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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah, that's a super problematic and frankly thoughtless thing to say.
Trump's accusers didn't change anything, no reason for her to subject herself to that unless she really wants to.
She is an incredibly brave woman and I hope she gains something from this.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 21st 2019 at 12:47:01 PM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangYeah...just wanting to point out that, aside from trauma, other reasons why victims of sexual assault don’t come forward on a particular timeline and report is because they’re afraid of people either not believing them, flipping the script to blame them for what happened, or the backlash by people jumping to defend said sexual assailant from the accusations, often by smearing the victim.
We’ve advanced since the 90s in our conversation about sexual assault, when the discourse was even worse, but unfortunately we still exist in the “she was asking for it/lying to get attention and make him look bad” days.
Edited by ILikeRobots on Jun 21st 2019 at 12:56:42 PM
Adventurers: homeless people who steal from tombs and kill things....I just want to point out that I did say "sadly", as in I regretted having that thought, but was still unable to help but have that thought. Please don't jump down my throat for acknowledging stuff like that.
Exactly. On the extreme end of that, we had the controversy with Liam Neeson a few months ago (thought it feels like longer), in which he related having had revenge fantasies while carrying a gun and wanting to shoot a black guy that messed with him as payback for a friend of his who'd been raped. He related the story to acknowledge his own bias and racism, and people dogpiled on him for having the thought to begin with, even when he acknowledged that it was an awful thing and that it was fortunate that nothing even worse happened as a result of that thought process.
And beyond that, I'll admit that part of my skepticism is that the accusation is part of an excerpt from a new book she's got coming out - which, much like Woolf's book that makes allegations against Trump, I can't help but look at a bit cynically.
Edited by ironballs16 on Jun 21st 2019 at 4:44:28 AM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"There's a rather amazing story I heard out of Oregon.
So their Senate was voting on a Climate bill and Republicans in their cowardice fled the capital to block the vote.
So the Democratic governor decided to send state police to drag them back
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God, that is so wonderful. She's my hero.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang> ..I just want to point out that I did say "sadly", as in I regretted having that thought, but was still unable to help but have that thought. Please don't jump down my throat for acknowledging stuff like that.
Sometimes it's better to keep thoughts like that to yourself,you know?
Anyway,apparently Republicans and Democrats have voted to block an 'emergency' arms deal to Saudi Arabia,naturally the senate is NOT happy about Trump's attempt go around them every time he wants something.Though the article notes Trump can always veto the motion
Edited by Ultimatum on Jun 21st 2019 at 8:24:09 AM
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverI believe Liam Neeson was well-intentioned there but it's hard not to think differently of the man when you find out he considered a hate crime. Quite a few of his black fans agreed.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jun 21st 2019 at 1:25:03 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Eesh, Missouri continues to be shitty, as the State denied the application for license renewal
for the State's sole abortion clinic.
So 538 did an article about Biden latest set of gaffs where he spoke positively about his friendships with some past racist democrat senators, they’re not sure that the backlash will breakdown along racial lines. Basically whit democrats are close to as sensitive on racial issues as black democrats, while younger democrats split hard from older democrats regardless of race.
Biden’s support base is older African Americans, many of whom are heavily focused on electability, where Biden’s ability to make friends with racists could be seen as a strength, so this may not seriously hurt him with them, while younger democrats (both Africana American and white) already aren’t into Biden.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranJust to add on to the Oregon Legislative mess, the Republican Senators fleeing from their jobs were offered protection from cops by right wing militias The Oath Keepers and The 3%, but the offer was turned down.
@Biden: It's not hard to see the pitch he's selling. He managed to get important legislation passed working together with segregationists, so why isn't the same possible with thr GOP? He forgets they're even more rabid and stubborn than the racists.
Life is unfair...

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Are you kidding me?!?!? Maybe because victims of sexual assault don’t owe anyone a convenient timeline for grappling with their trauma????
In her own words from the article you linked:
"Receiving death threats, being driven from my home, being dismissed, being dragged through the mud, and joining the 15 women who've come forward with credible stories about how the man grabbed, badgered, belittled, mauled, molested, and assaulted them, only to see the man turn it around, deny, threaten, and attack them, never sounded like much fun," she wrote. "Also, I am a coward."
Edited by wisewillow on Jun 21st 2019 at 12:47:03 PM