sued Trump and his demolition contractor for damage to her home during construction of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. In 1997, she dropped the suit against Trump and settled with his contractor for $90,000.[41] Coking had refused to sell her home to Trump and ultimately won a 1998 Supreme Court decision that prevented Atlantic City from using eminent domain to condemn her property." "In 1996, Trump was sued by more than 20 African-American residents of Indiana who charged that Trump reneged on promises to hire 70% of his work force from the minority community for his riverboat casino on Lake Michigan. The suit also charged that he hadn't honored his commitments to steer sufficient contracts to minority-owned businesses in Gary, Indiana. The suit was eventually dismissed due to procedural and jurisdiction issues." "In April 1997, Jill Harth Houraney filed a $125,000,000 lawsuit against Trump for sexual harassment in 1993, claiming he "'groped' her under her dress and told her he wanted to make her his 'sex slave'". Harth voluntarily withdrew the suit when her husband settled a parallel case. Trump has called the allegations "meritless"." "In the late 1990s, Donald Trump and rival Atlantic City casino owner Stephen Wynn engaged in an extended legal conflict during the planning phase of new casinos Wynn had proposed to build. Both owners filed lawsuits against one another and other parties, including the State of New Jersey, beginning with Wynn's antitrust accusation against Trump.[48][49] After two years in court, Wynn's Mirage casino sued Trump in 1999 alleging that his company had engaged in a conspiracy to harm Mirage and steal proprietary information, primarily lists of wealthy Korean gamblers. In response, Trump's attorneys claimed that Trump's private investigator dishonored his contract by working as a "double agent" for the Mirage casino by secretly taping conversations with Trump. All the cases were settled at the same time on the planned day of an evidentiary hearing in court in February 2000, which was never held." "In 2001, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought a financial-reporting case against Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc., alleging that the company had committed several "misleading statements in the company's third-quarter 1999 earnings release". Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. consented to the Commission's cease-and-desist order, said the culprit had been dismissed, and that Trump had personally been unaware of the matter." "After the 2008 housing-market collapse, Deutsche Bank attempted to collect $40 million that Donald Trump personally guaranteed against their $640 million loan for Trump International Hotel and Towerin Chicago. Rather than paying the debt, Trump sued Deutsche Bank for $3 billion for undermining the project and damage to his reputation.[74] Deutsche Bank then filed suit to obtain the $40 million. The two parties settled in 2010 with Deutsche Bank extending the loan term by five years." "In 2009, Trump was sued by investors who had made deposits for condos in the canceled Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico.[82] The investors said that Trump misrepresented his role in the project, stating after its failure that he had been little more than a spokesperson for the entire venture, disavowing any financial responsibility for the debacle.[83] Investors were informed that their investments would not be returned due to the cancellation of construction.[82] In 2013, Trump settled the lawsuit with more than one hundred prospective condo owners for an undisclosed amount." "In 2013, 87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg alleged that Trump cheated her in a condominium sale by bait-and-switch when she was purchasing properties at the Trump International Hotel and Tower." Note: This is a suit he made... I kept put it in because "Wow" - "In 2015, Trump initiated a $100 million lawsuit against Palm Beach County claiming that officials, in a "deliberate and malicious" act, pressured the FAA to direct air traffic to the Palm Beach International Airport over his Mar-a-Lago estate, because he said the airplanes damaged the building and disrupted its ambiance.[88] Trump had previously sued the county twice over airport noise; the first lawsuit, in 1995, ended with an agreement between Trump and the county; Trump's second lawsuit, in 2010, was dismissed." "In October 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that Trump, together with two principals of a connected developer, could be sued for various claims, including oppression, collusion and breach of fiduciary duties, in relation to his role in the marketing of units in the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Toronto, Canada.[91] A subsequent application for leave to appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada in March 2017.[92] Also in October 2016, JCF Capital ULC (a private firm that had bought the construction loan on the building) announced that it was seeking court approval under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to have the building sold in order to recoup its debt, which then totaled $301 million.[93] The court allowed for its auction[94] which took place in March 2017, but no bidders, apart from one stalking horse offer, took part." Also, a suit he made... but Wow! - "Also in 2011, an appellate court upheld a New Jersey Superior Court judge's decision dismissing Trump's $5 billion defamation lawsuit against author Timothy L. O'Brien, who had reported in his book, TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald (2005), that Trump's true net worth was really between $150 and $250 million. Trump had reportedly told O'Brien he was worth billions and, in 2005, had publicly stated such.[96] Trump said that the author's alleged underestimation of his net worth was motivated by malice and had cost him business deals and damage to his reputation.