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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Do you support the attempts to slut-shame Monica Lewinsky [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)77. when dredging up past sexual exp. and abortions and how many mates...
whether they were married and how old they were, yes, it is very similar to some rape trials.
sorry if that offends you!
There were many agreeing that Monica was some kind of 'bad girl' all along, what with that sordid history of *gasp! having sex!!!, and poor bill got caught in her hooks. sorry if that offends you too!
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It's just the media spinning up gossip for busybodies that have nothing better to do than
newthinking
May 2014
#1
Fair question. It's because Monica is doing interviews with several media including Vanity Fair.
stevenleser
May 2014
#4
It was with a President of the USA in a room off the oval office and because Clinton
KoKo
May 2014
#33
It could have been Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory with a candlestick. I don't care.
stevenleser
May 2014
#36
It certainly was our "beeswax" We citizens had to pay for the investigation in tax dollars
KoKo
May 2014
#42
There should have been no investigation to begin with. No laws were broken. Even the...
stevenleser
May 2014
#53
You're probably right about that, but that investigation could have taken 5 minutes of time
Whisp
May 2014
#55
He didn't commit perjury. He lied in a DEPOSITION which ended up not being relevant to the case. To
sabrina 1
May 2014
#94
And neither did, as two adults with full agency. Nor did either have a duty to do so.
stevenleser
May 2014
#72
*Other* No I don't support shaming... but I also don't really care that much about this story.
Agschmid
May 2014
#8
I think she wants to have a life. Beyoncé just wrote a new song that contains a
stevenleser
May 2014
#13
Questioning motive and timing is not the same as telling her when to speak
NightWatcher
May 2014
#20
It is the way you are doing it. You do not offer any reasoning. Why is this timing suspect? What
Bluenorthwest
May 2014
#24
Nor is implying a motive the same thing as "Questioning motive and timing..."
LanternWaste
May 2014
#26
In relation to this question President Clinton's ethical failures are hugely important
intaglio
May 2014
#63
How do you feel about Obama's secret service agents being fired for hiring prostitutes?
Whisp
May 2014
#34
For starters, I don't think they should be slut shamed. When discussing military and Secret Service
stevenleser
May 2014
#45
Who's "slut shaming?" I think that term's an asine one and I don't think that's what's happening.
MADem
May 2014
#37
Fair warning though, stay away from those folks eating that chocolate-sauce covered treat!
MADem
May 2014
#97
Why doesn't anyone place the focus on where it really belongs-it was Linda Tripp
R B Garr
May 2014
#50
Please no. I get where you are coming from and you are right. But no, and I'll tell you why
stevenleser
May 2014
#51
I'm sure the Repubs probably want to get everyone riled up against this incident again.
Manifestor_of_Light
May 2014
#81
No, and frankly if May is going to be Clenis month, I need to clear my calendar.
Warren DeMontague
May 2014
#82