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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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RenSC2
United States1093 Posts
On December 12 2019 04:44 redlightdistrict wrote: https://statelaws.findlaw.com/california-law/california-rape-laws.html How dare you accuse me i dont know what rape is when it is clearly defined in the letter of law. You just witnessed video of a girl being an unwilling participant in being unwantedly groped by a individual that was unknown to her. What this man did to that reporter is just as egregious as what epstien did on that island witch those young women, Rape is Rape. Your reading comprehension is poor, which may explain a lot. Rape falls under the broader category of sexual assault. That means that there is a large category called sexual assault that includes things such as groping and rape. However, groping is not rape. Every rape is also a sexual assault, but not every sexual assault is a rape. What you saw was sexual assault, but not rape. I know you want to “mock the libs”, but your reading comprehension is so poor that you only make yourself look foolish. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11902 Posts
On December 12 2019 04:44 redlightdistrict wrote: https://statelaws.findlaw.com/california-law/california-rape-laws.html How dare you accuse me i dont know what rape is when it is clearly defined in the letter of law. You just witnessed video of a girl being an unwilling participant in being unwantedly groped by a individual that was unknown to her. What this man did to that reporter is just as egregious as what epstien did on that island witch those young women, Rape is Rape. You are also apparently incapable of either reading or basic logic. "A is a subset of B" does not mean that just because C is also a subset of B, A is the same as C or A is a subset of C, or the other way around. In this case, according to the text you quoted, rape is a subset of sexual assault. "groping and other unwanted sexual contact" are also a subset of sexual assault. All of which are quite sensible classifications. But that does not mean that groping is rape. Another example of this: An Apple is a fruit. Fruits are sweet things growing on trees, like bananas or oranges. Both of these are true. But that does not mean that an orange is an apple. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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redlightdistrict
382 Posts
On December 12 2019 04:51 Sent. wrote: It's not funny redlight, it's cringey. I'm not being cringy, im being real. Matt Damon was ostracized from Hollywood for going on record saying their is a difference between Harvey Weinstien and Al Franken. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/matt-damon-draws-backlash-comments-sexual-harassment-assault/story?id=51860137 Matt Damon has drawn heated criticism for his comments on ABC's "Popcorn" in which he said all men accused of sexual harassment and assault shouldn't be lumped together because "there's a spectrum of behavior." "There’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right?" he told host Peter Travers Thursday while speaking about the national reckoning on sexual misconduct taking place in Hollywood, politics, the media and more. "Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?" Alyssa Milano and Damon's "Good Will Hunting" co-star Minnie Driver strongly disagreed and chastised Damon for categorizing various forms of sexual misconduct. "I have been a victim of each component of the sexual assault spectrum of which you speak. They all hurt," Milano, who helped spark the #MeToo movement, wrote on Twitter Friday. "And they are all connected to a patriarchy intertwined with normalized, accepted -- even welcomed -- misogyny." Al Franken, Harvey Weinstien, were both predators violating women. Damon was clearly in the wrong, brushing Franklins assult off as a nothingburger, and punished accordingly. I don't see anything funny about a person being a victim of a violent and sexual crime. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27029 Posts
On December 12 2019 06:58 redlightdistrict wrote: I'm not trying to be cringy. Matt Damon was ostracized from Hollywood for going on record saying their is a difference between Harvey Weinstien and Al Franken. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/matt-damon-draws-backlash-comments-sexual-harassment-assault/story?id=51860137 Al Franken, Harvey Weinstien, were both predators violating women. Damon was clearly in the wrong, brushing Franklins assult off as a nothingburger, and punished accordingly. I don't see anything funny about a person being a victim of a violent and sexual crime I do find it amusing that a guy with the username ‘redlightdistrict’ is fighting this particular fight. That aside Matt Damon was not ostracised from Hollywood, he was criticised sure, by the internet and other actors lower than him in that particular pecking order. It’s an interesting topic but I’m not sure how earnestly your posts are intended to actually discuss it. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
