Slut shaming in the Buffalo News?

In the court of public opinion, what socially acceptable defense is available to Patrick Kane? If charged, what legal defense is socially acceptable?

 

Says who?

 

THAT, in and of itself, is an attempt to discredit the rape accusation.

 

And I think that's perfectly fine, just as I think that it's perfectly fine to credit the rape accusation by reporting some of those details.

 

18 pages of obtuse.
But you don't want to be obtuse.

 

Unless those details have nothing to do with whether a rape actually occurred or not.

You can scream all you want about those details being relevant, but they just aren't. Period.

 

#Isupport88

 

What happened that night is relevant. It would be relevant in a court of law. It's relevant in the Buffalo News.

 

What socially acceptable defense is available to Patrick Kane?

 

Should he have said, I'm sorry, Buffalo News, but I don't feel comfortable commenting right now?

 

He can say what he wants. If I am the reporter, I would ask follow-ups:

"You said she was acting flirtatious. Can you give me an example?"

Is it your practice to print whatever someone says in the newspaper?

I always tried to be sensitive about printing derogatory quotes about another person. Especially if you can't reach that person to defend himself or herself.

 

She was asking for it still works in some quarters, especially the #Isupport88 crowd.