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"innocent until proven guilty" is not, and has never been about discrediting the alleged victim and blindly siding with the alleged offender.

innocent until proven guilty is looking at evidence and listening to both sides instead of going with the "the first person who makes the claim is always correct and innocent and therefore the alleged offender should be thrown in jail without any investigation witch hunt" mindset.

innocent until proven guilty is listening to the alleged victim and taking them seriously, while at the same time listening to the alleged offender and looking at evidence to see if said alleged offender actually did what they allegedly did or not.

cancel culture and "believe whoever makes the claim first without looking at any evidence" are the definition of witch hunt, and witch hunt has been going on for ages, and it never actually brings justice to the victims.

an alleged offender can turn out to be the victim in some cases, just like how an alleged victim can be an actual victim in other cases. and that's the point of innocent until proven guilty; listen to both sides and look at evidence before making any judgments.

and I'm saying this as a survivor of abuse, please don't blindly believe "whoever makes the claim first", but please also take the person who first makes the claim seriously by listening to both sides and looking at evidence.

"blindly believing whoever makes the claim first and treating the alleged offender as if they are actually guilty without listening to both sides or looking at evidence first" harms actual victims, whether or not they're the first to make the claim.

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