Columbia student carrying mattress until school expels her rapist

[garbon]

I've a minor quibble regarding the bit in bold. If someone was raped and process ended with rapist getting away with it, are they expected to accept the results of the process?

Yes.  That's part of the rule of law.  One cannot only accept the rulings that one agrees with.  Vigilantiism is frowned upon.

Oh well that's a whole different thing entirely. Where's this vigilantism bit coming from? It is possible to not accept the result of a process and yet not become a vigilante, no?

[Valmy]

Slacktivism in action.

It's a turbocharged form of female attention-whoring amplified by social media and aided and abetted by the campus rape hysteria. After some time has passed this will all be looked upon like the satanic ritual abuse panic back in the 80's. 

Wait you post on languish and hang on the internet and you think attenton whoring is a female thing?

And no, rape actually happens on college campuses.

[Valmy]

I've a minor quibble regarding the bit in bold. If someone was raped and process ended with rapist getting away with it, are they expected to accept the results of the process?

Yes.  That's part of the rule of law.  One cannot only accept the rulings that one agrees with.  Vigilantiism is frowned upon.

The rule of law includes activism to influence the lawmakers to change the laws.

[Admiral Yi]

The rule of law includes activism to influence the lawmakers to change the laws.

She's not doing that.

[Habbaku]

And no rape actually happens on college campuses.

[Valmy]

And no rape actually happens on college campuses.

Missed a comma there

That is a common problem of mine.

[Valmy]

The rule of law includes activism to influence the lawmakers to change the laws.

She's not doing that.

Why else would she be carrying a mattress around campus?  Well ok she is getting a grade for some bullshit art project....but still stuff like this is done to influence people's opinions.

[derspiess]

You're like a comma chameleon.

[derspiess]

but still stuff like this is done to influence people's opinions.

She's influenced a few opinions here

[Valmy]

but still stuff like this is done to influence people's opinions.

She's influenced a few opinions here

I doubt it.  We very rarely change our opinions here

[garbon]

but still stuff like this is done to influence people's opinions.

She's influenced a few opinions here

I doubt it.  We very rarely change our opinions here

Yeah. I knew, even before I'd looked into her circumstances more, the sort of reception this article would have when I posted it.

[garbon]

Actually one thing missing is commentary on her looks.

[Malthus]

The problem is that, while I fully believe that rape on campus is in fact a huge problem, the more I read about Ms. Mattress Girl the less credible her individual case appears; in effect, she's doing her stated cause more harm than good (for those who bother to read about the facts of her particular case).

In particular, it is difficult to believe that someone so devoted to her cause as to carry a mattress about everywhere in order to get the alleged perp expelled, simply can't be bothered with such details as police procedures and interviews.

I agree with this except the bizarre notion she is doing her cause harm.  This is being talked about everywhere, she is making a difference in drawing attention to this issue.  Most people couldn't give two shits about her particular case.  If you look at just her case she is kind of an asshole, but on an activism standpoint she is making a big difference.  I guess that is how it goes.

I don't get it. You say "This is being talked about everywhere" in the same post as you say "Most people couldn't give two shits about her particular case". I disagree: her case is "talked about" exactly because her particular case is interesting--particularly, her bizzare form of protest.

If it turns out that she flat-out made it up (which is certainly looking possible given her lack of care about pursuing the guy with a police investigation), how could that *not* feed into the narrative (which is I agree false) that there are lots and lots of false, defamatory accusations out there, and in effect *harm* the cause?

[derspiess]

Actually one thing missing is commentary on her looks.

That would be in bad taste.

[Admiral Yi]

Why else would she be carrying a mattress around campus?  Well ok she is getting a grade for some bullshit art project....but still stuff like this is done to influence people's opinions.

I can think of a number of legitimate reasons and quite a few bullshit reasons she would be carrying a mattress around campus.  But she hasn't expressed a single criticism of the rape statutes as they are written.

grabon: she has nice legs.