[97] The appellate court, however, ruled against Trump, citing the consistency of O'Brien's three confidential sources." Another suit he made after being accused of rigging something - "In 2014, the former Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin ultimately settled a $5 million arbitration judgment against her, having been sued by Trump after alleging that the Miss USA 2012 pageant results were rigged. Monnin wrote on her Facebook page that another contestant told her during a rehearsal that she had seen a list of the top five finalists, and when those names were called in their precise order, Monnin realized the pageant election process was suspect, compelling Monnin to resign her Miss Pennsylvania title. The Trump Organization's lawyer said that Monnin's allegations had cost the pageant a lucrative British Petroleum sponsorship deal and threatened to discourage women from entering Miss USA contests in the future.[99] According to Monnin, testimony from the Miss Universe Organization and Ernst & Youngrevealed that the top 15 finalists were selected by pageant directors regardless of preliminary judges' scores.[100] As part of the settlement, Monnin was not required to retract her original statements." "On January 17, 2017, Summer Zervos, represented by attorney Gloria Allred, filed a defamation suit against President-Elect Donald Trump for claiming that she had lied in her public sexual assault allegations against him." In July 2011, New York firm ALM Unlimited filed a lawsuit against Trump, who ended payments to the company in 2008 after nearly three years. ALM was hired in 2003 to seek offers from clothing companies for a Trump fashion line, and had arranged a meeting between Trump and PVH, which licensed the Trump name for dress shirts and neckwear. ALM, which had received over $300,000, alleged in the lawsuit that Trump's discontinuation of payments was against their initial agreement. In pre-trial depositions, Trump and two of his business officials – attorney George H. Ross and executive vice president of global licensing Cathy Glosser – gave contradictory statements regarding whether ALM was entitled to payments. Trump, who felt that ALM had only a limited role in the deal between him and PVH, said "I have thousands of checks that I sign a week, and I don't look at very many of the checks; and eventually I did look, and when I saw them (ALM) I stopped paying them because I knew it was a mistake or somebody made a mistake."[102] "In 2013, in a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Trump was accused of defrauding more than 5,000 people of $40 million for the opportunity to learn Trump's real estate investment techniques in a for-profit training program, Trump University, which operated from 2005 to 2011.[106][107][108] Trump ultimately stopped using the term "University" following a 2010 order from New York regulators, who called Trump's use of the word "misleading and even illegal"; the state had previously warned Trump in 2005 to drop the term or not offer seminars in New York.[109][110][111] Although Trump has claimed a 98% approval rating on course evaluations, former students recounted high-pressure tactics from instructors seeking the highest possible ratings, including threats of withholding graduation certificates,[112] and more than 2,000 students had sought and received course refunds before the end of their paid seminars." "In a separate class action civil suit against Trump University in mid-February 2014, a San Diego federal judge allowed claimants in California, Florida, and New York to proceed;[113] a Trump counterclaim, alleging that the state Attorney General's investigation was accompanied by a campaign donation shakedown, was investigated by a New York ethics board and dismissed in August 2015.[114] Trump filed a $1 million defamation suit against former Trump University student Tarla Makaeff, who had spent about $37,000 on seminars, after she joined the class action lawsuit and publicized her classroom experiences on social media.[83] Trump University was later ordered by a U.S. District Judge in April 2015 to pay Makaeff and her lawyers $798,774.24 in legal fees and costs." Also a suit filed by Trump that shows how thin-skinned he is -"In 2013 Trump sued comedian Bill Maher for $5 million for breach of contract.[116] Maher had appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Lenoand had offered to pay $5 million to a charity if Trump produced his birth certificate to prove that Trump's mother had not mated with an orangutan. This was said by Maher in response to Trump having previously challenged Obama to produce his birth certificate, and offering $5 million payable to a charity of Obama's choice, if Obama produced his college applications, transcripts, and passport records.[117][118] Trump produced his birth certificate and filed a lawsuit after Maher was not forthcoming, claiming that Maher's $5 million offer was legally binding. "I don't think he was joking," Trump said. "He said it with venom."[117] Trump withdrew his lawsuit against the comedian after eight weeks." "In 2014, model Alexia Palmer filed a civil suit against Trump Model Management for promising a $75,000 annual salary but paying only $3,380.75 for three years' work. Palmer, who came to the US at age 17 from Jamaica under the H-1B visa program in 2011,[120] claimed to be owed more than $200,000. Palmer contended that Trump Model Management charged, in addition to a management fee, "obscure expenses" from postage to limousine rides that consumed the remainder of her compensation. Palmer alleged that Trump Model Management promised to withhold only 20% of her net pay as agency expenses, but after charging her for those "obscure expenses", ended up taking 80%.[121]Trump attorney Alan Garten claimed the lawsuit is "bogus and completely frivolous".[122][123] Palmer filed a class-action lawsuit against the modeling agency with similar allegations.[124] The case was dismissed from U.S. federal court in March 2016, in part because Palmer's immigration status, via H1-B visa sponsored by Trump, required labor complaints to be filed through a separate process." "In June 2015, the Culinary Workers Union filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging that the owners of Trump Hotel Las Vegas "violated the federally protected rights of workers to participate in union activities" and engaged in "incidents of alleged physical assault, verbal abuse, intimidation, and threats by management".