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In reply to the discussion: I give the fuck up. Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation at Florida Theater [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)174. I admit to having had mixed feelings about Allen, I really wanted to believe he wasnt
a total creeped out shit head, but I gave that up. I can't watch any of his shit anymore, it is all just creep-work.
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I give the fuck up. Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation at Florida Theater [View all]
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
OP
Cosby has not been charged with any crime. Some chose not to believe the accusers are telling the
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#6
There was that whole intervening "ceased to exist" that prevents that, but you are correct.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#16
Having trouble letting go of his image as warm "Dr Huxtable" on the Cosby show?
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#18
It looks really bad, but in every case one is innocent until proven guilty.
The Wielding Truth
Nov 2014
#144
Okay, I understand disgust with Cosby, what the heck do you have against the poor
1monster
Nov 2014
#58
Actually the only thing by definition that makes you a criminal is being convicted of a crime.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#21
That applies to jurors. But it doesn't apply in the case of a man who has settled all the claims
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#108
It is a fundamental LEGAL right. Everyone facing trial is to be presumed innocent.
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#112
the poster has had that pointed out to him in this thread multiple times
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#117
Ordinary public option? You are equating ordinary, versus 'special', I guess, public opinion, with the
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#167
The person may have a mental illness, maybe they were so drunk as to not have the men's rea,
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#168
they DO vilify the accusers. the OVERWHELMING praise for b.c. IS a statement:
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2014
#31
"they viewed him as an entertainer"... so what? these charges are very serious, and I remember
secondwind
Nov 2014
#9
British DJ, knighted for charity work, sexually abused hundreds of children and teenagers
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#32
guess what, 'nilla? we don't live in a courtroom. people are perfectly free to come to their own
cali
Nov 2014
#63
Guess what Cal....that is the proverbial "court of public opinion" but in REAL life....
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#66
Then why didn't you reply to someone calling him guilty, rather than someone
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#90
Its the same....Jeffery Dahmer had HEADS in the fridge...he STILL got a fair trail with the
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#91
Then why didn't you reply to someone calling him guilty, rather than someone
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#96
That right protects the individual from the state, not from public opinion.
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#78
Right and he will suffer from that....but there will not be a trial....and no resolution to this...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#81
I am not defending him....I am saying....he will never be found guilty in a court of law
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#85
bzzzt. fail, 'nils. that's true in the legal arena- which is no more real life than
cali
Nov 2014
#86
The court of public opinion is a Kangaroo court...he is not going to get to present a defense...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#93
oh for fuck's sake. this isn't rocket science, 'nilla. Due process is a legal precept
cali
Nov 2014
#119
the presumption of innocence IS a fundamental Right.....AND the The American way....
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#76
well that was even more nonsensical than the rest of your ridiculous posts in this thread
cali
Nov 2014
#127
Except for the fact that i provided FACTS....and you are denying them like Climate Change deniers...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#130
I JUST gave you facts...as I OFTEN do.....you can deny "science" all you want!!!!
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#125
The presumption of innocence only applies in a CRIMINAL COURTROOM.
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2014
#155
I do, