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So, you’re arguing that in our capitalist world, transfer of capital is meaningless compared to intake of knowledge? Ok.

Clearly, she should stop attacking Hillary, and none of this is Hillary’s fault. She sounds like a crazy woman. I have no sympathy for the people using her right now.

re point 3: this is an old fucking lady who was clearly traumatized by something that happened, she seems fucking dumb, why does it matter to you whether she considers this rape or if she lied under oath or whatever she fucking did

Dude, it’s insane to even imagine. I have family members that were alive in Puerto Rico when they didn’t get US citizenship, and to think about these people who are essentially you, or who created you, and knowing that they had no rights or recourse under the law—obviously, very different from slavery, but many of us

A-fucking-MEN. I live in NYC, where, if I see someone with a gun, I know to be on guard and contact the authorities. I went to visit relatives in an open carry state, and I was constantly double checking and on guard trying to figure out if that dude walking in with a rifle on his back is coming into the restaurant to

Am I a giant pussy because like...if I saw a shit ton of people running and yelling at the airport, I wouldn’t wait around to independently verify the presence of a real threat, I would gtfo.

Man, I’m not interested in being the sjw you rant at, please keep your comments contained to things I actually spoke about. Do you not believe that anyone ever states under oath something that isn’t true? Do you not see how rape victims could be unwilling to testify under oath? Do you not see how we can give some

No? Now, if I said “you probably think 14 year old girls deserve to be raped!!!” then that would be a strawman, but I’m genuinely interested—I want to hear your reasoning, and find out where your line is—if 14 year olds aren’t responsible for where they live, I want to know when people start to be responsible in that

I 100% agree with that, I just get worried when people start talking about slaves as if they were not adult humans with needs and desires just like ours (even if they were cruelly and inhumanely denied freedom

Maybe other people draw different distinctions than you do? Possibility?

Why are you assuming the victim is a white woman? Why do you think not holding rapists accountable will help innocent black men?

Is there a way to acknowledge all that while also allowing slaves, in our cultural narrative, the sexual drive and agency of all adults?

I mean...I’ve never been accused of rape. People never had to wonder if I intimidated a witness into not testifying because I never did that. Where does the final word “court” lie—how do you feel about men who were proved to be innocent by DNA evidence, but whose appeals were blocked? Hope this doesn’t come off

How so? I’m being honest, please explain how it’s a strawman.

Is there a reason you won’t answer the question? I’m not “trying to be clever” (I wouldn’t be in the comment section on jezebel dot fucking com if I wanted to talk to smart people, lol), I’m genuinely curious

So a 14 year old who has to live in a bad scary neighborhood is responsible if she gets raped on the way to school?

I’m not saying that people shouldn’t bitch about it, I’m saying that people need to recognize that their problem might not be the most fucking pressing problem for the MTA. That’s all.

Listen, I live off the L in “hipster” williamsburg and work and midtown manhattan, so I’ve heard this argument before, I just don’t find it persuasive. I think it’s selfish and lets us off the hook for being selfish. If you’re ok with that, fine, but I wish people would admit that more.

Other. People. Are. Not. At. Fault. On. The. Basis. Of. Where. They. Live.

No, but if you don’t want it to happen to you, the solution isn’t a personal, selfish one, but one that ensures that it won’t happen to anyone. You are not somehow less deserving of rape or mugging just because you care about yourself more. No one deserves that.