[141] In October 2015, the Trump Ruffin Commercial and Trump Ruffin Tower I, the owners of Trump Hotel Las Vegas, sued the Culinary Workers Union and another union, alleging that they had knowingly distributed flyers that falsely stated that Donald Trump had stayed at a rival unionized hotel, rather than his own non-unionized hotel, during a trip to Las Vegas." "The state Democratic parties of Nevada, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Ohio filed lawsuits against Trump for encouraging illegal voter intimidation. The states' Democratic parties are also suing their respective Republican party counterparts, along with Roger Stone, who is allegedly recruiting poll watchers and organizing ballot security" efforts in a number of states. Stone runs the group "Stop the Steal." It claims Trump supporters yelled at voters outside Las Vegas area polling places when they said they weren't voting for the Republican nominee, and that Stone is asking supporters to conduct an illegitimate "exit polling" initiative aimed at intimidating voters of color." Another suit he filed to criticize polling practices that enabled more people from a majority-Hispanic area to vote in the election - "On November 8, 2016, Trump filed a lawsuit claiming early voting polling places in Clark County, Nevada, were kept open too late. These precincts had high turnout of Latino voters. Nevada state law explicitly states that polls are to stay open to accommodate eligible voters in line at closing time. Hillary Clinton campaign advisor Neera Tanden says the Trump campaign is trying to suppress Latino voter turnout. A political analyst from Nevada, Jon Ralston tweeted that the Trump lawsuit is "insane" in a state that clearly allows the polls to remains open until everyone in line has voted. Former Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, posted the statute that states "voting must continue until those voters have voted". Miller said: "If there are people in line waiting to vote at 7 pm, voting must continue until everyone votes.... We still live in America, right?" "During a campaign rally on March 1, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky, Trump repeatedly said "get 'em out of here" while pointing at anti-Trump protesters as they were forcibly escorted out by his supporters. Three protesters say they were repeatedly shoved and punched while Trump pointed at them from the podium, citing widely shared video evidence of the events. They also cited previous statements by Trump about paying the legal bills of supporters who got violent, or suggesting a demonstrator deserved to be "roughed up."" "Defendant Heimbach requested to dismiss the discussion in the lawsuit about his association with a white nationalist group, and also requested to dismiss discussion of statements he made about how a President Trump would advance the interests of the group. The request was declined, with the judge saying the information could be important for determining punitive damages because they add context." "Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has alleged that she and Trump had an extramarital affair in 2006, months after the birth of his youngest child.[160] Just before the 2016 presidential election Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was paid $130,000 by Trump's attorney Michael Cohen as part of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), through an LLC set up by Cohen; he says he used his own money for the payment.[161] In February 2018, Daniels filed suit against the LLC asking to be released from the agreement so that she can tell her story. Cohen filed a private arbitration proceeding and obtained a restraining order to keep her from discussing the case.[162] According to White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump has denied the allegations." "The Special Counsel investigation is a United States law enforcement investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and any Russian (or other foreign) interference in the election, including exploring any possible links or coordination between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government, "and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation."[178] Since May 2017, the investigation has been led by a United States Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, a former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Mueller's investigation took over several FBI investigations including those involving former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn." "Starting in 2003, the Trump Organization worked with Felix Sater, who had a 1998 racketeering conviction for a $40 million Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme, and who had then become an informant against the mafia.[196] Trump's attorney has said that Sater worked with Trump scouting real estate opportunities, but was never formally employed." This is not to mention all of the racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, and misogynistic statements that he's made... or the 22 women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual harassment. Also, not to mention the fact that he wanted to put all Muslims on a registry, Gestapo-style. And the fact that he outsourced 93,000 jobs his first year despite running on the platform of "Keep jobs in America." And the fact that he proposed a "Muslim Ban" that he then referred to as just a ban of people from 'these particular countries that happen to be majority Muslim... but they pose the most risk to us', despite the fact that Saudi Arabia (who he does business with) was NOT on that list. It's like the guy is immune from having any real consequences applied to him. The most he had to do was to give money, which he has a ton of. So, nothing has ever effected him long-term. And no matter what his supporters are always like, "What did Donald Trump do?" (Jackie Chan face) Edit: Also, one of the first things he did when he was in office was to roll back protections to prevent the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built. So many Native Americans protested and fought to have their homes protected against it. And Obama created a law that protected it. But when Trump got elected, rolling back that law was like the first thing he did. Also, not joining the Paris agreement and trying to roll back other environmental protections has been something that he's quite well known for.

