Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen: 'Distortions and Outright Lies'

[BainsBane]

95. Far from it

She points out that your post is hurtful. It tells survivors that it is THEY who are the abusers rather than their rapists. It tells them they have no right to speak about their past abuse and they must be quiet because they are less important then the men who raped them. It shows an insensitivity toward the hundreds of members of this site, some in this thread, who were abused as children. It tells them the shame does not rest with their abusers but with they themselves should they dare to speak out.

Your posts in this subthread contain no logic. They show no understanding of the facts of the case. They show no understanding of not only the difficulty of prosecuting child abuse cases but that they are so difficult to prosecute because victims are shamed and disbelieved. They show no understanding of how child sexual abuse affects survivors lives and the long process they must go through to heal. Your posts show only your antipathy toward Dylan Farrow, a girl who recounts being held down and forcibly penetrated by her adult father. You invoke logic while using none. I marvel at the restraint with which Jefferson23 and Seabeyond have responded. I only wish you cared enough to understand why what you have said is so troubling. I am still in shock that anyone here on DU could say what you did.