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Bernardo de La Paz

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16. Thank you for writing. Learn the power & effectiveness of dispassionate anger.

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 08:07 AM

Oct 2018

Without the emotions it is more effective. You can be just as angry and more determined. Easier said than done, but at the least it leads to fewer typos!

Carry on. You are fighting the good fight. Sisters persist and lead the brothers.

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I'm not going to stop being angry about Brett K and here is why: [View all] Coventina Oct 2018 OP

I hear you, my dear Coventina and I agree with you, always. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2018 #1

My dear CaliforniaPeggy... Coventina Oct 2018 #2

Thank you, and may I suggest... DemocracyMouse Oct 2018 #14

that works for me. I have been calling him a sexual predator, NOT alleged, because I am thinking niyad Oct 2018 #21

So true. He was manifestly abusive in that yearbook. Journalists could also confidently call him a.. DemocracyMouse Oct 2018 #28

I had a friend raped at knifepoint by three men after she kindly stppped to help someone on the road lostnfound Oct 2018 #3

. Coventina Oct 2018 #7

Wish I could rec 1000x volstork Oct 2018 #4

Agreed. It is time for "good" men to live up to their qualifier. n/t Coventina Oct 2018 #8

Nor should you. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2018 #5

I would like to add two things. llmart Oct 2018 #6

True. Attempting rape is a rapist who didn't succeed THAT PARTICULAR TIME. Coventina Oct 2018 #9

In Caifornia, it is still rape by definition. He could have smoothered Christine! OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #17

The fact that he PUT HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #48

I hear you PJMcK Oct 2018 #10

The rapists are not my father, not my brothers, not me and I have no sons. wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #11

I'll stop broad brushing men when they stop raping and enabling rapists. n/t Coventina Oct 2018 #12

Agree! Tumbulu Oct 2018 #13

Well said! I am considering refusing to vote for ANY man until hughee99 Oct 2018 #23

Well no one will pay attention to you unless wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #25

You know damn well all men are not rapists wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #34

Actually, I don't damn well know that. Coventina Oct 2018 #46

And we ALL know that rape is under-reported. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #49

Lucky you, and guess what Tumbulu Oct 2018 #15

I have had very many relationships in my wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #26

While women are raped, you yet rail on about your own oppression as a man. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #19

Well that's you. wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #30

That you read this as broad brushing all men speaks volumes. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2018 #22

That is popular on DU. You make wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #31

Pointing out your response was off base and tone deaf is bullying? Pacifist Patriot Oct 2018 #37

No to everything you just posted wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #39

Interesting choice of words-- BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #42

Well aren't we very dramatic in calling me dramatic! wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #51

I'll just leave that right there. Let folks step around it. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #52

You think I did not mean to be factual?!?!? Coventina Oct 2018 #47

It is not true that all men are rapists and wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #50

If men hate rape so much, why hasn't rape culture been eradicated? Coventina Oct 2018 #54

Chances are very very good that you know somebody who has been raped even though they haven't told raccoon Oct 2018 #27

I agree wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #32

There's absolutely no way you can know that for a fact. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 #35

Ridiculous victimization Pacifist Patriot Oct 2018 #38

they are not going to tell you about it. Women don't tell that to most men demigoddess Oct 2018 #41

Thank you for writing. Learn the power & effectiveness of dispassionate anger. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #16

I really do hope you take this the right way ... Cigar11 Oct 2018 #18

So your solution to the rape problem is for women to shoot their attackers? Coventina Oct 2018 #45

k and r,. words are completely inadequate, but know that you are not standing, nor angry, alone. niyad Oct 2018 #20

I'm still freaking angry over the Iran hostage arms deal and the illegal war in Nicaragua pecosbob Oct 2018 #24

No one is saying to stop being angry. Just take the anger to the voting booth. And bring friends. LBM20 Oct 2018 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 #33

I hope people here Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #36

We need to punish rape appropriately. Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #40

K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #43

The best revenge though? Getting even. Initech Oct 2018 #44

My wife is a rape victim, and a victim of severe workplace sexual harassment. Nitram Oct 2018 #53