Polanski won a fucking Oscar for best director after he raped a little girl.

“Polanski let himself have sex with an underage person at a big hollywood party 40 years ago, which is awful.”

Allen’s faced one questionable accusation. Huge difference.

Yes! I honestly don’t watch the show - I catch clips online, largely because I’m not a tv person. But yes, you hit it right on the head. Let’s give him some space to find his stride.

And does anyone else remember that The Daily Show was... uh... not that great when Stewart took over, and it took him a very long time to hit his stride? I’m not joining the Trevor Noah Squee Squad any time soon, but let the poor bastard settle in. Or at least cut him exactly the same slack Colbert is getting behind…

Ding ding ding! This. Not only is he trying to fill huge shoes, he’s getting way more critique than Stewart ever did.

It’s great that Trevor Noah gets called out on being an arsehole — and yes, because intersectionality is a real thing, being an able bodied straight cis-man of colour on the receiving end of casual institutional racism AND a perpetrator of sexism and ableism are NOT mutually exclusive states.

What the fuck does this have to do with the diversity issue?

You’re just going to take this person’s word as gospel without a shred of proof? They levied a pretty serious accusation against Mr. Noah’s character and we don’t even know if the person they saw was even Trevor Noah, nor whether they actually understood any of the context of this persons’ actions.

Do people forget that they were put on this show as babies?

Thank you. I feel people are missing the point- that believing in due process of law does mean you’re a rape apologist or an MRA- it means you believe in that everyone, regardless of how heinous the allegation, is entitled to basic rights. Due process is a feminist value.

She said the physical abuse makes her want to fuck him. You can talk all you want about the psychology of abuse but that letter is highly problematic for the prosecution.

“These aren’t uncommon reactions for people who have suffered violence at the hands of sexual or romantic partners (and attacking a sexual assault victim’s credibility is a defense tactic as common as it is ugly).”

i want to see justice for those victims, but no judge is going to hand a conviction out with an email literally asking for more.

If you mean “She killed the case against him” then yes, yes she did.

What are you talking about? It was another bloodbath.

i honestly don't know what to make of this. i know that victims in date rape situations often go on to continue having relationships with their attackers, but to flat out say that the ass kicking he gave you makes you want to fuck his brains out...what chance do these women have of getting a conviction against him now?

The trial has been a bloodbath so far. Both accusers have been shown to not be credible. Ghomeshi’s lawyer has been ruthless.