I Have So Many Thoughts About This Johnny Depp Case. If You Watched Any Of This Trial You Would Know

I have so many thoughts about this Johnny Depp case. If you watched any of this trial you would know that the evidence simply did not point to Johnny Depp beating the shit out of Amber heard the way that she was saying he was and her claiming such was defamatory. Like objectively the evidence just was not on her side. I’m happy Johnny Depp won because it was blatantly clear that she was the aggressor in this relationship and there are even multiple recordings of her saying that she was hitting him. The fact that she took advantage of so many women’s pain and suffering to lie to torpedo this man’s career out of spite is absolutely disgusting. To try and capitalize on such an important and needed movement in history thinking that she would just be believed and that would be the end of it sets women back in decades. Because now all the misogynist and all the abusers are gonna point to this case and say “women lie”. So many victims are going to suffer because of her. I am absolutely disgusted by this. And to all the people who are happy that Johnny Depp won simply because he’s Johnny Depp, I urge you to look at this again and reevaluate why this is positive. It’s not that Johnny Depp prevailed, it’s that the victim of domestic abuse prevailed and was granted justice. domestic violence victims can come in all sexes all genders all races all nationalities. There’s even a recording of amber heard insinuating that no one would believe that Johnny is a victim of domestic assault simply because he’s a man. The saying should have never been “believe women” the saying should have been “believe victims”.  for once I’m glad that our justice system worked like it was supposed to and granted justice to someone who was suffering. 

On June 1st 2022, Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day, John Christopher Depp II won a defamation lawsuit proving his innocence, and rightfully condemning his abuser. Today is a good day.

Cheers to everyone who fought for the truth, may this be the start of a new chapter in the lives of victims and their journey to justice.

If you support Amber Heard, block me right the fuck now. We do not support abusive, lying sacks of flaming garbage in this house.

Please now when other women come out with DV allegations don't you dare go "oooh it's the next amber heard". She ruined all the victims and put women back years in their fight against abuse. We should trust women when they sat they are victims of domestic abuse. But we should also trust men when they say they are victims of domestic abuse.

Also fuck Amber Heard.

And cover your face, hair, anything that makes you stand out.

So the results of the Depp vs Heard case has unfortunately revealed to me that a few of the people I follow (a few of them for a very long time) are Heard supporters and the posts they reblog are along the lines of “it’s bad and will discourage victims from coming forward” while completely ignoring how it will be empowering for male victims who have largely been suffering in silence.

And it’s made me really think about an unfortunate fallacy in people’s thinking when it comes to various buzz phrases and buzz words used when talking about victims of abuse.

“Believe all women.”

Uh… no. A noble idea on the surface, but as has clearly been seen with Depp and Heard, that ideology is just opening the door for female perpetrators of abuse to take advantage of other people’s good will and desire to help victims.

A better phrase would be, “Listen to all victims.”

Emphasis on LISTEN. Not believe. You should never, EVER just believe someone blindly. Especially in something as serious as abuse allegations. But you should always be willing to LISTEN. Take the time to see what evidence comes forward. See what a judge and jury say if the allegations ever make it that far.

Blind belief is putting yourself at risk of being taken advantage of by people who have no qualms with lying through their teeth and telling you everything they think you want to hear.

Listen to all victims, but let the evidence speak for itself.