Autism Network Scotland's participative book An Ordinary Life Too (PDF book link) speaks out, among many things, against a long term violation by the USA of the oldest most basic human right of all, presumption of innocence, that the media never mention. By its border control requiring declarations of arrest histories and having the power to judge and treat differently INNOCENT PEOPLE, not convicted of anything, who have ever been arrested. Even Obama made no known attempt to end it. How much hope is there that Melania Trump will, now that she has spoken out on MeToo for the need for hard evidence before anyone is convicted of a crime. Has she noticed that one leads to the other? Has any organisation rich enough to try a court case on it noticed?
But credit to her for saying a needed right thing. It's an important moment that a figure as highly placed as her did. She spoke for hearing men as victims too.
Hard factual evidence is the standard that everyone operating a protection system for vulnerable groups, or an equalities policy for non-discriminatory social inclusion, has a duty to follow. This is to take strong moral pleasure in reaffirming ELAS's attachment to that duty. EVERYTHING GOES ON FACTUAL EVIDENCE, NOTHING GOES ON ONE WORD AGAINST ANOTHER.
ELAS knows from painful recent experience with human evil, how important this is and what it is like to stand up for this human right against will to corrupt it. Because a determined breaking of this was what caused the fall and departure of our own disgusting ethically discredited former chair Mark Keenan.
Each group that takes this stand holds the line against the gender one-sided witch hunters trying to terrorise society with the evil of guilt by accusation. Every one highlights that it is the duty of every one. Every code of equalities and inclusion, in any organisation, has the duty to stand with us.
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