Zimmerman is an asshole who has proven it multiple times. He’s been in trouble multiple times with the law since the shooting, and then sold the gun he killed someone with in an auction. I don’t think it is fair to compare the two.

The mattress girl’s alleged attacker was not tried in a criminal court and was not acquitted. He was only tried in a kangaroo college panel. So I would not compare the two. When someone has been tried in a court of law by a jury, and found not guilty, they don’t deserve to have the alleged crime brought up again and…

Every single one of those women “let it slide.” So I don’t think Cosby is a good example of your assertions. In fact, it is the opposite. It shows exactly why women refuse to report rape, particularly against powerful people. But, yes, I agree that from the standpoint of links in a chain, there is no possibility of…

My point is that to say that it is an “action that allows a predator to create more victims” ignores the actual statistics regarding how many rapists are prosecuted when a victim actually goes to the police and, even smaller, how many are convicted. Rapists go free every day, not because the victims did not speak up,…

You apparently ignored every fact in my post when making your statement.

Bullshit. I hope you never get raped or abused. A victim always has the right to do what is best for her. You now how difficult a trial is on a victim of rape? She is literally re-victimized on the stand by the defense counsel. Her life is paraded before people like she’s the one who did something wrong. And she has…

If you truly feel that way, then your logic applied to similar situations means that women who do not leave their abusers are “protecting” their abusers.

I don’t think Lewinsky is an example of something Hillary has done wrong. And, to be fair, the whole Benghazi bullshit was a right-wing conspiracy and she did not do anything wrong. But, yeah, the other stuff (email,etc.), she needs to take responsibility for. Sometimes the other side is out to get you, but it doesn’t…

How is she protecting him? By not divorcing him? By not coming out against him? I may not agree that she should stay with him given his past, but I don’t know how she is “protecting” him. Unless you consider a handshake some sort of “protection” as this woman alleged.

Yeah. I was pretty young. But, actually, after reading the wiki page today, you have included the whole list. There were three women who publicly accused him of rape or sexual assault. The fourth did not publicly accuse him and has refused to speak to media, so who knows about her. But the three you mentioned…

So if I’m reading the summary on the Wiki page right, there are three women who have accused him of sexual harassment or rape. The others have all alleged to have affairs with him, but stated that they are consensual. So, yeah, I guess the question is do you believe that three women are lying or that Bill is lying? I…

How do you know she hasn’t investigated the claims against him and concluded that he is not a rapist? It seems to me that when the claims have been investigated, it has not resulted in any evidence warranting an arrest or charges. I actually spent time looking into the allegations today since I was interested in the…

I couldn’t get past the second line in this story. Because I just kept imagining a frozen chunk of lard, like the kind your grandma used to make pie crusts with. Can we stop maligning ice cream?

What I believe is that I don’t get to create a narrative for her where she is the victim. She does not believe she was Clinton’s victim. She does not believe it was coercive. The victim has the right to tell her own story. As for the stuff that came after the affair- I think we can all agree that she was a victim of…

Yeah, the Lewinsky thing is hard for me. Because if you read her own account of it, she does not consider herself his victim and believes it was all consensual - even now looking back at it with all her experience at this point. But, your other points about how reckless he was are completely legitimate. Even if she…

I agree with you, except that I refuse to apply a narrative to a situation that the alleged victim does not agree with. And Lewinsky does not agree with your narrative. That being said, it sounds like from the other commentators that there are plenty other situations to warrant labeling him as someone who mistreats…

Thanks for the info. I was not aware of most of these. I’m still not comfortable attributing his behavior to his wife, but it certainly sounds like there are enough allegations against him to legitimately say that he mistreats women.

Yeah, I mean if all Hillary did was shake her hand a little too hard, according to her perception, I am not buying the whole “intimidation” bullshit. Say what you will about Bill, but this sounds like someone who hates Hillary with a passion and is doing her best to blame Hillary for what is potentially a crime…

Why do you think Bill has mistreated women, other than this single allegation? I am genuinely curious. I read the recent Monica Lewinsky interview and she makes it really clear that everything she did was consensual. She really does not want to be painted as a victim of Bill Clinton, although she is clearly a victim…

You clearly do not know what the word “portion” means. Yes, 1% of the population is a very, very small “portion” of the population. Look up the definition if you need help understanding the word. I did not say it was a small “number”. I said it was a small “portion.” Literally, 1% of the population is the definition…