Tricky Questions

In progress:

A list of swift replies to tricky "gotcha" questions posed by interviewers. The emphasis is on interview-compatible respinses.

Can you give me an example of the effects of criminal proceedings on adults being whitewashed?

Ideas: Adverse consequences for adult, moral scheme deprioritizes experiences of false accused (give example).

This girl says she was dead inside, her trust was abused and her soul was destroyed. And this is what you are defending?

A child of 12 is too young to understand what is happening to them.

Once the age of consent is reduced to 12, how low will you go?

You claim to be giving young people a voice, but isn't this all about the desires of the perverted men who front these organizations?

Just last week, feds uncovered the largest porn ring in history, involving some of the worst type of abuse images. And this is what you want to make legal?

As an abuse survivor, I know just how horrific these experiences are, and how the minor is manipulated. As an apologist, you will never know

Come sit in my court and see the parade of girls whose lives are ruined by people to whom you are providing comfort. You can sit with me for a week on your promise to make a public apology for every case. (Credit: Simon Myerson QC [UK state-appointed advocate/trial lawyer])

You know nothing about prevalences of self-perceived abuse or negative adjustment outcomes in the general population. You work from and come to your conclusions from a criminally-biased sample, and are quite frankly not knowledgeable enough to opine on this subject without further research. [At this point the most recent broad study should be cited].