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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-02-09 06:54 PM
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24. I tell yaUpdated at 6:20 PM
Some pedophiles get a pass at DU just because they're famous. It's the same kind of double standard as they claim only right-wingers have, but it's here, and in abundance. While I knew when I posted my thread late last week on this very subject that my opinion was unpopular, I didn't think that DUers would have brought the torches and the hanging rope with them, but they did.

I guess it's trendy to love even the most unscrupulous child molesters, especially if they happen to be famous. What can I say, Javaman? It's been getting creepy for awhile now here at DU, and it's scaring the shit out of me when I see some of the postings I've seen.

I've got your back, but I'm not sure it's enough anymore.
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  Let's all take a small step back shall we? Javaman  Jul-02-09 05:13 PM   #0 
   No flames from me.  tekisui   Jul-02-09 05:15 PM   #1 
   Accused or proven in court by being convicted?  DJ13   Jul-02-09 05:16 PM   #2 
   My perspective is that if he was as screwed up as Jackson was  Warpy   Jul-02-09 05:16 PM   #3 
   That argument could be used against Jackson.  tekisui   Jul-02-09 05:20 PM   #5 
      He may have turned his inner demons toward good...  AntiFascist   Jul-02-09 05:34 PM   #10 
   i'll bite -- you wouldn't have much time to do your own thinking b/c he'd be in custody  nashville_brook   Jul-02-09 05:19 PM   #4 
   Except Jackson is not a convicted child molester. So, y'know, there's that.  Occam Bandage   Jul-02-09 05:31 PM   #8 
   Your hypothetical leaves several questions unanswered.  Occam Bandage   Jul-02-09 05:21 PM   #6 
   Absolutely Right  Old Codger   Jul-02-09 05:26 PM   #7 
   Was said man convicted in a court of law as doing this?  LynneSin   Jul-02-09 05:33 PM   #9 
   Let's say your local neighborhood lacrosse team has been accused of rape.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Jul-02-09 05:37 PM   #11 
   Just like OJ Simpson  Hydra   Jul-02-09 05:39 PM   #12 
   "The law is a spider's web...  alterfurz   Jul-02-09 06:57 PM   #25 
      Good quote  Hydra   Jul-02-09 09:04 PM   #29 
   No flame. Just a link or two.  Laelth   Jul-02-09 05:52 PM   #13 
   False analogy with foolish arrogance.  Festivito   Jul-02-09 05:55 PM   #14 
   It depends...is the guy worth half a billion bucks?  Philosoraptor   Jul-02-09 06:03 PM   #15 
   The man's dead. Is it bothering you that the whole world doesn't see him as you do?  CakeGrrl   Jul-02-09 06:10 PM   #16 
   ...  Catherine Vincent   Jul-02-09 06:17 PM   #17 
   I had a situation similar to this last year  LiberalEsto   Jul-02-09 06:17 PM   #18 
   A former friend of mine is going to prison for possessing child porn  Philosoraptor   Jul-02-09 08:33 PM   #27 
   I bet EVERY ambitious lawyer in the country contacted this boy's family after this clip aired:  ecstatic   Jul-02-09 06:20 PM   #19 
   Javaman's got a good point. Also,  kimmerspixelated   Jul-02-09 06:26 PM   #20 
   It seems his wealth was a double-edged sword  jmondine   Jul-02-09 06:38 PM   #21 
   If he wasn't MJ the kids wouldn't have been there.  Dappleganger   Jul-02-09 06:40 PM   #22 
   How about this...  anigbrowl   Jul-02-09 06:53 PM   #23 
   I tell ya  hyphenate   Jul-02-09 06:54 PM   #24 
   The Jacko defenders can be a hostile bunch, but basically harmless  Philosoraptor   Jul-02-09 07:00 PM   #26 
   Funny you should depict such a scenario.  Fire1   Jul-02-09 08:42 PM   #28 
   Not defending anything he did but he went in front of a jury  MadMaddie   Jul-02-09 10:23 PM   #30 
   Yea, and don't let the fact that in THIS country, you're INNOCENT til proven guilty cloud yours AND  BigBearJohn   Jul-02-09 10:32 PM   #31 
   How regressive of you  GeorgeGist   Jul-03-09 09:43 AM   #32 
 

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