I think part of the confusion is that when she says she said no repeatedly, she was referring back to all the times she said “My boyfriend will be mad, I’m too tired, no thanks”, before she started touching her arm. But when she was having her breasts touched and oral sex performed on her and being penetrated she…

Totally.

That takes guts and quick thinking.

I know a Tory and a Topher from my town growing up, both of whom were born mid 70s.

I also think that is why sometimes a flood of stories come out about a particular person. Like, I think this person, as an also drunk, inexperienced college kid, could have been oblivious. But if it came out that he had a history of sketchy behavior, I would definitely jump up and say “he did this questionable thing…

Possibly, but I have also seen men and white people get very defensive about feeling targeted as a gender/race even if they are not engaging in questionable behavior themselves.

It took me through my early twenties to figure that out about myself. Like most college kids I didn’t drink at all during the week, but might drink 4 drinks at a party on the weekend, and would sometimes black out from that amount if I drank too quickly or drank hard liquor where it was unclear how much was in a…

Well, since he was sexually abused by a priest growing up, I doubt that he really knew and was minimizing it. Sounds more like they didn’t know anything at the time.

I have always found him attractive, but obviously I am in a very small minority. Or, as I prefer to think about it, an elite group.

If Trump is impeached, Pence becomes president and appoints his own VP, who then would become president were Pence to be impeached. Trump and Pence would have to be impeached at the same exact time for Ryan to become president, correct? Can you impeach a VP?

Yeah, as an adult I think McConaughey actually is much more attractive and charismatic, and DiCaprio has always seemed like a whiny baby. But I was 20 when it came out, and not a preteen.

I do think there is a difference in the trans issue, since it is not always something that is public.

Yeah, when forced his coworker to hug Trump after hearing that little speech, that crossed the line for me.

Isn’t Washington D.C. a literal swamp as well as a metaphorical one?

I go back and forth between thinking new words will improve things or not. People are going to be racist and not want to admit it no matter what. But I do think there is an issue where “racist” has been and continues to be a very personal sin, a way to point out a individual evil in a person. So when topics like…

I would occasionally read The Root when it was its own separate site but cross-posted to Slate, but I never registered an account to comment because that would be....weird. But now that stories are cross-posted to other Gawker sites where I have commented for years it is much easier to chime in without thinking.

I am imagining she plagiarized such uniques phrases as “and then” and “she said” from his emails.

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“I’ve seen them come to court”.

Is that like having one hand in his pocket and the other one is giving a peace sign?