I certainly hope so. But I feel like he's already done so many things that are wrong and suffered no consequences for them, that he is just the kind of person who knows how to manipulate his way out of legal trouble. I've known a few people like that in my life, who would be into all kinds of illegal stuff and come out smelling like a rose.

You could probably pitch the idea to a smaller toy company to see if they'll bite. Think Dollar Tree and the brands you see there. Then, you'd have to come up with a catchy name and a gimmick that sets it aside from other stress balls.

He's good at manipulating audiences that are at the same level on the spiral as him as well as the one right below it. But anyone beyond orange will see right through his nonsense.

@Joseph Maynor Thank you for the advice!

Thank you! I will try this.

That's awesome!

You want to feel the light of innocence. It is still there. It is only because we develop more complex ego structures as pre-teens, teenagers, and then adults that we get more and more cut off from the light of innocence. This is especially true if we're very rigid people with many judgment and rules for ourselves and others. That makes the ego air-tight so that none of that light can make its way into consciousness. The only way I've ever gotten back in touch with that light was through ego transcendence. And the light was even stronger than it was during childhood. But make no mistake, it is always there. You never lose it. It just gets buried under so many layers of ego.

I get a pretty good view to conversion rate. Probably about 1 in 50 new viewers subscribe. So, I do think it's unique and marketable. I just would need to get it in front of more people. Currently I'm getting about 42,000 views per month. I usually rank pretty well in YouTube search, but not in Google search. And every source that I've researched into has recommended creating backlinks to rank well there. But I will see about doing some more collaborations and guest blogging.

