rmcjacket23
Ravens Ring of Honor
I listen to Colin Cowherd pretty much every day. While I get why a lot of people don't like him or his opinions, there are some on said topics that make a ton of sense. And here's a good synopsis of his view on this...Blackmailers or terrorists really doesn't make a difference, the point is the same. If you think it's fine for a journalist to question the motives of alleged victims of rape then that's your choice. When it's been well documented that rapists escape prosecution and go on to rape further victims because of a victims fear of being further attacked than I'd rather be on the side doing something to reduce the prevalence of rape in todays society by callingthat shit out. If that makes me part of the so called cancel culture then so be it, at least I'll be able to look my daughter in the eye and say I tried to affect change.
"I don't want to have the "first" opinion on this... I want to have the last". I don't want to be the guy who claimed Watson is a sex predator until I've seen the full view of evidence. Just like I don't want to be the guy who shames these women as "money grabbers" until I've seen the full view of evidence. If nothing else, the Duke lacrosse scandal really should have shined a light on just how badly the media can whiff on these things very quickly, and just how little accountability they have in the end when they do.
I would be telling my daughter (though luckily she's too young to understand anything) that its perfectly OK not to have an opinion on everything, and its especially OK to not have an opinion on a topic where you have, quite literally, so little factual information.
And the media would be exponentially more credible and trustworthy if they took the same stance. Report actual information. Don't give me 2 minutes of facts and 58 minutes of commentary. Its total garbage.
I want to be the last guy to have an opinion on this topic, not the first.