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mistertrickster

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134. Feminists say it all the time.

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 11:15 AM

Feb 2012

In my city, the Women's Studies Dept. took men's names from the phone book, blew them up to poster size and tacked them to telephone poles with the headline "potential rapists."

I've seen redqueen post the same thing here: rapists aren't perverts, they're just normal men doing what men do.

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She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her. [View all] oberliner Feb 2012 OP

That young woman overcame a lot. Good for her. yardwork Feb 2012 #1

+100 Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #113

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Feb 2012 #2

What was she wearing? redqueen Feb 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Feb 2012 #4

Holy shit Boombaby Feb 2012 #49

Video Boombaby Feb 2012 #119

Whatever she was wearing, the guy was convicted and will go to prison Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #32

omg i guess the posts have been removed? or was there another post on this arely staircase Feb 2012 #19

An alert was sent. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #43

The jury system is a farce. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #86

I'm starting to agree. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #92

You clearly do not understand Vanje Feb 2012 #44

Name them. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #46

It's not mysterious at all. redqueen Feb 2012 #48

Not one single person in this thread has done that. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #51

You don't need proof when you've been victimized by "rape culture" mistertrickster Feb 2012 #54

No, no one has done it in this thread. redqueen Feb 2012 #55

WHAT 'Victim Blaming'? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #56

Redqueen makes her inability to provide proof into an "argument" mistertrickster Feb 2012 #57

She did provide links. Sadly, not a single link backs up what she claims. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #84

rape is in question. she was 31 and been to house before. hm.... it is amazing. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #87

Please check your defensiveness. redqueen Feb 2012 #59

In other words, Doctor, find our proof for us. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #60

Stop kneejerking and read. redqueen Feb 2012 #61

If demanding evidence to draw conclusions is "knee jerking" mistertrickster Feb 2012 #64

Kneejerking is thinking it's all about YOU and MEN. redqueen Feb 2012 #67

The first being post #2. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #65

And there's that lame excuse again. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #63

PM on the way. redqueen Feb 2012 #66

Or, obviously, the woman raped in the OP. polly7 Feb 2012 #70

I would think that basic logic would mean redqueen Feb 2012 #72

No, it doesn't go without question at all. polly7 Feb 2012 #73

Read more carefully. I never said people didn't give a shit *about this woman*. redqueen Feb 2012 #76

one would think, a woman who has experienced this would be curious, why women would be having this seabeyond Feb 2012 #77

Really ??????? polly7 Feb 2012 #81

yes, really. but you are and always have been clear on your position when the issue is women. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #83

lmfao polly7 Feb 2012 #91

+1000 . . . isn't it astonishing mistertrickster Feb 2012 #110

It is astonishing, sickening, and yet still laughable. polly7 Feb 2012 #172

I'm quite aware you'd like to divert attention from the male-bashing. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #79

I believe I have the answer to your question: mistertrickster Feb 2012 #109

I have no problem with skepticism unapatriciated Feb 2012 #154

Misandrists? If I were the admins, I'd put a stop to such horrible mischaracterizations petronius Feb 2012 #95

In your own words, The Doctor. Feb 2012 #108

Why would you need *my* words when *redqueen's* words are right there petronius Feb 2012 #111

It's pointless. redqueen Feb 2012 #112

I've been asking for evidence of this "point", but you've provided nothing. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #116

Yes, exactly right. Clearly, rape victims are mistertrickster Feb 2012 #123

So she didn't say that DUers were 'Blaming the victim'? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #114

She said what I just told you she said, and if you scroll up about 18" you can petronius Feb 2012 #117

So "Yes", she did say that DUers 'blame the victim'. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #122

I have submitted your comments to a jury of smiley-men, and they came back petronius Feb 2012 #125

So you think you can avoid reality simply by ignoring it? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #126

All of that, just to put me on ignore!? DUzy worthy, for sure... petronius Feb 2012 #127

Why is it always so extreme? DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #80

FBI studies indicate that only 2% of all rape reports are false. yes, we know there are false claims seabeyond Feb 2012 #85

More than 100 rape convictions have been shown wrong by DNA evidence. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #93

FBI studies indicate that only 2% of all rape reports are false. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #94

