Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Everyone always doubts the victim" is a blatant LIE.
Don't be a ridiculous LIAR.
Do you sincerely not believe that/understand how victims are doubted?
The public opinion interrogations of these and similar victims tells you what you need to know, essentially rationalizing the assault/misconduct:
-“she had been drinking”
-“what was she wearing?”
-“if this was real, she would have reported it years ago”
-“but he has such great swim times”
And on and on and on.
DP here. As far as the bolded goes, people would be A LOT less likely to doubt someone who didn't wait 40 years to report a sexual assault. I don't doubt these women. But I understand how others might, given the DECADES that have passed. People are far more likely to believe a victim if the victim reports the crime immediately. And that goes for any kind of crime, not just sexual assault. Don't we want to prosecute these people? THEN REPORT!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
Because Roy Moore decided to step up to the national stage. Routine reporting on the campaign got wind of the local history of Creepy Roy and BOOM!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Everyone always doubts the victim" is a blatant LIE.
Don't be a ridiculous LIAR.
Do you sincerely not believe that/understand how victims are doubted?
The public opinion interrogations of these and similar victims tells you what you need to know, essentially rationalizing the assault/misconduct:
-“she had been drinking”
-“what was she wearing?”
-“if this was real, she would have reported it years ago”
-“but he has such great swim times”
And on and on and on.
DP here. As far as the bolded goes, people would be A LOT less likely to doubt someone who didn't wait 40 years to report a sexual assault. I don't doubt these women. But I understand how others might, given the DECADES that have passed. People are far more likely to believe a victim if the victim reports the crime immediately. And that goes for any kind of crime, not just sexual assault. Don't we want to prosecute these people? THEN REPORT!!!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
Because Roy Moore decided to step up to the national stage. Routine reporting on the campaign got wind of the local history of Creepy Roy and BOOM!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Everyone always doubts the victim" is a blatant LIE.
Don't be a ridiculous LIAR.
Do you sincerely not believe that/understand how victims are doubted?
The public opinion interrogations of these and similar victims tells you what you need to know, essentially rationalizing the assault/misconduct:
-“she had been drinking”
-“what was she wearing?”
-“if this was real, she would have reported it years ago”
-“but he has such great swim times”
And on and on and on.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
I'm paraphrasing from twitter, so it's not my thoughts, but it encapsulates it nicely: the reason these women didn't come forward forty years is because of the way people are treating them today. You're in such a partisan smog that you can't see that you're doubting them. Everyone always doubts the victim. You're doing it. Moore is trying to do it. It has zilch to do with "the WaPo want[ing] THEIR candidate to win," it has to do with the passage of time, changing mores, and a shifting cultural zeitgeist.
So maybe check why you're obsessed with projecting your partisan judgment onto them instead of looking objectively at the situation.
"Everyone always doubts the victim" is a blatant LIE.
Don't be a ridiculous LIAR.
Anonymous wrote:"Everyone always doubts the victim" is a blatant LIE.
Don't be a ridiculous LIAR.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
I'm paraphrasing from twitter, so it's not my thoughts, but it encapsulates it nicely: the reason these women didn't come forward forty years is because of the way people are treating them today. You're in such a partisan smog that you can't see that you're doubting them. Everyone always doubts the victim. You're doing it. Moore is trying to do it. It has zilch to do with "the WaPo want[ing] THEIR candidate to win," it has to do with the passage of time, changing mores, and a shifting cultural zeitgeist.
So maybe check why you're obsessed with projecting your partisan judgment onto them instead of looking objectively at the situation.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anyone? These victims haven't been in their teens for a LONG time. Was anyone threatened with anything? Loss of a career? A job? Anything?
Why suddenly now, now that WaPo wants THEIR candidate to win?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just wish one single person had reported something in 40 years.
THIS. I feel for these girls, now women. But why oh why couldn't they have reported this EARLIER?? Then, perhaps, this guy could have been prosecuted. The worst that will happen to him is that his political career is ruined.
Alabamians want to elect him despite the allegations. So you really think they were going to convict him?
That's just sad. Doug Jones is actually a pretty damn fine candidate to run against him.