He drove up to his grandmother’s house with his gun pointed out the window of his vehicle and he’s still alive. #WhiteGuyPrivilege. This is the real national emergency, not immigrants at the border seeking asylum.

I disagree. The real tragedy are his victims. Another way of looking at Michael Jackson is he crafted a persona that appealed to children. Mild- mannered. Child-like. His home was built to entice children. All to create the perfect environment for a predator. People act like Michael Jackson was some sort of naive waif…

Please stop defending him in any way shape or form. There are no mitigating circumstances with child molestation. He was a scumbag predator whose deeds rest solely on his own shoulders. Of course he had help-but no one was forcing him to destroy these boys’ lives.

He was so messed up by his dad and never really had a childhood; I thought there was at least a possibility that it really was all innocent, that he was just stunted and strange and wanted friends who were childlike.

THANK YOU. It’s old and boring at this point. We get it, you don’t dip your toe in anything that doesn’t concern you and want to let people know it. We get it.

Don’t you think that this sentiment is belittling to others who follow pop culture and hip hop/rap culture? There tends to be a crowd here that seems to be proud to not know certain things because they’re “old” but honestly it just seems ignorant. If you were interested in understanding parts of the article you…

You are wrong. Statutory rape is a strict liability crime. That means it doesn’t matter whether the adult knew the age of the victim or not. All that matters is whether sexual activities happened with a minor. Knowledge of age can be taken into consideration during sentencing.

I’m a lawyer. A defense lawyer. This is absolutely not a part of your ethical obligations to your client. You are there to advise them and defend them in court in legal matters. You are not required to be a cheerleader. Claiming in court that the prosecution has failed to meet its burden is required. Publicly…

I understand that I’m just some schmuck debt collection lawyer from a second-tier law school but even I know that ignorance is not a defense to statutory rape.

actually, no, wrong, so very wrong. ignorance is no legal defense in this case. sleeping with a minor without knowledge is still a crime.

Elvis was married to Priscilla

Emma Watson tried this same defense too when Beauty and the Beast came out. “But this version is totally not shitty to women because this time Belle stands up to the Beast!”

Yeah, ok, maybe he was a weird and borderline criminal obsession with teenage girls but on the other hand you have to admit that his movies are some terrible overwritten bullshit. 

“He could have lied like every other scumbag.”

lol, his apology where he didn’t apologize was a sincere one.

lol. the guy in a bad place who is in that bad place because he sexually harassed women and lied is now being bullied.

lol. he did lie about it like every other scumbag for years until there was a story that came out about it.

lol

In all fairness, this is probably the first time a woman has asked him to.

Yeah the this doesn’t pass the smell test at all. You think she is too friendly at work so you opt for a hand shake instead to remain professional and keep her at a distance, but you are also super close friends to the point where you need to invite her into your home to solidify and affirm this friendship with wine.…

My policy is to believe the women in these cases, but I will admit, this sounds like it could be a case where everyone is telling the truth and the perspectives just vary. (Leaving out the assault case, which I’d need to know more about.) Whether he’a guilty or not, welcoming investigation should absolutely be the…

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