Of course MacKenzie Phillips is lying about her father raping her. 

And of course we must visit all the "stations of the cross" that explain how it couldn't possibly have happened.

After all, we only have her word, which isn't really worth anything.

Remember folks we have no proof, just the claims of a disturbed former drug addict. PROOF is what is needed, not hearsay.

After all, her stepmothers both say it couldn't have happened.

Ex-wife Genevieve Waite: "He was incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, of having such a relationship with his own child."
Ex-wife Michelle Phillips: "I have every reason to believe it’s untrue."

After all, she's crazy and a drug addict.

"If she thinks it’s true, why isn’t she with a good psychiatrist on a couch? "

After all, she made the claim before, but then recanted it, says her stepmother. 

"Michelle Phillips says that in 1997, Mackenzie told everyone in their extended family that she and her father, Michelle’s famous former husband, had had a sexual relationship. “She told me, then she called me back and said, ‘You know I’m joking,’ ” Michelle told me. “I said it wasn’t funny. Mackenzie said, ‘I guess we have different senses of humor.’ ”"

After all, it's gross, and someone who thinks this happened to her must just have a disgusting imagination.

"after all if it's money or attention she seeks, the only way she can get it now is to write a book and tell stories about her crazy life. If the stories have all been told, and you want to sell a book you have to make up new ones that top all of the old ones and this tops them all."

After all, she's just doing it for attention, publicity, and money. 

Mackenzie is jealous of her siblings, who have accomplished a lot and did not become drug addicts."

After all, if it really happened, she should be ashamed, not accusing, because she's just as guilty as he is. 

""The thing is, who among us haven't done something that we're highly ashamed of in our lives?" [half-sister Chynna] said to Winfrey."

"I don't understand why Mackenzie wants to tell everyone about something like this anyway. If she wants to help other incest victims deal with their trauma, does it make sense for victims to make their shame public?"

After all, she was acting flirtatious and familiar with him. He's the real victim here.

 Ex-wife Genevieve Waite in a statement read by Oprah Winfrey: "...I would often complain to John about her overly familiar attitude toward him and he would tell me that was just her way."

Rape should be kept quiet, especially if it's incestuous because it shames the family.

Michelle Phillips: "Whether her relationship with her father is delusional or not, it is an unfortunate circumstance and very hurtful for our entire family."

Rape isn't committed by famous good-looking people, because they can get "anyone they want."  Ugly people can't be raped because they should be grateful to get any sex at all.  She enjoyed it and so it's not rape.

"Mackenzie has a great dad who knows that since she isnt that great looking, he helps her with the sex introduction. "
"its not rape if you like it :)"

Rape, especially if you're a child when it happens, never gives you psychological problems.  You can't make an accusation if you're "crazy" or even upset, or it must just be your imagination.

Mackenzie has a lot of mental illness.

Rape isn't really the rapist's fault if you and he were high or drunk.

"So now, if she had blackouts from the drugs and he had blackouts from the drugs, is it conceivable that neither she nor her father knew what they were doing?"

Rape accusations, if they're legitimate, are always made immediately, no matter the power imbalance between the rapist and the victim.  Delay proves the accusation false.  She didn't report it to the police when it happened.

"She could have stopped it at anytime but she chose to do it for 10 years."
"The whole thing is timed...“

Rape only happens when a stranger leaps out of the bushes and attacks a pretty girl.  This had to be consensual.

"At 29 years old - her legs were pointed to Jesus, welcoming her father. That is not rape. That is consent. And boy did she ever consent to getting it on with her father, while she was an adult."

Rape is offensive to people and shouldn't be discussed.

i'm fed up hearing about "my rape hell" every other day.
Whether true or not, this revelation is a disgusting level of lurid that should have been kept away from the sensibilities of the public.

Don't intrude on my pleasant memories of the accused rapist.

Now, NO ONE can listen to the Mama's and Papa's without thinking of father/daughter enjoying hot sex. GROSS !!!!
Where is your respect for the dead

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To be honest, I'm actually pleased how many people come up in defense of MacKenzie Phillips in blogs and in the comments sections of articles about her revelation.  For every blameful comment I've quoted above, there are others knocking down the blame.

Like lois:

"We each have to face our OWN Monsters and heal in our OWN way. If THIS is the way she chooses to heal, then more POWER to her! "

Like pb:

"This is not a healthy 18 or 19 year old making healthy decisions. She is an abused child that is drug addicted. Both caused by her clearly unhealthy father. Many people ask why I continued talking to my father after being abused. I don't know - denial? Many assumed he abused me by force. Not true. That is part of the sickness, people. This would not happen to a healthy person - making them incapable of making wise decisions."It seems many people are finally getting the message. Here's hoping the trend continues.

Like Marcella:

I know the meaning of incest, but has never heard or know anyone who has experience this. So to me it a word, but now there are faces to that word. I sincely hope this is a chance to open a dialogue so people who are in this situation may get help to deal with this nightmare.

[apologies for missing links, the blog software kept doing odd things, deleting one link when I added another, and it is hard to search for some of these comments.]