In 1692 a group of female children claimed to have been ... molested ... if you will ...

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26. No one is claiming that children don't lie in these matters. The objection

is to the nasty vilification of this woman, simply because she is reporting something that happened to her. Immediately after she said it, when she was just repeating what she said twenty years ago, the internet and DU erupted with people saying she was lying or deluded. A woman says she was molested, and we immediately decide she must be lying.

And yes, children have been known to lie, but it is much more common for them to tell the truth and not be believed, so how about we give that past some credence, too. If you read the details of the McMartin case, you will se that there is no resemblance to this case whatsoever.

Though you say you are avoiding claims about who is right or wrong, you are pretty much saying that your assumption is that she is lying or delusional, and we shouldn't repeat the mistakes of the McMartin case.

If you were really avoiding claims about who is right or wrong, you would hear the woman out, and acknowledge that there is a tragic possibility that what she is saying happened did happen.