Could be as high as 15 percent according to the FBI itself . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #107

"closed as unfounded" could easily be 2% false and the rest of percentage unfounded, not false seabeyond Feb 2012 #120

are you talking about the Jamaica thing? arely staircase Feb 2012 #89

Yes, there was a misunderstanding. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #98

Well communication is a two way street arely staircase Feb 2012 #99

You just explained why YOU chose to assign intention to the post. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #102

then what DID it mean? what do YOU assume the poster's intentions were? nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #104

That's the great thing about not reading what's not there... The Doctor. Feb 2012 #106

ok, and i'm willing to giv the poster the benefit of the doubt because i don't believe, having read arely staircase Feb 2012 #115

The "all men are potential rapists" cabal have already succeeded mistertrickster Feb 2012 #50

It's disgusting. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #52

Exactly, as if there aren't enough venues for liberals to get bashed mistertrickster Feb 2012 #53

wow I think people let their antagonism toward arely staircase Feb 2012 #90

Nobody has ever said "All men are potential rapists." chrisa Feb 2012 #133

Feminists say it all the time. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #134

no. it is how YOU choose to interpret what is being said seabeyond Feb 2012 #135

So . . . you disagree that all men are potential rapists and mistertrickster Feb 2012 #137

this would be a perfect example of what i was saying.... yet you expect to be taken seriously. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #141

The very words "all men are potential rapists" have been said NUMEROUS times on this board. EOTE Feb 2012 #140

especially if you dont listen to, recognize, hear what they are really saying. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #142

What they're really saying is "All men are potential rapists." EOTE Feb 2012 #144

one time. i will say one time, then i will no longer respond. the rapist is not the monster seabeyond Feb 2012 #145

So you agree with this bullshit and incredibly offensive statement. EOTE Feb 2012 #146

" people aren't so fucking daft as to say shit like that?" i ask the same. i dont have any problem seabeyond Feb 2012 #147

You're also a potential murderer, a potential psychopath. EOTE Feb 2012 #149

having a conversation with you is futile. i put the time posting in this subthread for other posters seabeyond Feb 2012 #152

Hold on a second, my sides hurt from laughing so hard. EOTE Feb 2012 #155

Yeah, sometimes the only logical response to seabeyond mistertrickster Feb 2012 #163

It's rather hard to provide a logical response to such insane rantings. EOTE Feb 2012 #171

Potential is not meaningless. It keeps us alive. chrisa Feb 2012 #158

So first you say that no one here would say that, now you're defending the comment? EOTE Feb 2012 #165

It's not an insult to men - trying to tell you that. chrisa Feb 2012 #167

It IS an insult to men. EOTE Feb 2012 #170

And by the way, I never said anyone said what you are suggesting. EOTE Feb 2012 #148

No, I think you just don't get what the statement means chrisa Feb 2012 #168

Your mind changed really quickly on this matter. EOTE Feb 2012 #169

This message was self-deleted by its author chrisa Feb 2012 #150

I would love to see where RedQueen wrote this. chrisa Feb 2012 #153

Ask her yourself. See what she says. nt mistertrickster Feb 2012 #157

I'm sure she'll respond here, but do you have any evidence of this in the meantime? chrisa Feb 2012 #159

Your guess is wrong. See my previous post. nt mistertrickster Feb 2012 #161

Which one bud? chrisa Feb 2012 #162

Sheesh . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #164

Here's the results of a quick bone-dig mistertrickster Feb 2012 #160

Well, you're not paying very close attention then. EOTE Feb 2012 #138

Fair enough. I can't really argue against that. chrisa Feb 2012 #151

in order to really address rape, we have to at the least, be honest seabeyond Feb 2012 #166

To suggest that ALL MEN are potential rapists when a very small number of them are EOTE Feb 2012 #173

BULLSHIT. polly7 Feb 2012 #174

I can understand what you mean - women almost never rape chrisa Feb 2012 #175

Here it is, on DU: The Doctor. Feb 2012 #176

I know what the poster is referring to. Some OP you apparently didn't see... Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #88

Link? I'd like to have a look. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #96

Um...I don't see six posts saying she deserved it before this (number 2) post. McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #97

Do we have to engage in this kind of vitriol? No one here thinks she deserved it. LetTimmySmoke Feb 2012 #105

