“Believe All Women”

Tell Matt Araiza that . . . or Duke Lacrosse or Joseph or . . .

One of the many poisons of Critical Theory, aka wokeness, is the widespread methodology that truth is determined not by the facts, but by identity, by the “lived experience” of supposed victim classes.  For the especially woke, insisting on objective truth is “whiteness” and white supremacy or something.

This methodology is used every day as a cover for lies — Blacks can’t be racist, “Hands up, don’t shoot”, white privilege etc.  These lies are made all the more dangerous because the indoctrinated woke earnestly believe them and woke conquered corporations and authorities insist on at least outward belief and compliance.  Yes, the woke warn of “theocracy” while imposing a demonic one of their own.

The above may seem theoretical, but what prompts it is not.  NFL punter Matt Araiza has been accused of raping an underaged girl. It looked awful, and the Buffalo Bills fired him. But now the case against him is falling apart because even the prosecutor has acknowledged that Araiza was not present when the alleged rape occurred.  This case reminds me of the infamous Duke Lacrosse case of 2006.  Eventually justice was done in that case, including against the corrupt prosecutor and against the accuser who eventually was revealed to be a criminal herself, but it came all too close to ruining the lives of several young men.

But never mind the facts.  The woke would have us “believe women” or even “believe all women.”  Assertions of truth and victimhood from a victim class, namely women, count more than actual facts from men, especially white straight men.

I will say right off that if you claim to be a Christian and spout drivel like “believe women,” you especially need to repent.  For false accusations, particularly of sexual assault, are a topic of Scripture from way back.  Remember Joseph being falsely accused of rape by Potiphar’s wife? (Genesis 39)  It’s not for nothing that the punishment for a false accuser was to be the same as for the crime he/she lied about and that two or three witnesses were required for an accusation to have validity.  (See Deut. 19:15-21) Scripture repeatedly warns against false accusations and enjoins precautions and punishments against them.

But one does not have to believe the Bible (though you should) to see that sexual assault cases are especially prone to false accusations.  Divorce cases, child custody cases, Supreme Court confirmation hearings and more are notoriously prone to false accusations of sexual harassment or assault.  False accusations of a sexual nature are ready made techniques to smear and ruin a man in these situations and are difficult to combat.  And substantial consequences for false accusers are rare.  Instead they may be lionized as Anita Hill still is.

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An aside but an important one: this is one reason I generally oppose the death penalty for rape and related crimes. Yes, even the recently passed Florida law bothers me although rape is among the worst of crimes, especially when committed against children.  But cases of sexual assault are just too prone to false or mistaken accusation.  I could get bogged down in any number of cases but the McMartin Preschool and Ashley Estell cases are among the more notable ones involving false or mistaken accusations.

In the Estell case, it looked like the law surely got the criminal. Michael Blair, a known child molester, was accused of the rape-murder of the 7 year old, and the case against him seemed strong. He was convicted (The jury was so sure, they deliberated only 27 minutes!) and sentenced to death.  But his lawyers got a delay and a reexamination of the evidence using improved DNA technology.  And it turned out Blair did not commit that crime.  He was exonerated though he remained imprisoned for other crimes.

I did not intend for this to be an anti-death penalty post, and I do support it for some crimes. But executing a man for something he did not do, as nearly happened with Blair, is such a horror that we should think twice before we apply it to rape.

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Woke churchers like to throw Bible verses around to justify somehow special treatment of “victim” classes and of giving their “truth” more weight.  But they ignore Leviticus 19:15 (Emphasis mine):

You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor. (NKJ)

So, no, assertions should not be given extra weight because they come from a poor person or Black or Hispanic or gay or from women either.  Truth is truth.  And partiality based on economic status, ethnicity or gender all too often results in falsehood and injustice.

So “believe women” simply because they are women?  No.

Matt Araiza would agree.