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Orrex

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103. How do you know he's a rapist? Because he was accused?

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 06:25 PM

Mar 2013

Last edited Wed Mar 20, 2013, 07:15 PM - Edit history (1)

In other words, because accusation equals guilt?

He's an asshole for a host of reasons. This is evident from a broad base of publicly available information.

He may also be a rapist. He has certainly been accused of rape.

I'm simply curious as to how you can declare that he is a rapist with such certainty.

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2 Torrington CT HS football players charged with raping 13 year old. Victim bullied on social media [View all] cali Mar 2013 OP

When humans think they're going to lose something they love, they turn. knitter4democracy Mar 2013 #1

May the athletic director get fired and may holy hell be raised cali Mar 2013 #2

Ben Roethlisberger. rapist. and cheered. he redeemed himself last year? by taking them to a seabeyond Mar 2013 #4

Couple corrections.. Upton Mar 2013 #6

rapist. and redeemed... for whenever. rapist. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #7

How do you know he's a rapist? Because he was accused? Orrex Mar 2013 #103

Oh, he's a rapist. Iggo Mar 2013 #10

He's been accused twice and unless one believes that both women cali Mar 2013 #11

I thought it was three times? gollygee Mar 2013 #13

Ben paid the staff of the bar to scrub down the bathroom where the alleged rape .... Botany Mar 2013 #20

I'm not defending him... Upton Mar 2013 #22

technically he is a rapist. one can rape and because they are not convicted, that does not mean he seabeyond Mar 2013 #23

that's not necessarliy true. He's not a CONVICTED rapist cali Mar 2013 #24

Give up, almost everyone here is a "politically correct" judge, jury and executioner. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #54

the man should have been shunned by the public instead of redeemed. polanski should be shunned seabeyond Mar 2013 #25

I see... So because I watched "Chinatown" on Netflix... RevStPatrick Mar 2013 #29

No, more like the people who gave him a standing ovation geek tragedy Mar 2013 #65

Yeah, but that's not what she said. RevStPatrick Mar 2013 #68

yes: she said he should be publically shunned noiretextatique Mar 2013 #70

I disagree with that part, but at the same time geek tragedy Mar 2013 #71

I'm not calling you a republican, but playing with words and the failures within the system... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #35

Because he was not convicted Dorian Gray Mar 2013 #84

Kobe /nt SacoMaine61 Mar 2013 #30

rapist. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #41

Amen. knitter4democracy Mar 2013 #5

i guess since there is so much denial toward the rape culture, here on du. the continual story seabeyond Mar 2013 #3

FYI: AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service aikoaiko Mar 2013 #9

ha ha. double denial to deny the denial. lmfao. i can point out OPs that stand, not to mention seabeyond Mar 2013 #14

You're welcome. aikoaiko Mar 2013 #19

AMEN! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #40

really? i dont know. seems like administration is continuallly telling us to speak up and out. seabeyond Mar 2013 #42

sometimes I just get sick of beating my head against the wall BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #62

yes. i do recall. seabeyond Mar 2013 #64

Coaches are often the BIGGEST problem SoCalDem Mar 2013 #100

The kids bullying her get the red out Mar 2013 #8

The "boys will be boys" mentality shows just how little regard there is towards women justiceischeap Mar 2013 #12

Also very little regard for boys or men gollygee Mar 2013 #15

So true. I hadn't thought about that. justiceischeap Mar 2013 #16

biology. just, boys will be boys. evo psych says so. and THIS seabeyond Mar 2013 #17

The kids learn these attitudes parents & from the Republican War on Women. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #26

the decades long struggle aka the cultural war noiretextatique Mar 2013 #76

actually, it shows that words and concepts mean EVERYTHING! It's just that the words and concepts BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #48

what bothers me, in the process of an attempt to deconstruct this, we are attacked on du. yet, the seabeyond Mar 2013 #51

I know, yeah. They always phrase themselves BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #60

I'm sick of it too get the red out Mar 2013 #66

And again a cadre of girls kiva Mar 2013 #18

"girls/women generally treated each other as friends and not rivals." SpartanDem Mar 2013 #32

I don't agree. kiva Mar 2013 #67

There were no cliques, no "mean girls"? SpartanDem Mar 2013 #89

There sure were cliques of very mean girls. polly7 Mar 2013 #90

i knew everyone. friends with all. i didnt do cliques. and did not particularly see the mean girl seabeyond Mar 2013 #92

This must be the up and coming 4th wave feminism. MattBaggins Mar 2013 #45

actually, i think it is the left over of third wave of individualism and we are in the process of seabeyond Mar 2013 #53

of course. Girls have always known they're lesser, and an EASY way to gain power is to side BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #57