I don't mean artificial backlinks like spamming people. I mean that I have been going to blogs, posting quality content that is relevant to the blog and putting my info in the Name/Url box on the part where you fill out your information. So, I don't have any direct links to my channel in the actual comment, just in the personal information box... similar to the signature that I have on here. So, my impression is that this is fair game. But if you believe that this will hurt my channel, then let me know. So, how do you recommend that I get quality backlinks? The methods that I've heard of are the one I mentioned above, reporting broken backlinks and suggesting new ones (including my own), guest blogging, creating infographics for other sites and linking it to my website, and a few others that don't come to mind right away.

Give me evidence from a reputable source if you want me to consider what you're saying. It's not that I'm so attached to Feminism. There are many schools of thoughts within Feminism that I disagree with vehemently. Feminism is such a broad umbrella topic, that there are more types of Feminism than there are flavors of Baskin Robbins ice cream. And some are diametrically opposed to one another. So, it wouldn't be shocking to me to find a group of Feminists that I disagreed with or thought were unethical. In fact, that's pretty much a guarantee if you're a Feminist, because the types of Feminism are so varied. So, I could believe that there's some fringe group of Feminists number in the 100-500 member range worldwide who believe that men should die or whatever. That said, I don't believe that there's some one million member group of Feminists that are ready to mobilize and eat male babies. So, understand, I'm not very attached to Feminism, I just find great social value is calling out propagandists. Propagandists cause so many social issue that can lead to some really ugly things. So, I have no qualms with calling you out on your lies.

You've basically left every single one of my easily answerable questions on the table, and you're trying to move the goalposts to squirm away from this conversation because you know that you've been caught in a web of lies. So, the only defense you have now is to call me closed-minded and make some rhetorical appeal to the fact that "Truth equals Truth, even if I don't believe it"... hoping that everyone else will think 'He is rhetorically appealing to the value of Truth, therefore he must be telling the Truth.' But it's still very easy to tell that you're telling lies. But I am not closed-minded. I just recognize when someone is lying and making up falsehoods. And I never let them off them hook. So, why don't just admit that you're spreading propaganda?

More lies. Also, if you take "operational security" so seriously and these Feminists can nab you through your IP address or whatever... then why are you even on a public forum talking about them. Wouldn't that put you on the chopping block as well? If you say that you can't divulge any information because of operational security, yet you go by a pseudonym with no picture and no info about yourself, then they could only get you through your IP address. Yet you've been perfectly comfortable disavowing this radical group and criticizing them, despite the fact that you apparently live in a place where you're so afraid of these people that they would kill you if you compromised "operational security."

You still haven't alleviated any of my suspicions by saying this. I don't believe you, not because you're a stranger. I don't believe you because you're CLEARLY spreading propaganda. If you weren't spreading baseless propaganda you could telll me... a) What that group of radical Feminists is called, so I can look them up and look up reports about them. b) Tell me which country you live in, so I can look it up and look for reports of radical Feminists eating male babies and all that other shocking non-sense c) Send me direct links to news stories about these radical Feminists d) Give me a link to their website (which apparently has one million members... despite having its headquarters in a country so small that a person from there can't even tell me which country it is without random people on the internet knowing the exact location of where they live... even if they go by a pseudonym) So, until you can supply any of these things, I recommend you stop lying.

I'm sorry. If you can't even tell me what they're called, then I don't buy it. And if you can't even tell me the country that you live in, then I don't buy it. You're just spreading propaganda. Period.

What are these Feminists called? Do they have a name. Most Feminist groups have a name. And that's true no matter how radical or normal their platform is. That's the first reason why I was skeptical. Also, it just totally sounds like some 'made up to scare people' kind of stuff.... Honestly... eating babies???? Tons of these kinds of stories go around to smear Feminism. It's such a popular movement, that the resistance against it is equally strong. Also, where the hell do you live? Where is this Feminist cesspool even at? I just have a really difficult time believing that this form of Feminism would be widely supported. Now, I would believe it if you said it was some fringe group who are into this and you could call them by name. But honestly, it sounds like you read something in some propaganda piece, and decided it was a real threat. Edit: Also, Feminism isn't an exclusive club. Anyone can call themselves a Feminist, and no one can stop them from doing so. So, it's not like anyone gets "kicked out" of Feminism for bad behavior.

