• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Rape. It’s rape. Not ‘performed sexual acts’, not ‘abuse’. It’s RAPE. Call it what it is, asshole journalists.

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      9 months ago

      They risk massive slander liability if they deviate from what’s going on, legally. If he wasn’t charged with rape, using the word is probably off the table.