re: Rob Dauster trying to take down LSU basketball

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What are you pissed about?

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It's a shock journalism tweet to get people to click on a link. He couldn't have put "accused but not charged" on the thing everyone will see and not just the 1% who take the time read his whole article? Obviously not because then people wouldn't care near as much.

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What are you pissed about?

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because dumb people don't read stories. they see things in headlines and run with it.

if he would've put "accused but not charged" in the headline, i'd have no problems with it.

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The guy wrote a factual article and didnt leave out the details (he points out exactly when the charges were dropped).

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The article was an opinion piece that, while it does present facts, twists those facts to suit the author's theories. It shows biased judgment, unsurprising since it was an opinion piece, but it is also unsurprising that some people will disagree with the way the facts are presented.

The article offers nothing other than conjecture that most rape accusations are true. Based on that unproven assumption, it then advocates punishing athletes and coaches based solely on accusations. Basically, they are guilty unless proven innocent.

There is a big difference between recruiting players with a history of sexual misconduct and players who have one accusation that has not been proven to be true. There is also a big difference between a school that ignores or covers up misconduct by its athletes, and one that takes appropriate action and follows due process if allegations of misconduct arise.

The article suggests a subversive solution that might keep kids out of school, but it won't keep sexual deviants from molesting women.