Great thread on how to treat rapists and victims from a legal and social perspective.
Angus Johnston @studentactivism
14 Oct 2017
Glad you brought it up! Turns out I'm on solid ground legally calling Harvey Weinstein a rapist. (Harvey Weinstein is a rapist.) Here's why… nitter.vloup.ch/jonkay/status/91…
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Also, we know true rape cases aren't always leading to convictions for various reasons, making the innocent till proven guilty more shady.
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Replying to @Felienne
I’d be interested to know if EU (or Dutch or German) law is similar; I believe it’s not, but maybe I’m wrong

Oct 15, 2017 · 8:40 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @Felienne
My in-depth research (a.k.a. spending 5 minutes on Wikipedia) suggest it varies wildly, even within the EU. Interesting.
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Yes it does! I know it even differs ("smaad") between Nl and Belgium. I only know about the Dutch situation though.
Replying to @stilkov
Dutch law has two different forms: "laster" if you know it is false what you are saying, "smaad" if it is true but used to cause harm.
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That’d be slander/libel vs insult in German, I guess. The non-legal term for the first in German is “Rufmord”, i.e. “reputation murder”
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