ah ok I get it now, you are a troll.  GTK

The woman who filed charges against 45 (and Epstein) back in 2016 started getting death threats despite being anonymous on the filing. I’m not at all surprised.

eh I’m not troubled by the choice of words. “Grooming” is appropriate here as well, just as it is to describe a cute dog haircut.

what you’re describing is almost exactly how kompromat works.

fair enough, but it sounds like these were commonly (if not all) forcible rape also.

I understand that there is a distinction (being attracted to a 6 yo is certainly different than being attracted to a girl who looks like a woman) but what I’m missing is your stance that there’s no pathology.  If there weren’t a pathology, why not seek out “barely legal” and manipulable girls who are just this side of…

What the ever-loving fuck is with this article title? Jesus H Christ she’s running in KENTUCKY.  Cut her some slack FFS and shut up with this “not a leftist’s dream” bullshit.  Power to her.  We should all be contributing to her campaign.

I saw a tweet yesterday that turned my stomach, some dude saying there’s a big difference b/w a 14 year old and a 6 year old and not to call them “children.”  So incredibly gross, but apparently there are many who think this way.  Underage is underage. Epstein knew what he was doing.

point of clarity: one can vacation on a yacht when one doesn’t own one or know anyone who does.  It’s called a charter.  Even regular ppl can do it, not just celebrities (obv v expensive).

I feel like this is a false dichotomy? Performance is a really important determinant of pay in a lot of our labor economy. To ignore it entirely because it doesn’t account for hourly workers makes no sense to me. The concept of pay inequality is an extremely complex one with many facets and components, one of which is…

there are any number of horrifying and tragic outcomes... so irresponsible.  I really do hope they sue, at the very least to recoup the costs of the IVF treatment and cover the cost of another several rounds, should they decide to go that route.  I cannot imagine.

white male privilege + extreme wealth = above the law

hard same.  I’m 33 weeks right now and suffering every day.  I cannot imagine going through a twin pregnancy and delivery only to have it all be for naught.

that’s the thing.  It implies this happens more often than you might think.  If it were a white couple and they had white babies, they might never have figured it out and the fertility clinic might have gotten away with the error.  It’s only because the race didn’t match that they knew something was up immediately. …

yes! definitely.  His dissent in the Curtis Flowers case is enraging.

“He’s a self-hating black man”

why else would there be legal terms such as “legitimate rape”?

I assume you’re talking about the Curtis Flowers case? After hearing about Thomas’ dissent I texted my SIL (who’s an attorney) with just “What is Clarence Thomas’ deal?!?” So completely insane.

Couldn’t agree more.  Any standard that isn’t enforced consistently is rife for corruption.  Brain development is brain development, either you’re physiologically an adult or you’re not, and that influences your behavior, no matter how “mature” you may seem.

Yeah, the relatively affordable price point in comparison to legit fertility treatments would make it all the more appealing to vulnerable women and thus potentially super profitable for this fly by night company, I see what you’re saying.