SYABM comic 47 “The Witchfinder Kafka”

A kafka trap occurs when someone is accused of a sin, such as racism or sexism, the accused denies it, and the accuser claims that the denial is itself proof of guilt.

Henry Cavill, star of screens large and small, once did an interview and said that he was afraid of flirting with women, lest he be called “a rapist or something”, and it was safer to return to an ex-girlfriend, even if he knows the relationship won’t work.

>Certain individuals decided that the only reason Cavill could be concerned about being called a rapist - notice how the ‘or something’ part vanished - was if he was actually some manner of sexual predator.<

It’s not exactly a kafkatrap, but it’s really close.

>When I engaged in a discussion with once such bright spark, she dug up stats indicating that false rape accusations were “”“rare”“”<. She seemed quite unconcerned that her statistics were about reports made to law enforcement, only covered accusations proven to be false, and an upper-limit of 1 in 10 is not remotely rare. A false allegation on #MeToo, which would swiftly drag Cavill through the mud without the slightest bit of accountability or fact checking, would be much more likely to be successful*.

Perhaps she was concerned. She blocked me, after all.

Incidentally, Cavill apologized for his remarks.

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* For evidence, I point to the case of Emma “Mattress Girl” Sulcowicz, who dragged her a mattress on her back for weeks as an ‘art project’, claiming she was raped, yet her rapist went unpunished. Feminists ate it up, and not only was the story national news, Sulcowicz won an award from the feminist organization NOW. Few people seemed concerned with >the fact that the “rapist” had already been acquitted by Colombia University, and Sulcowicz’s story held together worse than a cobweb in a car wash<.

Transcript:

Smith: Mayor Jones.

Jones: Goodwife Smith. I understand you have some concerns about the witch hunts.

Smith: Indeed. ‘Tis well and good to root out those who have congress with the Wicked One, but we must make sure only to punish the guilty, not those accused out of error, revenge, or the accuser’s personal gain.

Smith: ‘Twould seem that we try and burn so-called witches based on little more than hearsay. From the moment hands are laid on the accused, their guilt is immediately assumed!

Smith: Verily, one might yet deem *me* a witch, and I would have no defense! I ask you, sir, is this justice? Is this truth? Is this Christian mercy?

Jones: I understand your concerns.Allow me to respond.

Smash cut to Smith burning at the stake, looking a tad disgruntled.

@jlongbone