And yet a vociferous few love to tell the rest of us mistertrickster Feb 2012 #124

He sodomized THEN raped her? wuh? Muskypundit Feb 2012 #5

FBI just recently changed definition of rape seabeyond Feb 2012 #6

Throw away the key. joshcryer Feb 2012 #7

To Protect and to Serve! sce56 Feb 2012 #8

Agreed. According to the article, the convicted cop had complaints of sexual 1monster Feb 2012 #100

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #9

That cop is the worst kind of scum. Iggo Feb 2012 #18

The biggest problem is that this particular badged piece of shit would be doing the prison raping. backscatter712 Feb 2012 #42

Oh, I don't know. He had to hide behind his badge. renie408 Feb 2012 #47

I agree, rape is horrible. Shouldn't happen to anyone. Not even to those who rape. LiberalLoner Feb 2012 #62

Take a look at this human trash. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #10

you mean by NOT arresting him? he was fired for "loafing" on the job arely staircase Feb 2012 #24

Could have been an issue with the DA. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #36

The only people who did anything was the us attorney and the arely staircase Feb 2012 #68

Can someone explain why the article says he sufrommich Feb 2012 #11

Not until recently obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #12

Wow, how strange.Thanks for the info. nt sufrommich Feb 2012 #15

Sodomy can also be oral sex Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #22

Not if you're a woman. n/t mia Feb 2012 #37

Truly horrible Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #13

Where again did this take place? America you say? Glorious US of A? stuntcat Feb 2012 #14

I hope she sues Politicalboi Feb 2012 #16

Yay Cops! Iggo Feb 2012 #17

These fuckers are above the law they are supposed to enforce! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #20

the fact that he's facing a life sentence Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #26

I think the fact that it's NEWS that he's been convicted is the point. Very unusual. October Feb 2012 #74

What, you mean the one who was convicted and is facing a maximum of life in prison? Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #28

he wasn't charged in several other sexual assaults. provis99 Feb 2012 #30

So when do we start fighting to cut funding for these police gangs? Zalatix Feb 2012 #21

When you want crime rates to go up. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #29

Fat lot of good it did this woman. And wait'll you see this Zalatix Feb 2012 #35

I'm a mathematician. You can probably guess my opinion of the value of anecdotal evidence. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #41

Not really a change of subject. My point is Zalatix Feb 2012 #118

Disgusting pokerfan Feb 2012 #23

What I would think of as "good cops" would have offed this guy a decade ago. saras Feb 2012 #25

The potential of a Life In Prison sentence must get the boys at the FOP riled up. Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #27

How many bad cops are there... T S Justly Feb 2012 #31

Close to 100%... Iggo Feb 2012 #69

any cite? nt blaze Feb 2012 #121

I'm guessing close to 100%. Iggo Feb 2012 #128

WTF!!!!!! Initech Feb 2012 #33

This is the sort of case Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #34

Rooting for rape is wrong. Iggo Feb 2012 #71

agreed. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #78

Shame on you for advocating rape. Please delete this offensive post. Thank you. uppityperson Feb 2012 #103

Chicago has been really bad with systemic police torturing black men mucifer Feb 2012 #38

thanks...I'd forgotten about that case Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #156

Great story - reminds me why I might not give up on being a lawyer jsmirman Feb 2012 #39

Inspiring words oberliner Feb 2012 #40

I will try - the truth is jsmirman Feb 2012 #130

We need good honest people in the Justice system from the judges down 1monster Feb 2012 #101

You are so right jsmirman Feb 2012 #131

Finally an animal with a badge is going to prison. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #45

'(C)ourt...in April, when he faces a maximum of life in prison.' BlueIris Feb 2012 #74

That poor woman. I hope she gets support to see her through this, far beyond the punishment polly7 Feb 2012 #58

Sadly, it's happened before XanaDUer Feb 2012 #82

This story made me sick to my stomach. Beacool Feb 2012 #129

SMH Mr Dixon Feb 2012 #132

No, things are improving. redqueen Feb 2012 #136

Can someone explain the sodomized and then raped comment? trumad Feb 2012 #139

only recently FBI include sodomy as rape seabeyond Feb 2012 #143