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CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Article says he started when she was 3 and continued until she became a teenager. Its typical of these predators to go for very young girls and stop around teenage years.

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  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have no idea if it happened or not, but one does not have reliable memories before 5. It’s just a human thing. Sometimes people have a vague image but they can’t place it in time, and it’s usually a reconstructed memory based on a story or a photo.
    Basing an accusation like this on a 3-yo’s memory is dicey. It actually weakens the accusation imo. That it continued and she clearly remembers it later is very different and he should be investigated thoroughly.

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It doesnt matter, she was raped between 3 and 13. Are you going to say that this is something a human being forget?

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      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It doesn’t matter because if she was raped she was raped and he should face the consequences. But yes. At 3 you don’t remember stuff. She would have forgotten that. No one has real memories from that age.

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    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Seeing as i have clear memories of when i was two, I’m gonna need some big ol sources on your claims.

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      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Clear as in just like a picture you’ve seen? Or a story you’ve been told many times?

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    • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Still false.

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    • uhmbah@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      3 yr olds memory?

      Fixated much?

      What about when she was 4?

      5?

      6?

      7?

      8?

      9?

      10, 11, 12, 13?

      You stupid fuck. Pick your battles.

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      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re the ignorant one here and you need to check your knee-jerk reaction and actually try reading before you respond. I indicated that using a 3 or 4 year old’s memory is dicey, but that she was clearly raped when older and reliably remembers that, and so he should be investigated/prosecuted. But it damages the case against him using unnecessarily flakey memories.

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• fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I attended preschool at 4. I recall distinctive memories of that experience.

  My parents got divorced the same week I turned 5. We moved…

  I recall the house I grew up in. The playset. The sand box. The dogs. The neighbors. The neighborhood. The exact address. The phone number. Riding my bike around, parts of the town I grew up in(we moved out of that town and indeed never lived there since). Even climbing trees. Friends. Getting blue ribbons in track. I was a great sprinter. All from before I was 5.

  The dog wrapped itself around the tree and died right after my 4th birthday, like in July or August.

  I don’t recall my 3rd birthday party, though. But I recall my 4th. I recall my babysitter. Haha, my dad even had me golfing.

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  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok. I believe you, you’ve made your case. I stand ashamed.

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• KaChilde@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So because you think she can’t remember being raped as a child, you’re dismissing the whole thing? What age are you accepting rape-memories from? Because the rape allegedly continued well into her teens. I think she’s allowed to remember that.

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  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Strawman much?
    Around 5.

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How is this a strawman argument?

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      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Because I’m not dismissing the whole thing. That notion is being conjured and argued against (a strawman argument). I specifically said he should be investigated and prosecuted. It’s the pre-5yo part that weakens the case and should be dropped, and we shouldn’t pussyfoot around that if we want a solid case (a judicial one and in the court of public opinion).

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• Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do, in fact I vividly remember my third birthday. I also vividly remember the CSA I went through, because distressing memories tend to stick.

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• athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  False.

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