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In reply to the discussion: Just ripped a co-worker. Now I feel terrible. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)126. ??????????
So, I guess a fine patriarch like Joe Paterno would have put a stop to that, right?
The stupid, it hurts, even on DU.
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Boosterisim, which is what happened here, is more like an absence of partiarchy
Mopar151
Mar 2013
#78
Remember that you have limits, and that today she violated them. You are HUMAN.
CaliforniaPeggy
Mar 2013
#3
I can understand how it would be really hard to remain calm and level headed when...
love_katz
Mar 2013
#5
Actually, I believe the reports on Steubenville indicated that Jane Doe vomited.
spooky3
Mar 2013
#87
She sure didn't express herself well. Maybe she thinks that people of all genders didn't
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#6
The adults who permitted, condoned, and encouraged the drinking are criminals.
lapislzi
Mar 2013
#15
Your right. I just don't get where were the parents that owned the homes this was going on?
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#19
"There was enough blame to go around" <-- Yep, that girl should never ever be alone with a guy!!
bettyellen
Mar 2013
#36
Hey Betty, I think I have a right to my opinion just like you have your right to yours.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#58
"If she had been sober she could have punch the guy and left had he tried something."<--Rape Culture
bettyellen
Mar 2013
#59
Well Betty Guess whatever you say is fine. Rape culture. Ok whatever. One thing
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#62
Sorry, I stand by my opinion. You stand by yours. I am not blaming her for being raped.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#65
You kidding? Grow Up. Last time I checked this forum is a DISCUSSION forum. It doesn't
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#83
She got drunk cause that’s what many do at her age. Just because you didn’t drink, don’t start
busterbrown
Mar 2013
#95
Well now you see what happens when a person isn't in control because they were drinking.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#102
I am living in reality sweetie pie. So you think it is ok for teens to go out and drink and act
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#121
No I don’t think its o.k...... I just know it happens and there is not a thing you can...
busterbrown
Mar 2013
#131
You live in your reality of kids doing things that are illegal and I will live in mine. I am no
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#136
Well I dunno. I am not saying am perfect. Not at all. But I will tell you this much if
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#139
Yes, I'm kind of tired too. We all had some say and we can leave it at that. Thanks for
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#144
I think they deserve to sit in jail for raping the girl. To me all am trying to say that
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#80
On the contrary I think the parents should be in jail for allowing them to have booze at the house.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#103
Let me get this straight, a girl goes to a couple of parties with who she thinks are friends...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2013
#86
I have no idea about this whole case what really went down. Neither do you. So say all
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#125
So you think you know everything? I doubt it. No one really knows what happened.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#140
I AM NOT BLAMING THE GIRL FOR BEING RAPED. PERIOD, END OF THE FUCKING STORY. I SO
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#143
Well lets face the facts if NONE OF THEM had been drinking this wouldn't have happened.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#150
Have a good day mercuryblues. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. It's
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#152
Let it go mercuryblue. I agree if she was slipped something she didn't know it is a
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#154
Well I sure see your point and as far as am concerned the girls are just as guilty as the
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#123
There's probably nothing wrong with continuing the conversation on a different level.
randome
Mar 2013
#8
If you want people to understand you, it is helpful to understand them, because they react as
patrice
Mar 2013
#12
I do hear you. I think if we start from a place of common ground we might make some headway.
lapislzi
Mar 2013
#18
Exactly! And one thing that, to me, always breaks what appears to be a dead-heat between two points
patrice
Mar 2013
#31
we haven't broken those cognitive links here at DU, even on this thread there's plenty of blame for
bettyellen
Mar 2013
#37
Great..such a relief. .. I feel so sorry the girl...just wanted to check was she
nenagh
Mar 2013
#41
Sounds like a young lady who knows which side her bread is buttered on
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2013
#43
"She is not especially well-liked, is known for being a whiner and not a team player"
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2013
#84
I posted my reply at the bottom before I read this. Congrats to you and your coworker!
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2013
#99
Tired of hearing about rape culture? Guess what. I'm tired of living in it. So very tired.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#26
+1 I thought we had done away with the Scarlet Lettering of people long ago.
Live and Learn
Mar 2013
#94
This is why places like DU are vital. Keep on fighting the good fight.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2013
#48
OK, I'm a "child of the sixties," which doesn't mean things were wild and promiscuous in most of the
maddiemom
Mar 2013
#50
There are all kinds of ways you could have talked to her about this. Sadly, you would probably have
Iris
Mar 2013
#54
Survivors need to quit the fuck apologizing for denouncing rape-in any form.
MichiganVote
Mar 2013
#82
You feel terrible, because you were raped. And because society says "Get over it"
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2013
#98
I would not feel terrible in the least ... sometimes what you did is what it takes, and in
RKP5637
Mar 2013
#104