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CanSocDem

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19. These issues have to be examined...

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:42 AM

Mar 2013

...if society is to solve the problems of a violent culture. It's easy to focus on the over-blown rhetoric from both sides while ignoring the deep, institutional dysfunction that is creating these personal tragedies.

We have to ask ourselves, eventually, what are our beloved institutions teaching our children, that they show such inhumanity to each other.

Sport's "cult's"....in my experience, do not celebrate 'the individual', they celebrate each other. In various sub-cultures of fan dom, team loyalty and ideology they 'toast their own greatness' with over-blown rhetoric and inappropriate 'end-zone dances'.

Now that they seen fit to shine the light on another equally dysfunctional social institution, the family, and hopefully on the influence of the local sub-cultures. I think that focusing on the 'crazies' is a distraction to the real issues of social change.

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Steubenville's NAACP President Says Rape Victim Was Drunk And Willing [View all] cali Mar 2013 OP

Not only is that statement ignorant, it's a contradiction. no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 #1

Was he drunk when he said that??!! n/t Pryderi Mar 2013 #4

So people who drive while drunk aren't really responsible for their actions?? Bandit Mar 2013 #23

What does drunk driving have to sufrommich Mar 2013 #24

Message auto-removed jesus_marley Mar 2013 #41

Drunk drivers plan on driving while drunk,before sufrommich Mar 2013 #43

Thank you...and the fact that you even had to explain it to that troll joeybee12 Mar 2013 #50

Yep.Unfortunately the troll is not alone sufrommich Mar 2013 #51

Being drunk and being passed out unconscious are two different things arcane1 Mar 2013 #46

You don't belong here at DU! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #47

+1. nt. sufrommich Mar 2013 #49

Do you understand the legal and moral difference between geek tragedy Mar 2013 #26

Wow. redqueen Mar 2013 #33

This isnt about responsibility. She was not in a condition to give consent. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #54

Utterly vile.Another case of "she was sufrommich Mar 2013 #2

By that logic, the dead violated by a necrophiliac.... were "asking for it".... hlthe2b Mar 2013 #3

Note to NAACP: Please unmember this guy MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #5

Dangerous statement to make. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #6

Memo to Royal Mayo: sadbear Mar 2013 #7

good gravy ... what is up with this sh*t ? littlewolf Mar 2013 #8

But what was he wearing when he said that? pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #9

A position opening up in the NAACP atreides1 Mar 2013 #10

Yep. UGH as if the right wing media sh*t smears the NAACP ENOUGH already, alp227 Mar 2013 #58

Hold the Royal Mayo, please jberryhill Mar 2013 #11

Disgusting! Sissyk Mar 2013 #12

New oxymoron: drunk and willing pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #13

I'm surprised that such a small town even has a local NAACP chapter. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #14

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #34

He's just as caught up in the aura of "football" as the rest get the red out Mar 2013 #15

Royal Mayo? Was Elite Mustard taken? RZM Mar 2013 #16

Maybe he has a brother NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #21

Ha! Goodone Gin Mar 2013 #28

blaming the victim is always inexcusable, period. nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #17

If this is true.... NCTraveler Mar 2013 #18

These issues have to be examined... CanSocDem Mar 2013 #19

This case was the exact definition of a frat house rape. aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 #20

Wow. City Lights Mar 2013 #22

Vile Idiocy, Ma'am, Is An Equal Opportunity Character Failing.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #25

WTF!!!!!!! RandySF Mar 2013 #27

Colonel Mustard demands his resignation. Erose999 Mar 2013 #29

. Union Scribe Mar 2013 #37

time to DU the NAACP and pressure them to cut this fool frylock Mar 2013 #30

Former president and no information he's still a member. n/t Tempest Mar 2013 #55

Even good organizations are infiltrated by... 99Forever Mar 2013 #31

This Royal Mayo guy was arrested in 2007. Guess what for? KurtNYC Mar 2013 #32

What an ass... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #35

Facebook page: riqster Mar 2013 #36

Disgusting sakabatou Mar 2013 #38

Fucking bastard. n/t cynatnite Mar 2013 #39

sadly he has one point which he buried under tons of crap dsc Mar 2013 #40

Just when you ask how can the townspeople seem more scummy Rex Mar 2013 #42

Oh, brother. Really? librechik Mar 2013 #44

It's easy to see how willing she was Orrex Mar 2013 #45

This is so wrong! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #48

Disgusting Rabid_Rabbit Mar 2013 #52

FORMER. He's making the statement as a private citizen. n/t Tempest Mar 2013 #53

Not entirely riqster Mar 2013 #57

This idiocy disproves "everyone knows what rape is" bettyellen Mar 2013 #56

Royal Mayo's head is full of mayo. n/t alp227 Mar 2013 #59

This is the norm of the popular culture of our society: radicalliberal Apr 2013 #60