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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

a woman says I am a victim of domestic violence, and people respond negatively towards her ex enough to cause any verifiable damages, he can sue her.

I don't see the problem with that if he didn't abuse her though?

Like, coming forward about abuse and it being a lie as it was in the case of Heard is damaging to someone's reputation even if it is ultimately proven to be a lie. And people who use it as a way to try and exert power over another (Heard basically says that no one will believe Johnny in an abuse case in a recording, so that's exactly what she's doing) SHOULD be held accountable.

Like your concern here seems to be that of a slippery slope-- because this crazy situation emerged where a woman was clearly lying and was targeting a person who could very credibly claim damages, all women should become afraid of this becoming the case for a legitimate abuse case? I don't think that is what will happen. You've got a lot more incidents where speaking up works-- having one counter example (caused by the allegations of abuse being clearly fabricated or at the best case grossly exaggerated) is not going to ruin everything.