Never mind the fact that that is the only station--the only reporter even, that they will talk (Reply #68)

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68. Never mind the fact that that is the only station--the only reporter even, that they will talk

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I agree with you RockaFowler.

And, I will add, the linked-to article is an Examiner piece... Anyone can write for the Examiner, including friends of the "other" Smiths.

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Kaitlyn Hunt's mother under attack by bloggers who say 'Free Kate' is all lies [View all]	shawn703	May 2013	OP
The whole thing stinks. If there is smoke then there is fire. I still think it has	southernyankeebelle	May 2013	#1
What smoke?	shawn703	May 2013	#16
Wild eyed accusations from the freekate camp? I think you have it backwards. nt	pnwmom	May 2013	#27
Backwards?	shawn703	May 2013	#42
I don't know who to believe. I am so glad its clear to you.	southernyankeebelle	May 2013	#45
Well usually it's harder to believe	shawn703	May 2013	#48
Well I really am not following it to closely. I just hope the girl doesn't go to jail and they	southernyankeebelle	May 2013	#49
The "3 year age gap" & other false talking points originated w/Kate's mother	alp227	May 2013	#154
Post removed	Post removed	May 2013	#2
I'm straight and detest the double standard. I think the	arthritisR_US	May 2013	#4
I don't think so. They probably wouldn't have warned the older one more than once first....	Honeycombe8	May 2013	#7
Well that's just silly	shawn703	May 2013	#8
Where is the double standard?	LisaL	May 2013	#9
Because the 18 yr old was female, we will never know but I	arthritisR_US	May 2013	#13
if you're referring to Jerry Seinfeld his minor was over the age of consent	magical thyme	May 2013	#17
Conor Kennedy was 17	shawn703	May 2013	#18
My feeling is that the harm being done to the	arthritisR_US	May 2013	#19
Depends how you look at it	shawn703	May 2013	#20
I agree but people are to blind to see it	Drale	May 2013	#176
I remember sneaking out as a teenager too so	arthritisR_US	May 2013	#184
You must not listen to Stern.	MrSlayer	May 2013	#102
I can honestly say I have never listened to him.	arthritisR_US	May 2013	#157
This I remember. Wasn't it on most shows being discussed?	vaberella	May 2013	#182
"You straights"? No shit?	11 Bravo	May 2013	#6
Haha yeah	shawn703	May 2013	#10
"You straights"? C'mon.	nolabear	May 2013	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	Iggo	May 2013	#12
Deleting as the post referring to was hidden	The Straight Story	May 2013	#14
When sex between two kids is referred to as "lewd & lascivious", I stop reading & dismiss	pacalo	May 2013	#3
The law is the law. The 18 year old was asked more than once to leave the child alone....	Honeycombe8	May 2013	#5
I'm not about to defend the sneaking out at night; it's a parent's nightmare for the reasons	pacalo	May 2013	#15
Are you listening to yourself?	stupart74	May 2013	#38
So was Romeo.	jeff47	May 2013	#90
And look how well it ended for both of them.	LisaL	May 2013	#95
Yeah, it's terrible that their scheme to flee their stupid parents failed.	jeff47	May 2013	#98
I think it's about time to state the obvious. Romeo and Juliet are not actually people.	LisaL	May 2013	#104
I think it's about time you realize your revulsion at this case	jeff47	May 2013	#111
How would her life be destroyed by a plea deal that included no jail time and no sex offender	LisaL	May 2013	#115
It's a felony conviction.	jeff47	May 2013	#118
If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime.	LisaL	May 2013	#119
The entire point is this should not be a crime.	jeff47	May 2013	#121
Go read the damn play.	Donald Ian Rankin	May 2013	#142
And her screeching	Dorian Gray	May 2013	#149
These are a couple girls, 3 and a half years apart, on the same team.	pnwmom	May 2013	#28
What?	LisaL	May 2013	#62
In this situation. In general, I think the age of 21 for full adulthood	pnwmom	May 2013	#112
Then by your logic, a 20-year-old hooking up with a 14-year-old would be okay?	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#130
No, a six year age difference is too much.	pnwmom	May 2013	#132
Except it wasn't two kids.	Mr. X	May 2013	#26
She's a kid. n/t	pacalo	May 2013	#29
Yes	Mr. X	May 2013	#32
One does one stop being a kid nowdays?	LisaL	May 2013	#63
There's multiple measurements.	jeff47	May 2013	#92
Which is funny, because here is the definition of that	davidpdx	May 2013	#185
The laws weren't as insane when I went to high school.	pacalo	May 2013	#187
Agreed	davidpdx	May 2013	#188
And of course people indignantly deny that there's any hint of bias at work.	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#21
except not really	roughrider101	May 2013	#22
No actual stats, but I can think of worse cases than that where nothing ever happened to the guy.	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#23
