Western media narratives about Peng Shuai or Julian Assange are not equal to someone in your life telling you they've been raped, and anyone acting like they're the same is acting in bad faith. Allegations against a known target of the Pentagon and CIA are not normal allegations.
Plot hole-riddled rape allegations of immense political consequence which advance the agendas of the world's most powerful people do not carry the same weight as rape allegations against random celebrities and people in your personal life. Amazing this even needs to be said.
All rape allegations need to be examined with an acute awareness of the power dynamics involved. Where applicable, this necessarily includes the large-scale power dynamics of a globe-spanning empire which manipulates narratives in order to exert control and influence.
The push to believe people when they say they've been raped rather than dismissing them is an objectively good thing. This is completely separate from the fact that any narrative being aggressively pushed which advances the interests of power needs to be intensely scrutinized.
Don't dismiss rape allegations. Don't blindly swallow narratives being forcefully pushed by western spinmeisters which advance the interests of the empire. These ideas are not contradictory, and they're not hard to navigate. Only a manipulator or an idiot would say otherwise.
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