After a local university in my area did a review of their processes some of the recommendations were pretty shocking. Things like "the accused should be allowed to present evidence", "the accused and accuser should be allowed to have or provided representation", "the accused should be notified of appeals". It's hard to have a response that isn't a WTF.gif to things like that.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks Some College Title IX Trials Are Unfair to Accused
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#12There is nothing objectionable in the "Dear Colleague" letter, and it articulates sound policy for American colleges. While it is true that colleges must adhere to a "preponderance of the evidence" standard or risk falling out of Title IX compliance, a) preponderance of the evidence is the appropriate standard to use in non-criminal proceedings, including and especially civil-rights violations which are what Title IX covers; b) colleges also risk falling out of compliance of Title IX if the accused and the complainant do not have equal access to information used at the hearing, or equal time and opportunity to present their respective cases.
Whenever disciplinary investigation by a school for sexual assault becomes a "kangaroo court", it is almost assuredly a CYA move on the part of the college staff to look like they are "doing something" about campus rape without following the procedures set forth by the government. But it's not only unfair and against the law, it's in violation of Title IX and the very letter the MGTOW crowd has been whinging about.
Oh, and Betsy DeVos is an idiot for overturning this policy.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why "not an issue per se" and not "not an issue at all"? There is a bit of subtle implication there. Libertarians care a great deal about civil liberties so this perspective is also not a shock.
Libertarians have a very conflicted position with respect to civil liberties. For them freedom of association often trumps access to markets. This has created a weird pseudo-alliance between Libertarians and those who would limit access to markets based on genetic attributes. The Libertarians tend to downplay this fact, but not to the point of generally preferring market access over freedom of association.
Internet, never change!
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks Some College Title IX Trials Are Unfair to Accused
#14I wasn't familiar with reason.com. Looked through a bit, it looks like it's a digital publication with a libertarian angle: https://reason.org/frequently-asked-questions/#q1 Not an issue per se, but good to know.
Why "not an issue per se" and not "not an issue at all"? There is a bit of subtle implication there. Libertarians care a great deal about civil liberties so this perspective is also not a shock.
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#15Kangaroo courts, plain and simple. Sacrificing innocent people to get more of the guilty ones when evidence is flimsy.
Not even a court. Pretty much you have to prove that you didn't rape her 14 months ago. Of course she reported it this late because she was ashamed or whatever. Meanwhile, your life is ruined. Sex is not like a dishwasher you can return within 30 days if you regret it later. I have a feeling that a lot of these actresses knew what they exactly what were doing. They made a bet, and now they want to blame the other sid…
I think that goes way too far.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not even a court. Pretty much you have to prove that you didn't rape her 14 months ago. Of course she reported it this late because she was ashamed or whatever. Meanwhile, your life is ruined. Sex is not like a dishwasher you can return within 30 days if you regret it later. I have a feeling that a lot of these actresses knew what they exactly what were doing. They made a bet, and now they want to blame the other sid…
"I have a feeling that a lot of these actresses knew what they exactly what were doing." I think that goes way too far.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I have a feeling that a lot of these actresses knew what they exactly what were doing." I think that goes way too far.
No it doesn't. Want to secure the role so the other actress doesn't get it? What I said, doesn't apply to Weinstein types