Quite the screed. If you weren’t so busy frothing at the moon you would have known Corker isn’t running for re-election. Try anger managent therapy. |
Have you ever talked to sexual assault and rape survivors? Have you shut your mouth and tried to read or listen to their stories? Many, many men think they are entitled to just grab a woman's ass in a bar, or whip out their d*cks, or drug people for sex, penetrate them while they are sleeping, catcall them, corner them on streets and in parking lots and in offices. and on and on and on. AND ON. Here is some information about reasons why victims don't come forward: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/since-you-asked-roy-moore-here-is-why-victims-of_us_5a0724e5e4b0cc46c52e6ae6 There are many reasons, and the impacts of sexual assault are grave and nuanced and emotional. Here are some stories of people who have been molested or assaulted or raped and everything in between - by powerful people, by adults when they were kids, by family members - and many of these have never told anyone outside of an anonymous forum of platform. Please, please read through them and consider that these people are real people with real stories. Please. http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/news/a39918/yashar-ali-releases-abuse-claims-twitter/ https://twitter.com/yashar/status/929210573765660672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elleuk.com%2Flife-and-culture%2Fculture%2Fnews%2Fa39918%2Fyashar-ali-releases-abuse-claims-twitter%2F Please read the detailed, consistent, and corroborated accounts of them women who first accused Weinstein of rape and assault, and consider those are real people with real stories. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories The accusers have nothing to gain from coming forward but their histories and life decisions drudged up for all to see and read. Each time they tell the story they relive the trauma. Obviously it's your right to vote for Roy Moore or whomever or no one, but please try to open your mind and have some compassion and empathy. |
I'm so sorry that happened to you. True of many things, I think many people who haven't experienced this directly will never understand what it is like. Empathy of Americans is drying up. |
Trying to discuss this in s rational manner with your cat would be more productive. PP is immune to facts and empathy. |
Don't buy it for a second. It's baloney and politically motivated. If you cannot see that you are blind. Full Stop. |
There's a lot of speculation on Twitter but it's unclear what would be legal. |
You didn't answer my question -- have you ever spoken to an assault or rape survivor 1-on-1? Do you think that every allegation of sexual assault is politically motivated? |
Notice the plural "s" the end of Corker: the Corkers... that is, politicians like Corker. I knew Corker was not running for re-election which is why I put the "s" on the end to denote politicians like him who must be voted out of office and all the others like him. |
Do not engage the troll. |
It's very difficult to tell these days, sadly. |
Sincere questions. Why do you think that Moore and others like him are the saviors of the party? Why are you more interested in taking the party further to the Right when all the evidence points to the fact that the Right Middle is the best long term position for the party to be? Finally, what about Moore convinces you that he can be an effective legislator? |
1) Yes, I have spoken to a rape survivor. It messed her up. She was raped by a guy she thought was her friend. I was touched, and emotionally moved, that she trusted me enough to tell me such a thing. 2) No, not every allegation is politically motivated but THESE allegations right before the election, and being over 30 years after it supposedly happened, yes, I am 99% certain it is politically motivated. There is nothing apart from a decision handed down in court by a judge that will convince me otherwise, because it is only hearsay and "she said...she thinks....she believes" whatever the words the media coaches put into her mouth to say. I do not buy it for a second, and neither do any of the republicans I know, and neither does my cousin in Tuscaloosa buy it, nor does his wife. It is baloney, and soon we shall see that it for exactly what it was: a big flapping pile of putrid baloney ginned up by the media and their collaborators. Rush is probably right about it: https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/11/14/do-you-think-roy-moore-is-a-creep-who-did-the-deeds/ |
These stories are heart breaking and they are true because MEN do all kinds of heinous acts and get away with it. These men who ask for proof are no different than the ISIS men who ask the women who were raped or sexually assaulted to produce 3 male witnesses OR ELSE they have no case. Why would women open up about their most intense traumatic experience of their lifetime when all they get is disbelief, shame, disparagement for a crime they suffered? Do now waste your energy trying to prove there are women who have suffered from sexual assault or worse and never spoke about it BECAUSE OF THESE VILE MEN WHO WILL ONLY DISPARAGE THE VICTIM while supporting the perpetrator. |
When she told you her story, did you believe her right away? I can understand how people think that these allegations are politically motivated, and as I said, you vote how you see fit in this particular scenario. But in your original post you started making sweeping claims about all allegations and about how we don't have a rape culture, but a "rape allegation culture," implying/near stating that accusers who come forward are doing so to "harm men" or something to that effect. To only believe people you know when they tell their stories is not logical. Those other people coming forward are someone's friend, too. What you may not realize is promoting this concept of a "rape allegation culture" discourages victims from coming forward when the events occur, so you are perpetuating a cycle that only hurts the victims and one that circularly contributes to your belief that when they do come forward, they are simply spreading false accusations. |
I think Strange would continue to occupy the seat until they could have another special election, or until the regular election in 2020. No one gets appointed to serve a six-year term. |