Do you know	roughrider101	May 2013	#24
Admittedly, no.	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#25
Do the laws	Mr. X	May 2013	#30
drug laws don't have penalties based on race	dsc	May 2013	#81
Yes and no	Mr. X	May 2013	#120
But penalties for crack are more severe than for powder cocaine	KamaAina	May 2013	#173
And?	Mr. X	May 2013	#183
So what you are saying is	roughrider101	May 2013	#31
No, I'm putting my own interpretation to a somewhat ambiguous situation.	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#34
a somewhat ambiguous situation?	roughrider101	May 2013	#99
If you trust the word of Christian fundamentalists who think Kaitlyn "made their daughter gay"	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#135
Who are Christian fundamentalists?	roughrider101	May 2013	#138
Maybe we're both seeing what we want to see. That's very possible.	nomorenomore08	May 2013	#139
And like many red-state Democrats	shawn703	May 2013	#140
It's not likely	roughrider101	May 2013	#141
Yes.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#33
at my high school, one of the girls in my class was having a relationship with a teacher,	HiPointDem	May 2013	#35
That's factually incorrect...	Chan790	May 2013	#61
Actually, the plea deal offered included no jail time.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#65
can you provide a link? because almost every article I've seen	magical thyme	May 2013	#110
The net was designed to catch 18 year old boys.	lumberjack_jeff	May 2013	#66
+1	JVS	May 2013	#165
This message was self-deleted by its author	davidn3600	May 2013	#36
FYI...one blogger leading this charge about all this being a lie is a known far-right winger	davidn3600	May 2013	#37
So here's an easy one then	shawn703	May 2013	#41
Yeah, he got caught red-handed on that one.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#103
I'm not sure it is that easy.	CincyDem	May 2013	#126
Very true, Dave, very true.	AverageJoe90	May 2013	#164
So what is your explanation	shawn703	May 2013	#166
Not only bloggers, but many members of DU have as well	davidpdx	May 2013	#39
18 and 14 is not child molestation...especially when it was just turned 18 and almost 15.	alphafemale	May 2013	#40
It's not like Kate wasn't warned	shawn703	May 2013	#43
According to the Smiths	RockaFowler	May 2013	#44
According to the younger girl's family...	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#46
Never mind the fact that that is the only station--the only reporter even, that they will talk	ScreamingMeemie	May 2013	#68
WTF should they talk to the press at all, unless they want to?	LisaL	May 2013	#75
How well did you listen to your parents when they told you to stay away from someone?	we can do it	May 2013	#159
I've never been in a position	shawn703	May 2013	#163
She didn't "just" turn 18.	LisaL	May 2013	#64
When my daughter was 14...	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#47
How about parenting your child instead.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#50
You obviously have no clue on teenagers.	itsrobert	May 2013	#51
Ms. Hunt is not a predator.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#54
I'm not so sure that she's not a predator.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#67
If you were asked to describe your teenage child's girlfriend or boyfriend	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#70
"A bit scrambled" is one thing...	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#73
It is not that I am sympathetic to Ms Hunt -	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#79
I think you won't find the link you're looking for	shawn703	May 2013	#89
Several people on DU made the very specific assertion	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#94
Couldn't the absence of such threads	shawn703	May 2013	#122
Actually, I am pretty sure it is quite rare	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#156
This is about sex not dating	DevilMayhem666	May 2013	#186
Welcome to DU and indeed, that it is, about sex, not "dating".	uppityperson	May 2013	#189
Always someone else's fault, right?	davidn3600	May 2013	#55
Quick! Call Chris Hansen!	backscatter712	May 2013	#83
And if it comes to it	shawn703	May 2013	#52
Nothing I've seen said they did anything	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#59
I don't see any evidence that parents of a 14 year old didn't try to control their child.	LisaL	May 2013	#60
Nothing you've seen	shawn703	May 2013	#69
All I can go by is what they have said publicly.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#71
So would you be happier	shawn703	May 2013	#72
"I don't see why they should be explaining to anyone..."	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#78
And they should be fucking smeared for their religious bigotry.	backscatter712	May 2013	#88
