To be concerned that the Depp/Heard trial has put off genuine DV victims from coming forward?

[PetraBP]

The Depp/Heard trial was troubling to me.

On the one hand, people do sometimes make false allegations, especially after relationship breakups.

On the other hand, dragging someone to court for alleging domestic violence might deter some women from reporting it.

Assuming the court got it right and Depp was not a perpetrator, how could he have handled the situation so that it would not put domestic violence victims off coming forward for fear of being sued?

Worrying all round.

Perjury. Previous arrest for DV?

Both discussed extensively on this thread and others, as you know.

I posted a Twitter thread about Johnny Depp because I thought it was quite eye-opening and might be of interest. I didn't mention Amber Heard, none of the information in that thread has anything to do with her and I'm certainly not going to start a conversation about her with you again.

If you're not interested that's fine but of course you take it as a personal affront that anyone could post something that isn't specifically about Amber Heard being awful.

Your gaslighting again and avoiding my point. This thread is about Heard and the effect of the trial and verdict for women.

"I posted a Twitter thread about Johnny Depp because I thought it was quite eye-opening and might be of interest."

Course you did, on a dormant thread.

You can do mental gymnastics all you like. I'll call you out for gaslighting.

OF COURSE you start on about gaslighting next.

I'm not responding to anything you say about Amber Heard, I've read your views at far more length than I ever needed to and believe it or not your opinion 'as a survivor' does not make you the last word on anything and it doesn't mean you have some kind of moral high ground from which to spout vitriol at other posters.

You're not the thread police. Seriously, fuck off with this absolute horse shit. I went back to the last thread that had anything about Johnny Depp in it, it comes up on threads I'm on and I'm perfectly entitled to do that thank you very much.

"I'm not responding to anything you say about Amber Heard, I've read your views at far more length than I ever needed to and believe it or not your opinion 'as a survivor' does not make you the last word on anything and it doesn't mean you have some kind of moral high ground from which to spout vitriol at other posters."

I am a survivor and my opinion counts whether you like it or not. You don't like it isn't my problem. But your posts are incredibly triggering and damaging to abuse survivors but you'll double down as the truth is, you don't care.

Your opinion is no more or less valid than anyone else's. It just isn't. But to accuse me of being a bot, gaslighting, abusive, shitting on victims or I guess not even being a woman based on your last post? Is RIDICULOUS and highly offensive, and you're absolutely correct that I'm pissed off about it. The fact that you choose to describe that as 'me getting abusive' is you once again playing your one and only card and it's fucked up.

Clearly I am and I should not get sucked into it with you again. I posted something about Depp, not anyone else, but apparently that's triggering and I need to immediately recite the anti-Amber creed or I'm evil.

You can use all the buzzwords in the world but it doesn't make you right.

Give it up @Aspiringmatriarch

You've met your match. You don't like it. I don't care.

Let's give each other a nod and know we will never change each other's minds

Dearie me 😮

rabbit you are being pretty offensive and I'm not sure why?

You've met your match.

This is something i disagree with and is therefore gaslighting. How very dare you.

Says the poster supporting an abuser.

Just for you rabbit.