Since we usually let bullshit slip away, I think it is important that we make a big fuss out of stuff that turns out to be bullshit. | ||
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redlightdistrict
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12472 Posts
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Elroi
Sweden5600 Posts
On December 11 2019 22:16 Wombat_NI wrote: Yeah that’s totally not disturbing at all. I wonder what the ‘totally not right wing centrist’ types will have to say on this as it pertains to freedom of speech on campuses. I’m not imagining it will be a whole lot. Aren't they all banned by now? | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27029 Posts
On December 12 2019 07:08 redlightdistrict wrote: I don't like seeing people being used and exploited by those in power, because that is how societies start to unravel itself. Not sure how this is a controversial stance, but ill let it go. Well no as I said it’s an interesting topic but I’m not even sure what your actual stance is on this issue. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
On December 12 2019 07:08 redlightdistrict wrote: I don't like seeing people being used and exploited by those in power, because that is how societies start to unravel itself. Not sure how this is a controversial stance, but ill let it go. You didn't even read your link .. "Rape laws criminalize sexual intercourse that happens without the consent of at least one of the participants. Rape falls under the broader category of sexual assault (which includes offenses such as groping and other unwanted sexual contact). " Literally the first two sentences in your link ... Nvm, you just didn't understand it.  | ||
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Sent.
Poland9313 Posts
On December 12 2019 06:58 redlightdistrict wrote: I'm not being cringy, im being real. Matt Damon was ostracized from Hollywood for going on record saying their is a difference between Harvey Weinstien and Al Franken. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/matt-damon-draws-backlash-comments-sexual-harassment-assault/story?id=51860137 Al Franken, Harvey Weinstien, were both predators violating women. Damon was clearly in the wrong, brushing Franklins assult off as a nothingburger, and punished accordingly. I don't see anything funny about a person being a victim of a violent and sexual crime. Basing your joke on a non sequitur was cringey. Your Matt Damon story demonstrates the point on it's own and your addition only contaminates the message. Nobody is going to take your arguments seriously if even you don't do that. | ||
KwarK
United States44124 Posts
On December 12 2019 06:58 redlightdistrict wrote: I'm not being cringy, im being real. Matt Damon was ostracized from Hollywood for going on record saying their is a difference between Harvey Weinstien and Al Franken. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/matt-damon-draws-backlash-comments-sexual-harassment-assault/story?id=51860137 Al Franken, Harvey Weinstien, were both predators violating women. Damon was clearly in the wrong, brushing Franklins assult off as a nothingburger, and punished accordingly. I don't see anything funny about a person being a victim of a violent and sexual crime. If Matt Damon was ostracized then who is appearing as him in movies? | ||
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HelpMeGetBetter
United States766 Posts
My question is, why are they doing this at night? | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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GreenHorizons
United States24051 Posts
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a $738 billion military policy bill that would authorize the creation of the Space Force championed by President Trump as the sixth branch of the military... The 377-to-48 vote reflected broad bipartisan support for the compromise package, one of the nation’s most expensive military policy bills to date. Mr. Kushner who intervened on measures targeting Saudi Arabia that would have prohibited arms sales or military assistance to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. He said they were nonstarters for the White House, according to the officials. Representative Ro Khanna of California, who led a series of amendments seeking to curtail the president’s war powers on Iran and Saudi Arabia, called the omission of those measures from the final version “astonishing moral cowardice” in a joint statement with Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont. www.nytimes.com | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
On December 12 2019 11:17 GreenHorizons wrote: Democrats are giving Trump his Space Force www.nytimes.com Space force is a massive met benefit if it means more money for space-relevant scientific research. Edit: also, space debris coupled with our dog shit technology means if we actually had space combat, we would likely pair our space flight abilities due to debris. The debris we'd generate due to be confined to our pathetic distance from the earth means we'd never actually engage in space combat. | ||
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micronesia
United States24779 Posts
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