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Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (On Bru McCoy, Mount Vernon ISD and more ...)

I'm a grown-up now, not a teenager.

I can assure you that I'm not into misogynistic music as a decision-making adult.

And none of those rapers are lifted up to be the leaders of the free world by enablers that will apparently excuse any behavior, whether it's sexist, racist, spitefulness... you name it.

then they show up online and call other people hypocrites.

You still watch movies and pro sports, no? Those industries are full of the most vile, despicable, people on the planet who treat women like garbage and second class citizens. Heck, just a few days ago, video surfaced of Ezekial Elliot in a physical confrontation with his "girlfriend", and he's been accused of much, much worse.
 
You still watch movies and pro sports, no? Those industries are full of the most vile, despicable, people on the planet who treat women like garbage and second class citizens. Heck, just a few days ago, video surfaced of Ezekial Elliot in a physical confrontation with his "girlfriend", and he's been accused of much, much worse.
I'm less of a Dallas Cowboys fan today because of Jerry's enabling of horrible men.

Every day, I try to make the right choices for the right reasons, in an effort to not support bad people. Each of us trying our best every day to do that might have us heading in the right direction.
 
I don't think he bragged about committing sexual assault. He just made a dumb comment. The other candidate however is much more similar to Briles. She tried to discredit and quiet the accusers of sexual assault and rape for personal gain. Briles tried to discredit and quiet the accusers of sexual assault and rape for personal gain.
There’s a lot more than that one comment regarding Trump and women, but keep on defending the guy if that makes you feel better.
 
Sometimes in life, you're forced to choose between hypocrisies.

In this case, I could either...

a. Break my own "no politics" rule on the board.

b. Ignore that while talking about our society's lack of care for the safety and well-being of women, we have a president that is an alleged serial sexual predator who received 60 million votes in a nation-wide election... AFTER he bragged about it.

I chose A.

To be fair, voters had to choose between 2 candidates. I would argue that the other candidate had a worse track record of enabling with how she has handled accusations against her husband.

Google "Trump sexual misconduct accusation" and "Clinton sexual misconduct accusation" and make your own decision. I would argue that the "serial sexual predator" term would be more appropriately give to Clinton.
 
To be fair, voters had to choose between 2 candidates. I would argue that the other candidate had a worse track record of enabling with how she has handled accusations against her husband.

Google "Trump sexual misconduct accusation" and "Clinton sexual misconduct accusation" and make your own decision. I would argue that the "serial sexual predator" term would be more appropriately give to Clinton.
Unreal.

Trump was accused of rape by the mother of his children, but yeah, Hilary is his equal on the matter.

False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency
 
We had connections to one of the women that was sexual assaulted, who absolutely had the goods that would have brought this whole thing down to the ground.

She lives in another state under a new identity.

When a recent arrest of a player was made within the last few years, she was found and threatened. She basically has gone back into hiding.

Yet, I know that the people at Pepper Hamilton spoke with her about her situation on multiple occasions. It was in the report that was never put on paper.

Not only was her life destroyed over the rape now she has to hide... Why has the FBI not got involved?
 
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There was a time in this state if you were convicted of rape you normally got to "ride the lightning" !!! The reason for the change in the laws is far too political for this thread !!!

To political? We have passed that as you can see.
 
Not only was her life destroyed over the rape now she has to hide... Why has the FBI not got involved?
They aren't motivated to do so, much like the legal system, or Baylor... or pretty much anyone.

She just wants to be left alone. We certainly don't have the authority to use anything we've been told without her permission and she definitely has not given us that.

We just want to do right be her and not make her situation worse.
 
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I'm less of a Dallas Cowboys fan today because of Jerry's enabling of horrible men.

Every day, I try to make the right choices for the right reasons, in an effort to not support bad people. Each of us trying our best every day to do that might have us heading in the right direction.

My point is, in a few days, weeks or months, the very same people throwing around the term enabler will start a Cowboys or other pro sports team thread or movie thread that involved people who treated women like garbage. The #metoo movement shone a light on an entire industry that's overlooked and encouraged sexual mistreatment of women. Hypocrisy.
 
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My point is, in a few days, weeks or months, the very same people throwing around the term enabler will start a Cowboys or other pro sports team thread or movie thread that involved people who treated women like garbage. The #metoo movement shone a light on an entire industry that's overlooked and encouraged sexual mistreatment of women. Hypocrisy.
We're all hypocrites. The goal should be to be a little less so with every action we take.
 
This thread reminds me of all discussions of race that take place on this site.

I'll get PMs from people daring me to show instances when a certain person has been racist and when you send them links to dozens of situations proving it, it's #fakenews or whatever.

We are not a world of good people. We are a deceitful bunch with historically awful ethos.

No, we are fallen humans, all scarred and flawed, who try to do the best we can to find meaning and purpose.
 
