“See, even the feminists admit rape isn’t real!”
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idk. statuary rape is a strict liability crime for a reason. intent doesnt matter. ugh this is such a weird, murky area. because you are def right that her word should count for something. but we as a society dont want adults having sex with young teenagers, regardless of how the teenagers feel about it
i mostly see a “it was the times!!” excuse. which makes me feel bad for all victims of sexual assault before, what? 1985? like theirs doesnt count
I think part of what makes these conversations so difficult is that we can’t ever hold them in a truly safe space. We can’t have a real conversation about the grey areas in sexuality without some creep jumping in to be like, “Exactly, it’s complicated, that’s why I’m not a rapist.” We feel pressure to be like “CONSENT…
As a rock musician, I see and hear people defend this behavior all the time. A lot of people’s favorite musicians were boning children, and nobody likes to say how fucked up it was. Look at Steven Tyler! People are still shocked when I tell them the crazy shit he did. You’d think everyone would know by now, but they’d…
‘Twas not a slam on Joanna but pointing out the fact that the GOP does a magnificent job with character assassination.
Here's why I LOVE Hillary. No one in the world has had a closer look at how hard being POTUS is going to suuuuuuck. It ages you, the pay is terrible when you consider the hours and intrusion into your life. Roughly half your employers will literally hate you. And she wants the gig anyway. That's not power hungry.…
That Obamacare and Sanders universal healthcare? Hillary was ripped to shreds and told to sit down and shut up about it in 1992. So, no, she didn't come up with it after someone else did. Those men she pandered to got credit for HER work.
All the stars. I have a hard time slogging through the anti Hillary Feelings! posts to actually respond patiently. I have never been a big HRC fan...but it is absolutely inescapable to me that she is by a million miles the most qualified person in either party, soley on the base of her education and accomplishments. I…
Yeah, a lot of the arguments that young women are making against Clinton now are things that I said when I was campaigning for Obama eight years ago . . . and then in the last eight years, I’ve done a lot more reading and research instead of basing my opinions on internet talking points formed in echo chambers, and…
No, I’m saying that most people who want to be president want to effect change AND gain power. If you think that Hillary Clinton does not want to effect change, you must have been ignoring her entire career. She was a tireless advocate for children in Arkansas (she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and…
I feel like young women who hate her have been greatly influenced by decades of right wing attacks, 99% of which are completely made-up bullshit. I didn’t vote for her last time around, because ultimately I thought Obama was the best candidate. This time, she is by far the most experienced and qualified and she will…
Why is being power hungry for power’s sake such a big problem? Can you honestly say that Obama never wanted to be President, that he did it out of the good of his own heart? This is a stressful, soul crushing job. It ages people decades in a matter of years. But people want it because you get to be the most powerful…
“Where do rainbows come from? I guess we’ll never know.”
I think it’s important to keep in mind that we are living in a very different political landscape than existed even twenty years ago, and Hillary Clinton has been in the political landscape for nearly forty. In that time, she has been unwavering in her commitment to poverty relief, children’s welfare, and women’s…
Yeah, these support my point since none of them discuss Sierra Blanca or his Minutemen vote. He’s faced so little scrutiny that people aren’t aware of these things.
Bernie has a clear, concise “we” message, even if it’s pie-in-the-sky: The game is rigged and we have to take the country back from the privileged few and make it work for everyone.
MoDo is still angry at Hillary for not leaving Bill after he *humiliated* her. She (allegedly) betrayed the sisterhood and set a horrible example for all those other women (and cheating men). I felt back then and feel even more strongly now that going along with the narrative that Bill, or any other cheater that gets…
This argument really rubs me the wrong way for a few reasons. First, IIRC, Hillary Clinton had very little to say publicly about her husband’s affair, and was blamed and humiliated for it. And second, Monica Lewinsky and the three Clinton accusers were treated horribly and dismissed as liars by the media and the…