>That isn't something that can be argued against with facts.
Yes it can. In the context of a law class, there's tons of laws which clearly state that rape is a crime, so it clearly does matter. That's just as factually incorrect as saying "Fraud does not matter because suckers aren't important." You can't just say: "_______ isn't important." in a law class.
If I were a history professor and someone tried to bring up Holocaust denial in my class, I'd first explain why it's absurd to try and argue that all that evidence is somehow fake, which then shows that anyone who tries to defend this position either:
1. Has legitimately no idea what they're talking about.
2. Has willfully taken up the agenda of bending the truth to support Nazi-ism.
I wouldn't shout them down though. That's counter-productive.
Yes it can. In the context of a law class, there's tons of laws which clearly state that rape is a crime, so it clearly does matter. That's just as factually incorrect as saying "Fraud does not matter because suckers aren't important." You can't just say: "_______ isn't important." in a law class.
If I were a history professor and someone tried to bring up Holocaust denial in my class, I'd first explain why it's absurd to try and argue that all that evidence is somehow fake, which then shows that anyone who tries to defend this position either:
1. Has legitimately no idea what they're talking about.
2. Has willfully taken up the agenda of bending the truth to support Nazi-ism.
I wouldn't shout them down though. That's counter-productive.