getgrizzy said:
I post on the JJ case simply because it's a perfect example due to number of people claiming the verdict and evidence are proof that this is a false accusation. It could be, but there's no proof of that.
LOL. Yes, in some worlds "evidence" is not "proof" of anything, ergo, no accusation is ever false, but then again, in that same world, no conviction can ever be just.
It is a nice red herring to assert that someone claimed that the jury verdict alone is proof of a false accusation. Hyperbole is the only tool that makes that claim work for you.
There was far more to this case than actually got to the jury, but simply deciding that the accuser's own statements are not "proof" of anything is simply delusional. It is the same argument that would claim that the Rolling Stone article "may have been true" because the takedown by the Washington Post did not "actually prove" that the claimed rape "did not happen." Indeed, "getgrizzly" for some reason insists that criticism of agenda-based coverage of these allegations "must mean" that critics mean to prove something else.
On the other hand, "fabulists" seem to show up more frequently in the coverage than the odds would suggest, and that does go to the duty of prosecutors to responsibly charge and prosecute, rather than
permanently damage everyone involved in the process because of "lynch mob" mentalities channeled by an often irresponsible press seeking prestigious awards by exploiting politically driven "narratives" at the expense of the "real people" involved in these circumstances.