redqueen
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Wed Sep-30-09 05:20 PM
Response to Reply #17 |
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Edited on Wed Sep-30-09 05:25 PM by redqueen
There are many here who bristle at the use of the term "rape culture".
I would posit that EmilyAnne's thread listing all the vile excuses made for Polanski is evidence that it very much exists, and needs to be taken seriously and addressed... no matter how uncomfortable it makes some people.
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| -Most of these Polanski threads aren't really about the Polanski case. |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 04:45 PM |
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"the fucking constitution" |
madmusic |
Sep-30-09 04:50 PM |
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LOL... I don't... |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 04:50 PM |
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That's funny |
madmusic |
Sep-30-09 04:55 PM |
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Yes, you conflated it in your OP... |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 04:56 PM |
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The Constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper |
madmusic |
Sep-30-09 05:04 PM |
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Logic. Try it sometime. (nt) |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:05 PM |
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I don't drive the Pulaski Skyway so I don't care about it. |
Jersey Devil |
Sep-30-09 04:52 PM |
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Tony Soprano is dead. He got shot in the restaurant. |
madmusic |
Sep-30-09 04:56 PM |
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Sexism is okay, racism is not. That's how it works in most venues, including DU. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-30-09 04:57 PM |
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K&R! n/t |
rvablue |
Sep-30-09 04:57 PM |
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I started the original thread about his arrest |
charlie |
Sep-30-09 05:00 PM |
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Thank you. |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:02 PM |
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Yep. I saw it and started a thread in which I listed every absurd defense I had seen on this |
EmilyAnne |
Sep-30-09 05:09 PM |
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That was a very revealing thread. |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:16 PM |
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I would defend racists as possibly ignorant. |
armyowalgreens |
Sep-30-09 05:07 PM |
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It's not, though. |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:09 PM |
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I'm not trying to be disingenuous. I just don't like it when people try to be so absolute. |
armyowalgreens |
Sep-30-09 05:33 PM |
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Do you not see the point I'm trying to make in the OP? (nt) |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:53 PM |
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Oh what utter bullshit you spew! |
JuniperLea |
Sep-30-09 05:14 PM |
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The rape culture is prevalent on both right and left. |
geek tragedy |
Sep-30-09 05:15 PM |
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Applebaum's husband is a Polish govt. offiicial who is trying to protect Polanski. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-30-09 05:17 PM |
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her husband buys into rape culture too then |
geek tragedy |
Sep-30-09 05:18 PM |
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And the WP doesn't explain that anywhere. It should have been with her name. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-30-09 05:19 PM |
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WaPo and ethics don't mix very well. nt |
geek tragedy |
Sep-30-09 05:23 PM |
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Yeah. That's why I cancelled my subscription, actually. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Sep-30-09 05:34 PM |
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I agree completely. |
redqueen |
Sep-30-09 05:20 PM |
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It's the DENIAL that sickens me most. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-01-09 12:06 AM |
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+1000 - it's really disgusting but it fails to surprise me anymore |
WildEyedLiberal |
Sep-30-09 09:27 PM |
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We saw the same thing about two months ago |
customerserviceguy |
Sep-30-09 09:02 PM |
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Jackson was found not guilty and has always denied it. |
LisaL |
Sep-30-09 09:57 PM |
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Yes, MJ had a better lawyer |
customerserviceguy |
Sep-30-09 10:16 PM |
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Why don't you tell all of us what you know about Rittenband, OK? |
Hepburn |
Oct-01-09 01:44 PM |
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Can't say that I know squat about him |
customerserviceguy |
Oct-01-09 08:26 PM |
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Have you seen this thread? |
redqueen |
Oct-01-09 09:14 AM |
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I hadn't, but thanks |
customerserviceguy |
Oct-01-09 08:40 PM |
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I just want Polanski to face the consequences of his actions. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-30-09 10:06 PM |
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Here is what I see as a retired Calif attorney: |
Hepburn |
Oct-01-09 01:48 PM |
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Thank you. I could live with that spectrum of consequences. |
aikoaiko |
Oct-01-09 02:50 PM |
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Don't forget the people that said that it was OK to rape her because she wasn't a virgin |
Odin2005 |
Oct-01-09 12:01 AM |
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Kicking this, cause apparently some still dont get it. (nt) |
redqueen |
Oct-01-09 12:17 PM |
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That is a understatement ~~ |
Hepburn |
Oct-01-09 01:50 PM |
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racism doesn't even hold a candle. unless |
mopinko |
Oct-01-09 12:25 PM |
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There are degrees of severity... and Polanski's was heinous |
JPZenger |
Oct-01-09 12:32 PM |
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No man is above the law. |
SidneyCarton |
Oct-01-09 12:35 PM |
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Some of the arguments are about the nature of the American criminal justice system |
depakid |
Oct-01-09 02:58 PM |
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See EmilyAnne's thread for clarification. |
redqueen |
Oct-01-09 03:09 PM |
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Cases like this one conjure up visceral revulsion |
depakid |
Oct-01-09 04:13 PM |
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Which is exactly why I'm trying to separate the disgust from the case. |
redqueen |
Oct-01-09 04:28 PM |
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Linkage? |
depakid |
Oct-01-09 04:29 PM |
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Here ya go: |
redqueen |
Oct-01-09 04:32 PM |
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Hardly |
Mixopterus |
Oct-01-09 08:56 PM |
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Rape is pretty serious. nt |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 08:33 PM |
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"If people here were defending racism, no one would bat an eye at anyone who went after such comment |
Yavin4 |
Oct-01-09 08:32 PM |
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You're right. They are about some Roman guy, middle aged, who drugged then fucked a 13yo in the |
cherokeeprogressive |
Oct-01-09 08:58 PM |
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