I could see them thinking (or even being told) these would only be read by the judge.

Roman Polanski being a Holocaust survivor and having lost Sharon Tate and his unborn child to the Manson Family helped to fuel a narrative that he was wronged because the judge was going back on his deal as well as being an excuse for what he had done (i.e. a man with a ton of trauma acted out inappropriately because…

I made a comment somewhere else about how if “being a professional at work and being nice to people”, which is somewhere near the bare minimum for being human, was the about the best thing someone could say about my “character”

dude. i don’t disagree with your points, but i’ve just read like, 20 posts of yours just replying to this ONE comment. put the device down. 

Apparently they’re mad that Rupp and Smith aren’t getting exactly the same amount of media attention for this as Kutcher and Kunis. You know, like how Disney and WB insisted that Mickey and Bugs get exactly the same amount of dialog and be on screen for exactly the same length of time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Because, as a society, rapists get away with rape every single day. And part of that is because friends and family of the rapists say that they are good people and couldn’t have possibly done this...

I think a lot of the support was largely sympathy for the unthinkable tragedy of the Sharon Tate murder. 

Keeping his head down and staying out of it.  Which honestly, is the best move.

I don’t disagree, but I am always shocked at just how many people have difficulty showing up for work on time. Or sometimes at all. The old adage that “80% of success in life is just showing up” is surprisingly accurate because a lot of people can't seem to manage even that.

See, this is how Big Angry Mob gets you. Everyone thinks they need a brand new pitchfork and torch each time, but the old ones you have were probably perfectly serviceable.

From what I’ve seen, she’s been doing a great job.

Major League Eating

I’m going to go with “when you’re cold.”

They can support him but at the same time the way they are supporting is by asking for his accountability for the crimes to be SLASHED. They want him to get lesser time that is deserved. And that right there is showing 0 support to rape accusers. They are saying this guy is a friend of ours and we feel YOU shouldn’t…

For me, it depends on the crime. There are many crimes for which one can be redeemed. I would speak on behalf of my friend if they were being charged with drunk driving or robbery. Possibly even murder. Because there can be extenuating circumstances. There can be grounds for redemption.

‘...he apparently also remained convinced that Saruman wasn’t, like, totally evil the whole time...’

“Gandalf did not smoke marijuana; “pipe-weed” is just another term for tobacco. He did, however, do a bunch of meth.”

I can’t think who’d peg that as their first guess... my immediate response would be Patrick Stewart as Professor X.

All the other people first asked to do the role politely stepped out of the way so that McKellen could get it, as was prophecised all along... :P

Wait what??? Not every one reads the books every year???