There really should be another thread that specifically deals with the ambiguities of rape and how it's affected the lives of the likes of Derrick Rose and Nate Parker.
Having that convo here just isn't productive for any side.
At the end of the day, regardless of how broken the justice system is (and it's extremely broken or, as other's say, it works the way it's supposed to), the justice system is not the place to determine whether Nate Parker should feel remorse and the verdict shouldn't eclipse the fact that we really need to have a conversation about rape.
I've said it ad nauseam...
Rape and Racism are the two most misunderstood concepts in American Society.
The same way we get infuriated that certain demographics can't seem to grasp that racism isn't as black and white as "burning crosses, KKK, and whites only water fountains" and that the layers to institutional racism is something that needs to be studied to be fully understood....
We have to also understand how anti-rape proponents get infuriated that people just view rape as "she said no, and I still went for it." The layers related to alcohol, pressure, influence, etc requires a discussion.
Sigh....I really want this movie to succeed.