Of course. One was a criminal case, one was a civil case. Their intended outcomes were naturally different. Her tragic suicide happened many years later, so while we can guess what her demons were, we can never know for sure.

What are you talking about?

Since my comment was in response to the poster who believes we should give Affleck the legal benefit of the doubt because he wasn’t convinced of anything, I would appreciate it if you didn’t twist my words to imply that I think Parker is some kind of saint. He’s a black man who wasn’t given the same public and…

I like how David Oyelowo is like, “y’all white folks ain’t gonna freak out too badly, are you?”

I was still “watching,” but playing candy crush on my phone, so when my husband started yelling and freaking, it was a good 30 seconds before I realized he wasn’t trying to punk me.

I don’t really like Chazelle’s work or hype, and I felt bad for everyone else up there, but yeah, I snickered a little when I saw him lurking in the background.

Personally, I would rather be proven innocent than cut a check to my accusers, but what do I know, I’m not a privileged white guy who can show up to the Oscars looking like I just went fishing. Dare I point out that when the allegations first came out, Affleck threatened to sue for defamation, but...didn’t? Wrote a…

People are rightly upset that his white male priviledge allowed him to skate through this whole thing without even an acknowledgement, while Nate Parker was dragged out on a public groveling tour, then raked over the coals and hung out to dry over something he was acquitted for. Kind of like how 45 gets away with all…

You could see people running around in the background, then the last producer starts to look concerned, then there’s a guy in a headset snatching envelopes out of people’s hands in a panic before Horowitz says anything.

Yeah, sometimes. That wasn’t my perception, though. Especially since the young rapey whippersnapper in question just beat him.

Tears of anger or disgust, maybe? Why would he tear up over a sloppy white boy he’d never met?

He settled out of court. With two different victims. 🤔

No, it doesn’t make a difference, because it’s not remotely the same thing.

They are both cokeheads. That’s a pretty hard mountain to overcome.

Why? It’s a job, not a calling.

nowhere did I say I think it should be illegal or that there should be legal recourse against children for having sex with each other.

Having sex is the only way for children to learn how their bodies work?

It’s not so much that, and believe me, he’s come a long way.

Eh, my husband does this occasionally, and we’ve been together twelve years. I do give him side eye, but it’s more the “bless your heart” variety than the “wise up you fool” variety.

I was already rooting for her, and honestly, knowing that she is the next bachelorette just makes me want the rest of the boring fools to go away already so we can get to the good stuff. It has made it interesting, though, to try and anticipate when it will all go wrong, because it still seems to be going better than…