I have no problem with a case being widely publicised after the court case. If someone has committed an act of domestic abuse and they are found guilty - then shine as many lights on it as possible. Talk about it on the TV, on the radio and make sure it's discussed forever. Because you're right. After the court case publish whatever you like, share whatever you like, do as you please. But only after... this isn't bout shutting down discussion of domestic violence at all.

There are two reasons for this. Firstly a society which assumes guilt at the point of accusation is a dangerous one. Not necessarily on the issue of domestic abuse, but as a blueprint for how justice is meted out. History is full of exmples of this sort of society and it's not a place where anyone should want to live. It wouldn't take long for demagoguery to take hold and for power to be subverted into the hands of some very unpleasant people.

Secondly, consider the long game. Every time there's an Amber Heard or Tara Reade case, every time a false or unsubstantiated accusation is made, then the next person to step forward becomes less credible. Domestic violence becomes a trivial weapon to be used politically whenever it is expedient to do so. I'd even go so far as to suggest that's what Tara Reade's case was all about. When that sort of thing happens, it casts very serious matters into triviality and that is what puts women (and to a lesser extent men) at more risk.

So by all means, shine that light and discuss on public forums - but do so judiciously and when the legal cases are complete - otherwise those discussions may have the opposite effect to the one most of us seek.