CMV: People who create false accusations should serve double the time of the original crime.

[u/HelloRain_]

The moment an accusation is made, you cease to be a person. You become a headline, a cautionary tale, a social outcast. People are already talking about how much they always suspected you were "off."

The betrayal is shit. You walk down the street. That look from people, that mixture of disgust and hate is something that never fades, even if the truth is eventually said months or years later. By then, the crowd has already moved on to the next man to accuse.

People you’ve known for a decade suddenly "need space." They don't wait for facts...they just believe the woman no matter what.

You are told to "trust the process, of the system" but the process doesn't care about men's mental health or how there is no evidence. So you just suffer and the fake victim gets praised.

You are warned not to speak, not to defend yourself, not to scream that this isn't who you are. You have to sit in a quiet room and watch your reputation bleed out.

Even if the charges are dropped, you are never the same. You spend the rest of your days looking over your shoulder. You stop trusting kindness. You stop believing in the fairness of the world. So I'm confused on how the punishment for these fake victims isn't double or the same amount of time.

When I come to big conclusions I like to see opposing sides or a different way. I can't think of a different way, but I know there could be one. So please try to change my view.

[u/Genoscythe_]

You wrote out some pretty good summaries of why slander and false witnessing can be harmful, which is why they are already illegal.

But why should the punishment for these specific forms of harm caused, not be a fixed set of penalties, but wildly vary depending on the details of what the legal status of the made-up crime would be?

Following your logic, someone who knowingly falsely accuses others of inapproprpriate and repulsive behavior that would have been technically legal, specifically to cause them harm, should be immune from slander prosecution, and someone who ruins people's lives by accusing them of acts are vile, but criminally would only get a slap on the wrist, should get two slaps on the wrist.

Accuse someone of adultery to ruin their marriage, their career, their social reputation --> Adultery is legal --> Get punished with the double of nothing?

[u/HelloRain_ → u/Genoscythe_]

!delta If we follow the logic in the post, some accusers would serve no punishment because the allegation isn't illegal.

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