[Alf]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

This is a standard that only ever applies to certain crimes though. No one ever says this about tax fraud or bank robbery, but it applies to rape and race.

Not only do these crimes have to reach a higher level of proof, but they are also the quickest to be used against any future person making the same accusations. Wonder why.

If you believe actual crimes like tax fraud or bank robbery are the same as innocent people being accused of a horrible crime, then I can't really debate you. You're not coming from a genuine place.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Alf

If you believe actual crimes like tax fraud or bank robbery are the same as innocent people being accused of a horrible crime, then I can't really debate you. You're not coming from a genuine place.

People still make false accusations though, and that's what your post was about; namely, that it would be understandable for no one to believe the next accuser of a hate crime. My point was that no one actually uses this argument anywhere else apart from 2 extremely specific areas; race/hate crime, and violence against women.