“Grooming” is the word used by the children who allegedly received the text messages. I’m going with their take for the moment.

No, it was a reply to the premise presented in the article that the left needs to emulate Andrew Tate, so they are counter-examples.

Now I’m just ruminating about errors above but...

Before minor disagreement with only a minor point, I want to say I agree with you. I didn’t realize I did, but this comment finally helped my brain work. I thank you for your service.

Yeah, in a context where you’re trying to prove reasonable doubt, this text message would mean nothing. But you only have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt to convict, not to introduce spurious bullshit about a survivor.

This x1000. Can’t even get to the higher level stupids because... who is telling him he can’t cross the Alps or hide behind a bookshelf in an attic right now?

Someone let RAINN know - Rape is illegal! Problem solved!

Hoping.

Honestly, I have no idea, but there were two responses from (I think) fraternity members that ranged from shitty to sort of funny (dude with a bracelet from that fraternity saying he only has $5).

First, I fully acknowledge and accept this ranking of Chrises, and do not intend to dismiss your ranking. Second, the only reason I’m invested in this at all is because a) Chris Pine something Star Trek and I’m big dork, plus b) this is both harmless and fun to comment on. I have big comment anxiety.

I thought up quite a few intellectualizations of this madness, because I just can’t wrap my head around why men do this to ourselves.

Hey, sorry I missed your reply, didn’t meant to let it go unapproved, just don’t monitor my kinja frequently. You replied to my comment...

Yeah, this was not my image for hackers:

It feels bizarre that they can’t “work on themselves” in “therapy”, where they can talk to a “professional” about how they’re “depressed” about being “lonely” and “a misogynist.”

When I think of “war criminal,” it feels like a label that should stick where it applies. I don’t know who on this thread defended Obama, but there are a lot of comments accusing liberals of being duplicitous for not equally blaming Obama on an article about Bush’s vanity project... Don’t worry, I bet someone will…

So you assigned a feeling to the author and dismissed it in one sentence. That’s a pro move. Where do you get anyone is “still” bitching about Bush in 2020? This was about his current vanity project, with some context.

It feels like you didn’t read the whole string, or maybe didn’t pay attention to some parts of it that don’t fit the narrative that referencing an instance of colorism IS colorism. She pointed out the rappers with wives with lighter complexions as yes... but.... this is still an example of colorism.

This needs more stars because this is foundational epidemiology stuff and really nails why pointing out the other factors as proof the COVID isn’t one makes literally no sense at all.

It killed me how he recounted the “hard” memory question without the slightest hint of irony.

It’s possible to have two opinions at once; stating them in close succession without more nuance suggests, rightly or wrongly, that someone thinks they’re related. It’s weird to obliquely complain about risk factors when the story is about an allegation of actual abuse.