Unreal.

Trump was accused of rape by the mother of his children, but yeah, Hilary is his equal on the matter.

False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency

The mother of his children later said she made that up, correct?
 
To political? We have passed that as you can see.

I will not dispute your post under any circumstances ... The former govenor / president from Arkansas & his three (3) time defeated presidential candidate spouse live by a creed not unique in this day and age ... "The end justifies the means" ... Neither person is a racist though as both will screw any and everyone ...
 
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The mother of his children later said she made that up, correct?
well, she testified to it under oath.

Sadly, women are often forced to pretend for the sake of their families.

We do have double-digit sexual assault allegations beyond that, though...
 
well, she testified to it under oath.

Sadly, women are often forced to pretend for the sake of their families.

We do have double-digit sexual assault allegations beyond that, though...

I don’t think it is fair to have a woman retract a sworn statement and use it to label someone a rapist. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I understand your moral passion, but you can’t destroy everyone and everything because of it. Careful.
 
I don't know that I believe in the honest part. Not even a little.

Then you are just jaded if you can’t admit to the benevolence of Mother Teresa’s hands, the generosity and altruism of folks freely helping out Harvey victims, or the heroism of selfless friends who marched to the gallows out of refusal to out their fellow Jews in Nazi Germany. In one account, a safe rabbi went back to Germany to fight the Nazis with gospel and enlightenment, knowing he would be executed when found.

Look at the beauty, man. It is all around you.

Just this AM I saw a story of Jewish teens saving a neo-Nazi from drowning. How awesome is that?
 
I don’t think it is fair to have a woman retract a sworn statement and use it to label someone a rapist. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I understand your moral passion, but you can’t destroy everyone and everything because of it. Careful.
About those countless sexual assault claims...
 
Then you are just jaded if you can’t admit to the benevolence of Mother Teresa’s hands, the generosity and altruism of folks freely helping out Harvey victims, or the heroism of selfless friends who marched to the gallows out of refusal to out their fellow Jews in Nazi Germany. In one account, a safe rabbi went back to Germany to fight the Nazis with gospel and enlightenment, knowing he would be executed when found.

Look at the beauty, man. It is all around you.

Just this AM I saw a story of Jewish teens saving a neo-Nazi from drowning. How awesome is that?
So is evil and darkness.

By 9am every morning, the world usually has revealed itself to be exactly what it is. I can't allow myself to take the blue pill.
 
Then you are just jaded if you can’t admit to the benevolence of Mother Teresa’s hands, the generosity and altruism of folks freely helping out Harvey victims, or the heroism of selfless friends who marched to the gallows out of refusal to out their fellow Jews in Nazi Germany. In one account, a safe rabbi went back to Germany to fight the Nazis with gospel and enlightenment, knowing he would be executed when found.

Look at the beauty, man. It is all around you.

Just this AM I saw a story of Jewish teens saving a neo-Nazi from drowning. How awesome is that?
I think both of us have dangerous ideologies to a degree.

I happen to think that there are too many people who fall in love with the idea of the world being good and beautiful as a weapon against living in reality and acknowledging the troubles they want to ignore that are standing right next to them.

I don't have to celebrate all the good when there are too few people fighting the good fight against the bad.
 
Unreal.

Trump was accused of rape by the mother of his children, but yeah, Hilary is his equal on the matter.

False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency

Ivana has publicly disavowed that several times. I suspect you knew that. I would categorize Trump as a serial misogynist rather than a sexual predator. For someone as rich and famous as he is, there are actually very few accusations against him - most were made during the campaign. Despite his "grabbing" comments (made in 2005) , after looking at the accusations against him (google), I couldn't find one where anyone accused him of "grabbing"

I'm not defending Trump, at best he is an unrepentant misogynist. I'm merely pointing out that there were only 2 real candidates to choose from and 60 million people voting for him does not necessarily indicate that they are endorsing his behavior or comments. I can tell you as one of the 60 million, that I get real sick and tired of being made to feel like I am an evil, sexist, racist person because of the way I voted. I know that is how a lot of liberals feel - which is why I like to point out their own hypocrisy.

I do give you full credit for acknowledging the Clinton's wrongs on this issue in this thread and I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of the Brile's hire.
 
I can tell you as one of the 60 million, that I get real sick and tired of being made to feel like I am an evil, sexist, racist person because of the way I voted.
You voted for an evil, sexist, racist human being. I'm sorry for the way it makes you feel, but you will not be allowed to hide from that shame. Our nation is run by a human being that has zero regard for the law or the truth or brown people or any kind of class. That's on you and those 60 million.

I know that reads as snarky, but there are consequences for actions. I simply won't allow people to seek shelter in pretend-land in an effort to rid themselves of the truths.
 
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