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Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
Published: 05 October 2018 05 October 2018

Everyone lies. Conversely, everyone tells the truth also. These are undeniable truths of life. While these truths do apply to individuals, they also apply to demographic groups. Over the last two weeks we have heard the radical wing Democrat party tell us that women MUST be believed when they make accusations of sexual assault, misconduct, rape, or whatever the term of the day happens to be. And we’ve been told that men, especially white Republican men, are not innocent until proven guilty, but rather they must prove they are innocent of the allegations.

The presumption of course is that women claiming to have been sexually assaulted would not lie about it. The consequences to them are too severe. They are ridiculed, called liars, and other very descriptive, derogatory terms. To come forward with such allegations is no doubt difficult, but to say that all women tell the truth about these situations is itself a lie.

Before I debunk that myth, let’s be clear that when such allegations are made, they should be taken seriously and investigated appropriately. And if proven, punishment should be meted out accordingly. But when the allegations are blatantly false, baseless, or unsubstantiated, the accuser should suffer similar consequences, both criminally and civilly.

The accused as the right in our country to face their accuser, which means the accuser must prove their case, whether questioned by police, prosecutors, or defense attorneys. That can be a very difficult time for a true victim, but the accused deserves a fair and impartial investigation, with the chance to defend himself or herself.

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center reviewed several studies related to the reporting of false or baseless accusations. The consistent conclusion was that between 5-7% of all reported sexual assault type crimes were false or baseless. Their definition of false is that the incident never occurred. Baseless is that the encounter occurred but did not meet the standards required to prove a crime occurred. Most often, this occurs when a consensual sexual act occurred but one party later regretted the act and claimed to have been assaulted.

There have been high profile claims of sexual abuse that have been proven false; Tawana Brawley and Duke Lacrosse come to mind. Doing research on this issue is very difficult because of the algorithms used by the various search engines, which generally return results related to debunking the claim that false accusations occur. But they do happen, with more frequency than the radical wing would like you to believe.

But back to my original premise: the practice of identity politics favored by the liberals tells us that men are evil, and women don’t lie. There is some truth in both statements, but neither is even close to being an accurate description. Some women lie for various reasons; to create an alibi, revenge, cover up a mistake… Some men also don’t take no for an answer or feel like they are entitled to have their way with a woman.

I’m sure many of you have seen the same reactions I have observed throughout this confirmation hearing: there are women who believe Kavanaugh and women who believe Ford. There are men that believe each of the characters. There are members of every demographic group that disagree with other members of their group not only about who might be telling the truth, but about the entire process as well. We are each defined by our experiences, our principles, our beliefs. None of those are endowed in any of us based solely upon some demographic characteristic. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not only lying, but they have an ulterior motive. The world would be a much easier place to live if we could just look at someone and immediately know what they thought, but that’s a fantasy, just like the world in which liberals tell you they live.