• slothrop @lemmy.caEnglish
    30·
    1 个月前

    Surprisingly, that man is an established rapist and has neither apologized for nor retracted the ad…

  • Zephorah@discuss.online
    12·
    1 个月前

    Coming from a convicted rapist “fair shake” is very likely being given essays, a slap on the wrist, and no chance of formal convictions.

    • QueenHawlSera@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 个月前

      I’m still shocked they made them write essays, no punishment at all would actually be less insulting.

      How does one even begin with a “I’m sorry I did one of the worst crimes imaginable.” essay with a straight face? I almost wanna read the essays because I’m sure they’ll make me sick and I fucking hate myself.

      • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        1 个月前

        I don’t undestand how they could even attempt to write something that shows any true contrition. Leaving aside the question of whether any of them actually believe that they did anything wrong and feel regret, wouldn’t writing any truly meaningful esaay leave them open to procecution? (Although, I guess that would only br a risk if we lived in a world where the police and procecutors give a shit).

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        0·
        1 个月前

        How does one even begin with a “I’m sorry I did one of the worst crimes imaginable.” essay with a straight face?

        I doubt any of them went that far. There’s no way they’d admit guilt in an essay. These kids have lawyers.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 个月前

      He’s not a convicted rapist. It was a civil case, which is about liability, not guilt. There’s no such thing as conviction or acquittal.

      He’s a man a jury found to be liable for sexual assault, and that’s how we should describe him.

      It’s important that we be correct, because the other side jumps on any tiny thing that’s slightly wrong to justify their outrageous lies. Don’t give ammunition to the “both sides” assholes.

      • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 个月前

        I’ve seen the term “ajudicated rapist” used a bunch. Basically the judge did assert that Trump did sexually assault Carol but since it wasn’t a criminal trial, he was ajudicated, not convicted. If I recall correctly, NY pretty much only considered an incident to be rape if it penetrative and using a penis, so that’s why it’s SA rather than rape. I think their laws are different now so it would be considered rape today.

  • cm0002@lemy.lol
    9·
    1 个月前

    I’m surprised he hasn’t invited them to the Whitehouse for a dinner yet sad lol

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 个月前

      As a Son of The Revolution, that needs to be fixed.

      Washington wasn’t wrong when he cautioned against partisan politics. He said we shouldn’t do it as he left office and that lasted all of an hour before we created the partisan politics that has been destroying us ever since. None of them knew that FPTP would be as detrimental as it is. That math wasn’t done until the mid 1800s.

      Washington was wrong about plenty of other things, but not that.

  • crystalmerchant@lemmy.world
    71·
    1 个月前

    For context this is in reference to Trump’s reaction to the Central Park Five in the 90s in New York City (I think the 90s?)

  • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
    5·
    1 个月前

    Crowdfund a full page ad that is an updated version of his Central park 5 and but with the Cornell 7 boys info and a bonus panel of Trump’s sexual assault record.

  • GreenBean@lemmy.today
    3·
    1 个月前

    Used his unearned wealth and power vested therein to spread bigotry, social sway and misinformation in one case. Then, uses position at head of political cult, White Nationalism and as “potus” in the second. Immoral and unethical in both. With the “potus’” place in the Justice System of the USA, not theirs to comment in any other than a neutral manner for fear of swaying opinions concerning the matter.

    • QueenHawlSera@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 个月前

      Tons of people are claiming that it’s a “Men’s Rights Issue” and that if she consented to sex, she consented to rape. A lot of “Regret is not rape” bullshit that ignores the fact that she initially consented, but then seven people raped her.

      • freely1333@reddthat.comEnglish
        11·
        1 个月前

        I think the issue is that the initial report lists her as always consenting to everything and the men respecting when she said no to anything. Also how she was not really considering it to be anything like rape until everyone found out about it and then she was uninvited to the Halloween party (which she still planned on attending btw).

        I think the disconnect is between “feels rapey” and “legally rape.” And I don’t think that any of the right is defending it as morally good or anything just saying that her feeling taken advantage of after the fact cannot be grounds for it becoming rape, in a legal sense.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          1 个月前

          And I don’t think that any of the right is defending it as morally good or anything

          Buddy, I guarantee there are people literally saying that she deserved/still deserves to be raped.

          I’m not sure why you’re here pretending that conservatives aren’t vile.