Don't Believe All Women (Or Men)

You Might Not Be Lying, But Your Memory Is

That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies;

That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright;

But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.

― Lord Tennyson, Alfred

“Believe all women” was a preposterous command from the start.

Not even the staunchest of feminists actually believe that women are uniquely honest, have no guile, and are more virtuous in comparison to men.

Of course rancid bitches lie about being raped. They always have. Sometimes to destroy the man they accuse (as in the bitter stripper of Duke Lacrosse team fame) and sometimes just for clout (as in Rolling Stone’s A Rape on Campus article).

But last week’s article, which used Lauren Southern’s rape accusation against Andrew Tate as a kickoff point, revealed a widespread blind spot when it comes to false accusations.

Most everyone thinks that truth is binary. If a person’s statement is proven to be untrue, then that person was lying. Intentionally being deceptive. Maliciously speaking untruths to harm another.

But… that isn’t always the case. Especially when we’re talking about something violent or otherwise traumatic.

As it turns out, maybe the asshole relative you’re drunkenly arguing with over Christmas dinner is correct: It didn’t happen that way. You’re remembering wrong.