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sop

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1. The best thing is to simply ignore it. We can't allow ourselves to be so cynically manipulated.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:49 AM

Apr 2020

(This comment isn't meant to lessen the seriousness of sexual assault, but) These accusations are intended solely to stir up Democrats, the only people who take this sort of thing seriously. It's clear this woman is a put-up job, probably paid by GOP dirty tricksters to distract voters from the real serial sex abuser in this campaign, Donald Trump.

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Republicans wouldn't care if Trump raped an underage girl or boy [View all] raccoon Apr 2020 OP

The best thing is to simply ignore it. We can't allow ourselves to be so cynically manipulated. sop Apr 2020 #1

biden should memorize the names of all the women who have accused twitler. mopinko Apr 2020 #2

"If 25 accusations aren't enough to derail a campaign, one certainly shouldn't be!" WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #8

ugh. the graphic thoughts that just flipped through my mind. mopinko Apr 2020 #10

That is a terrible argument, and using it makes us look bad. It comes down to a she said still_one Apr 2020 #3

Going forward I'm responding to all snide remarks as "swift boating" I'm cutting people off. Ninga Apr 2020 #5

That's fine in my view. I just think that the argument the OP is suggesting that because trump still_one Apr 2020 #6

Great timeline, I copied it for future use, should be posted on as many sites as possible. sop Apr 2020 #7

That timeline was from the link bellow still_one Apr 2020 #9

Do. Not.Give. This unsubstantiated claim. Legs. Cut off the oxygen. Ninga Apr 2020 #4

This is NOT the argument you want to make NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #11

Abusers need enablers, and the GOP is happy to oblige. lindysalsagal Apr 2020 #12