Ok I'm not done with this shit yet. Here's a little lesson about what is being done here.
The response to my original post is a masterclass in reactionary guerilla ontology. Guerilla ontology being a term coined by Hakim Bey and is the radical, subversive act of hijacking and redefining reality, labels, and power dynamics
The response to my post performs a guerilla pivot by redefining who holds the dangerous power. The response argues that the accuser who defines rape subjectively is the true threat, and the accused is the one being subjugated. By flipping the binary, the replier doesn't deny rape exists. Instead, they reclassify the "rapist" as anyone who wields the label of rape without objective debate. This is classic guerilla ontology done by changing the subject of the sentence to destabilize the original power structure.
The response is arguing that if the definition becomes purely subjective ("whatever I feel it is"), the label loses its objective reality and becomes a mere weapon for social control.
By demanding a debate on what qualifies as rape, the replier is engaging in ontological hacking, and is refusing to accept the dominant culture's a priori definition, insisting that the very category of rape must be continuously renegotiated.
The statement, "people who knowingly and willingly falsely accuse others of rape, are often the same people that are not above raping others" is an ontological shock tactic.
In guerilla ontology, you disrupt the audience's assumptions by equating two seemingly opposite categories (the Accuser and the Rapist). The replier merges these identities, suggesting that the accusation and the act spring from the same authoritarian desire for domination. This is a deliberate, provocative recategorization designed to shatter the reader's default moral mapping (where Accuser = Good/Just, Rapist = Bad/Evil) and force them into the replier's new framework: Accuser = Potential Tyrant.
The replier reframes the conflict as Individual Liberty vs. Mob Subjectivity. The replier seeks to position themselves as the defender against the oppressive, ever-shifting whim of the accuser. This is the guerilla move. Co-opting the language of the oppressed and applying it to the accused.
While the replier executes the tactics of guerilla ontology (inversion, deconstruction, recategorization), it is worth noting that Bey's original concept was intended for progressive, liberatory anarchy intent on subverting state and capitalist power.
The replier weaponizes this tactic for conservative/legal-defense purposes. The replier is not dismantling a state structure but is instead attempting to dismantle a moral consensus about vulnerable victims. By using guerilla ontology to equate "defining rape subjectively" with "being a rapist," the replier achieves their goal. The response attempts to move the battlefield to "Who gets to define the abuser?" paralyzing the original argument through semantic warfare.
EDIT: I also want to point out that I highly doubt this is an intentional use of guerilla ontology as the blogs that argue these points frankly don't seem smart enough to know what guerilla ontology is or how to use it.
I believe they're engaging in something aesthetically similar by arguing semantics until the conversation is paralyzed and will treat a lack of response they deem acceptable as victory in the 'debate'. It's the same attitude they had back when they were (and probably still are) reddit atheists and 4channers, their language has just shifted to incorporate the veneer of progressivism. Which is clear when you see the same "debate meeee" attitude those kinds of people have. They still have that attitude that they know it all and are clever enough to outsmart long held societal standards around abuse.
I encourage anyone who found this breakdown useful to share it so others can better understand and articulate what these kinds of people are doing.