You must have lived in a much more loving, supportive community ... surrealAmerican Mar 2013 #101

I graduated in 1973, kiva Mar 2013 #102

Yet one may wonder if they were as belligerent to rape victims too. LanternWaste Mar 2013 #106

I grew up in the seventies. OnionPatch Mar 2013 #104

Grown people calling a 13-year old girl a whore. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #21

How the tables would turn if an 18 yo girls volleyball player raped a 13 yo boy. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #27

How so? nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #31

Obviously those calling the 13 yo rape victim a "whore" would call the 18 yo girl rapist a whore too Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #36

Ah, gotcha. nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #38

true that. the 18 yr old would be a whore and the 13 yr old gets a pat on the back. BUT... seabeyond Mar 2013 #44

When (if you know) was the last time an 18 year old female Sargasso Sea Mar 2013 #72

I hope the state throws the book at the two boys NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #28

Its way more then a Steubenville problem. iandhr Mar 2013 #33

Wow... 13 years old and her life is already destroyed kdmorris Mar 2013 #34

the 12 yr old called slut by classmates and had never kissed a boy that killed herself. seabeyond Mar 2013 #49

Boys successfully commit suicide about four times as often as do girls Fumesucker Mar 2013 #74

first... it is the name calling that cause the girls to commit suicide from social media, with seabeyond Mar 2013 #75

Statistically about 12 boys committed suicide in the same period Fumesucker Mar 2013 #78

having two boys and dealing with their emotional drama and trauma on a regular basis, seabeyond Mar 2013 #80

And I thank you for it.. Fumesucker Mar 2013 #81

I think it also has to do with depression in women LittleBlue Mar 2013 #99

If it makes you relieved here's 2nd degree sexual assault law in CT alp227 Mar 2013 #95

Good! kdmorris Mar 2013 #98

This is good to know. Sissyk Mar 2013 #105

Rape culture in the US is still the rule, not the exception. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #37

If I was that girls father those people better hope I don't know where they live. n/t SpartanDem Mar 2013 #39

FYI- That's a major reason women do not report rape- fear their family will react with retribution bettyellen Mar 2013 #115

This society is just sick. Brigid Mar 2013 #43

Has CNN expressed its support for the alleged rapists yet? Orrex Mar 2013 #46

really. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #61

The perps are already 18 thus too old for the juvenile justice system. n/t alp227 Mar 2013 #91

Our society is sick. City Lights Mar 2013 #47

I agree Floyd_Gondolli Mar 2013 #50

Castration is not the answer. City Lights Mar 2013 #55

No Floyd_Gondolli Mar 2013 #56

They'll face from 1 to 20 years behind bars, see my reply #95 alp227 Mar 2013 #97

Wow. the "Jock Culture" in the US is looking and uglier uglier by the day. 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #52

One of those future pillars of society ellie Mar 2013 #58

Sure the robbery victims asked for it. Brigid Mar 2013 #59

"One player, the team’s second-highest scorer last fall, was allowed to play" ? nonoyes Mar 2013 #63

It has been said that sports have always been in the forefront of social reform . . . radicalliberal Mar 2013 #69

It's a complex subject to be sure. I'm a long-time sports fan but I recognize the ugly side of it. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #107

Thank you for being civil and not getting mad at me. :) radicalliberal Mar 2013 #109

Well I certainly don't think the majority are as bad as say, Ben Roethlisberger. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #110

(Written in a friendly tone) Just to be sure I'm not misunderstood (as I apparently was in . . . radicalliberal Mar 2013 #114

Agree with nearly everything you said. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #116

You have a point. radicalliberal Mar 2013 #117

Notice many of these rape crews have female protectors davidn3600 Mar 2013 #73

when we have prominent GOP politicians noiretextatique Mar 2013 #77

I think some of it is plain old peer pressure gollygee Mar 2013 #82

i've found that girls are especially vicious noiretextatique Mar 2013 #86

While I despise Todd Akin and all his ilk bighart Mar 2013 #83

what about the politicians who do the same thing? noiretextatique Mar 2013 #85

Exactly why I used the term celeberity bighart Mar 2013 #87

agreed noiretextatique Mar 2013 #108

Lovely, I work there in the school district as a sub. Jennicut Mar 2013 #79

So what is the political leaning of the area, is it more R than D? bighart Mar 2013 #88

Mixed. alp227 Mar 2013 #93

Well, Litchfield County can lean red but our Repubs are moderate. Jennicut Mar 2013 #111

I used to go up to Torrington all the time NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #112

If I am working in that school district, I shop there before heading home to Terryville. Jennicut Mar 2013 #113

"We're just like any other community" markpkessinger Mar 2013 #94

+1 n/t gollygee Mar 2013 #96