According to whom?	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#91
I've seen this stated again and again,	kiva	May 2013	#150
The parents have already made statements.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#80
It's their child, not yours. These people are following the law. They are fully within their rights	LisaL	May 2013	#96
I don't disagree with you.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#53
I don't believe she did.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#57
A 7th grade classmate of mine dated a Senior toward the end of the term	BuelahWitch	May 2013	#125
The problem is Kate picked up the 14 year old at night without the girls parents knowledge	dkf	May 2013	#152
right. you know so much about how the poster parents? the fuck you do.	cali	May 2013	#56
"your"	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#58
the behavior of the older child ?	roughrider101	May 2013	#137
When they are in high school,	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#155
No...they arent.	roughrider101	May 2013	#167
I'm not talking about legal interactions -	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#172
You're making the point wrong in the beginning	roughrider101	May 2013	#174
No you're accepting that the law, as it is, is how it should be.	Ms. Toad	May 2013	#175
So are all laws. You dont want subjective laws do you?	roughrider101	May 2013	#177
You really think a relationship between a senior and a freshman is unusual?	jeff47	May 2013	#76
Probably not as unusual as they should be.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#77
Oh please.	jeff47	May 2013	#85
They are?	roughrider101	May 2013	#101
You do realize the plural of "anecdote" is not "data", right?	jeff47	May 2013	#107
Because the puritans?	roughrider101	May 2013	#131
...and this thread...	Iggo	May 2013	#74
Oh, didn't you know, Kaitlyn's a sexual predator!	backscatter712	May 2013	#82
Now there's a charming euphemism for "an adult having sex with a child".	Donald Ian Rankin	May 2013	#84
Fucking stupid is what this case is.	backscatter712	May 2013	#86
so what?	roughrider101	May 2013	#105
Good post.	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#108
Agreed. "Peer group" makes no sense.	richmwill	May 2013	#124
What denomination are the Smiths?	shawn703	May 2013	#143
Bullshit.	jeff47	May 2013	#87
I'm afraid I think you're just making stuff up.	Donald Ian Rankin	May 2013	#93
I'm afraid I think you're making stuff up.	jeff47	May 2013	#97
This would not be a crime in the majority of states???	NaturalHigh	May 2013	#100
I'm not.	jeff47	May 2013	#106
What vast majority of states? And how many years difference are we talking about in this	LisaL	May 2013	#113
Usually, the age difference is about 4 years.	jeff47	May 2013	#116
Very true. This is Florida, the most brain-damaged state in the union.	backscatter712	May 2013	#117
Romeo and Juliet laws	shawn703	May 2013	#128
Would not be a crime in most countries is a better way to put it	davidn3600	May 2013	#109
Considering a lot of people here are arguing that 18 year old aren't mature,	LisaL	May 2013	#114
Just because you're not mature, doesn't mean you won't have sex	jeff47	May 2013	#123
60% of 18 year olds have sex with 14 year olds?	shawn703	May 2013	#129
You should pay attention to a thread before replying.	jeff47	May 2013	#144
That's not how I interpreted the posts leading up to yours	shawn703	May 2013	#146
Well, apparently you need some help with reading comprehension then.	jeff47	May 2013	#148
If you haven't seen the "they're both just kids" argument	shawn703	May 2013	#151
The "they're both just kids" is not about 18-year olds being immature.	jeff47	May 2013	#179
Frankly, I don't care if people know what it is like to be 18 or not.	AnalystInParadise	May 2013	#162
What would you respond if I said	roughrider101	May 2013	#181
What?	roughrider101	May 2013	#170
When did this happen?	roughrider101	May 2013	#180
Where did you pull that stat from?	roughrider101	May 2013	#133
Seriously?	jeff47	May 2013	#145
Where in the second paragraph?	roughrider101	May 2013	#171
You have to actually follow the discussion you are trying to participate in.	jeff47	May 2013	#178
Based on this	roughrider101	May 2013	#134
Seriously? 45 states can handle different thresholds	jeff47	May 2013	#147
This message was self-deleted by its author	alp227	May 2013	#160
Read the entire 2 sentences before replying.	jeff47	May 2013	#161
Are you responding to me?	roughrider101	May 2013	#168
They were both in HIGH SCHOOL	Matariki	May 2013	#127
High school seniors dont get arrested for having relationships with freshmen	roughrider101	May 2013	#136
18 year old having sex with a 14 child is wrong. Period.	DMacTX	May 2013	#153
I believe there are degrees of wrong	cali	May 2013	#169
Ugh, social media gives people ways to meddle in other people's business.	Initech	May 2013	#158

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