Just that she couldn’t coherently contribute to discussions and would always try to cheat off of everyone else, etc. Like I said, she seems more competent now. I don’t think she’s better than anyone else who was born on third base and think they hit a triple, but she seems to have gained the good grace to use her…

Is it just me, or is the term “Modern working woman,” dated as hell?

One of my childhood friends went to boarding school with her and said she was “one of the dumbest people I’ve ever met in my life.” That’s all I ever think of when I see news about her. She seems like she’s grown to be more competent-ISH, but I tend to believe my friend.

It’s hard to star something so awful. I hope your friend recovers. 🌿

Roo if you keep rolling your eyes like that they’ll get stuck in that position forever!

When did being against “political correctness” become an excuse for every bad behavior under the sun? Is this a Trump thing? It’s really very hard to follow. This guy raped a woman as a statement against stifling leftist discourse?

For a lot of assholes they take it to mean ‘Having people be angry at me for saying and doing completely innocent things!’ when it really is: “Being held accountable when you do and say TERRIBLE SHIT.”

You know what’s harder? Accepting the person close to you did these things, then being there for them to help them accept responsibility, own the havoc they’ve caused and support them through transitioning to a life in which they move forward and make amends for the awful thing they did. That’s being a friend. That’s…

This is why a friend whose dad was a very nice guy and a child molester made such a point to talk about it. She wanted everyone to know that her dad was the kind of guy everyone loved and respected - and who nevertheless was raping his own children.

That I’m-one-of-the-cool-girls belief is so sad. “I’m not like the other girls! I’ve seen the way you treat other girls. You treat them like shit. I’m not like that! Don’t treat me like shit!”

I feel like this plus his father's letter should be used as textbook examples of rape culture and how it persists.

I mean, look, OK — I can imagine that it might be shocking and very upsetting if a close friend or family member of yours whom you always thought was a great person was accused of such a thing. You might have a hard time believing it at first, and be in some denial. I guess that’s almost unavoidably human; it’s hard…

It sounds like he is surrounded by a bunch of asshole enablers who have always told him he can do no wrong. So shocking that he ended up as a remorseless rapist.

Hell that makes it worse! I would think “if this is such a nice, caring person why did he single me out to violate?!”

So is she trying to be a Cool Girl (TM) or is it just run of the mill internalized misogyny/rape culture?

The people around him sound like the affluenza kid’s parents. The way this girl talks is like the old timely rape laws that required a victim to demonstrate that she resisted (so an inebriated victim was never considered a real victim.)

I’m a man who has been blackout drunk many times. Even with serious “clouded judgement” moments there was never a time where I thought “I should have sex with this unconscious girl”. You either have morals or you don’t. He doesn’t.

What the hell is wrong with every person in convicted rapist, Brock Turner’s life?

“Rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists.”

Who is not aware of gun violence? If these celebrities stage a sit-in at NRA headquarters, I’ll be impressed. That won’t work either, but I’ll be impressed.