You are forgetting the “it is only spanking that is not abuse... we can not educate our kids anymore?”.

Cue all the “I always knew there was something shady about Paula Patton,” abuse apologists. “She just wants a payday.” “Why isn’t she doing all this privately?” “Look, I don’t like him, but let’s not condemn Thicke of being that bad without more evidence.” “It’s he-said, she-said.” “Using their son against him is just…

Every time I learn something new about Robin Thicke the more it seems he could use a punch in the dick.

That should be the Duggars’ new show I think.

This. Isn’t this also what people said in Polanski’s defence? Claiming that it’s “personal?” There’s nothing “personal” about these men being monsters.

Agreed that this response is disgusting. And, unfortunately, this kind of attitude is present amongst many who work with children. There is nothing “private” about the abuse of a child. It’s a criminal action.

I think if a person doesn’t want to talk about their own abuse that fine. But it’s different for public figures who have abused others. They don’t get to hide what they’ve done.

Call it First Circle of Hell

That comment revealed nothing good about her. If she feels that way about children being abused, she is trash.

How about a dark reboot where the shattered family comes to grips with their father’s incarceration for sexual abuse, and how it forces them all to question the Christian dogma they have heretofore blindly adhered to.

“it’s so personal, it’s none of my business.”

Hampton calls Collins’ abuse “so personal, [it’s] none of my business.”

Remember middle school? Remember when someone did a thing once that was mildly unflattering but not really a big deal? Like, tripped or had toilet paper stuck to their shoe? And then some douche made a big deal about it, just wouldn’t stop busting the person’s chops over it?

stupid pantygate story obsessing over Erika’s vagina

Except that the women said they did not consent.

umm... letting someone do it and consenting are not the same thing.

The “they” in this question was not the women he was groping but society in general. He was saying that you can get away with all sorts of shit if you’re a (white, male) celebrity.

That was just the excuse. They deemed her unqualified because she was a woman, and because they didn’t “relate to her” and she wasn’t someone you could “grab a beer with”. ‘Merica.

It’s now considered a point of positive credit that our incoming Attorney General will publicly admit that grabbing women’s genitals without permission is, in fact, sexual assault.