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This comment would be stronger if it dropped the leading “You've got it backwards.” Especially since the content is not incompatible with the previous comment.

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My comment is incompatible with "If you drape yourself in the cloak of the victim, you make yourself socially impervious to any critical inquiry."

Victims are not socially impervious to any critical inquiry. Anonymous accusers might be socially impervious to any critical inquiry, because they are anonymous. But the distinction clearly belongs to "anonymous" and not to "victim".

I'd agree with you, but only where standard constitutional courtrooms are involved. Any system that allows anonymous accusers to negatively affect anyone's life is going to be turned into a weapon against innocent people, again and again and again.

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