What's really relevant in the Dylan Farrow molestation case

[bettyellen]

48. Did you think that everyone who molests a child fits the boiler plate definition of a pedo?

because that is just not true. I read others saying there would have to be multiple victims- again, not true.
believe it or not, some people have fewer to no boundaries about this stuff, and only the law or lack or opportunity stops them. And certainly many here say they would be fine with 15- 16 year old having sex with their Mom's partner, if it was legal. they have made clear that is their only standard. But... many more of us would find that kind of opportunistic betrayal pretty fucking creepy. It's telling how they even want to dispute here that Soon Yi was Mia's daughter, or that Mia and Woody were long term partners raising kids in that very household. Those are facts that give the whole episode context, and they do very much matter. It is not a random teenager, she was part of the extended family.

But you know that is not the primary reason why anyone is accusing Woody- it's Dylan's letter. That she is grown up know and holding on to her story, and has decided to quite credibly defend herself and her family is only a surprise to those who always needed to write it off and blame Mia. I almost wrote her off, but her letter- the whole reason we are now discussing this- is not even taken into account as a reason why people think he maybe guilty? Seriously? That is nuts- it is the whole reason anyone is thinking this. Without her letter, we wouldn't be here. It is not all about Soon Yi, or the HS girls he dated, or the jokes about raping 12 yr olds.... But taken together, he looks like someone who gets his rocks off transgressing boundaries pretty hard. It is his own doing that people wonder how far he might transgress. Woody put all those red flags out there for us to consider, so that is what people are doing.


And the OP certainly was inferring (a gutless ploy) that those who judge Woody are akin (''as stupid&quot to homophobes. And it is based on his misunderstanding that all child molesters fit the standard definition of pedo. His mistake. An ignorant and offensive one. But, six moths ago, it would have been the pearl clutcher gambit. Either way, it's deliberately insulting to many people here.