@d0ornokey Also, do you know how many people were subscribed to those subreddits off-hand?

Thank you! This is very inspiring to me!

Hey everyone! Now that I have a decent sized subscriber base on my YouTube channel, I'm strongly considering training to be a life coach. But I would want to tailor my life-coaching to what I talk about in my videos, which are topics of a psychological, contemplative, and spiritual nature. So, I would really be more of a spiritual advisor than a life-coach. I just feel that learning the professional ins and outs of responsibly consulting with people in this manner would be something that I could learn through a good life-coaching program. Of course, most life coaching programs that I've come across are more focused toward business than anything else, save for a few with a spiritual focus. But I want to make sure that I'm choosing a quality program, that is ICF certified. I want to avoid scams. Are there any life coaches on here who have recommendations? Thanks!

Oh... the STRAW Feminists, you mean?

Thank you for the suggestion!

They do surveys of wide samplings of society. I know that there's some degree of potential for inaccuracy. That said, even if it's a little bit inaccurate, the general pattern still shows that we have an issue that needs to be remedied in society relative to the societal response to someone coming out about rape and deciding to press charges. Plus, my experiences with sexual assault in general indicate to me that it's a common occurrence. And I never reported any of the four of them, mostly because they happened when I was a child/teenager and I didn't want to deal with it because I'd rather just move on. The thought of coming out with it and dealing with it legally was so repulsive to me, that I'd much rather let it go. That's one of the reasons why I believe that defaulting to believing the accuser over the accused will result in a better and more transparent society where people feel more comfortable coming forward.

As long as you keep your neutrality to yourself in this matter, it won't affect society. But if you come out as neutral and choose neutrality and "innocent until proven guilty" as your hill to die on in response to rape allegations, then it causes a lot of problems on the macro level. But I'm not being idealogical. My advice on this is purely practical when considering the ramifications of such neutral stances when widely held. It's all about the impact on the broad scale, even if the intent is to be impartial. If a person really cares about victims of sexual violence, then they will likely consider the impact of their stances relative to these matters on society as a whole. And if we look at the big picture, the best way to do that is to not spread any more skepticism to the victim than there already is. Every victim of rape will be lambasted with accusations of false reporting... probably by tons of friends, family, and strangers. So, when a random person, says "innocent until proven guilty", it sends a clear signal that they're not on their side and don't empathize with them one bit.

Again, you unfortunately don't have the luxury of being neutral or objective in this situation. Unfortunately, on the practical level, there will either be total non-involvement or picking a side. So, if you're giving the abuser the benefit of the doubt on the off-chance that they're in that 2%, then you are in effect withdrawing support from the victim whether it is your intention or not. And when most people in society do that, the majority of victims WON'T come forward. Again, if your opinion means absolutely nothing of legal substance, doesn't it make the most sense to default to believing the abused. Doesn't it make sense to default to believing the abused if 90% of rapes go unreported? This is a much bigger issue that the 2% of falsely reported rapes (which is 10% of rapes... so 2% of 10% which equals .02% of all rapists/alleged rapists combined). So, you're saying that .02% of all accused rapists deserve the same level of concern as the 1/4 or more of women and 1/10 or more of men who have been the victims of sexual assault. That's just going to make it easier for rapists to rape. So, unfortunately, those .02% (while I feel bad for them) I prioritize making society a place where it's more difficult to get away with rape, as this will save many more people grief. I understand why this issue is uncomfortable. I've thought it through extensively. And if you really understand the gravity and scope of the issue of sexual assault, then you will see why this is really the best solution. And the best part about it is that your opinion isn't the law's opinion. You can think whatever you decide without it effecting legal proceedings.