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In reply to the discussion: My wife said something about Kavanaugh that I can't stop thinking about. [View all]The Mouth
(3,148 posts)63. A "Friend" (actually a guy I grew up with)
was one of those types. Rich, arrogant, good athlete. Assaulted at least two girls I knew of (finding out after the fact, I do like to think I would have tried to stop it but I would have just gotten my ass kicked), no one messed with him - lawyers.
If he hadn't have rotted his brain with drugs and booze, and died under a bridge after burning through a half million of 'rehab' he would still be hurting everyone possible.
There is nothing more poisonous thing than arrogance to a human soul; it's the actual message of many 'holy' works when taken in their proper metaphorical teaching context. Once you think you can do no wrong, regardless of politics or context, it's all downhill.
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My wife said something about Kavanaugh that I can't stop thinking about. [View all]
TomSlick
Oct 2018
OP
No, the point was that in high school those were the kids who made fun of
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#62
Especially if we went to high school anywhere. Entitled party boys are everywhere. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#6
What a coincidence you should post this. Today I overheard a telephone conversation
Vinca
Oct 2018
#13
I have been around quite a few. Luckily, I'm an athlete so they ended up flat on their asses mostly.
kerry-is-my-prez
Oct 2018
#17
I was lucky. I didn't really meet a Brett Kavanaugh type until I got into the work world
smirkymonkey
Oct 2018
#18
I've never been sexually assaulted but I knew tons of Brett Kavanaughs. He's only a bit older
Neema
Oct 2018
#37
I knew many like Kavanaugh, and they all ended up doing pretty good. Got lots of dates, too.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2018
#41
Hold on there. Weren't you the one who was insisting that we should be compassionate toward
Squinch
Oct 2018
#57
I attended a Catholic boys high school and an Ivy League university
Fortinbras Armstrong
Oct 2018
#65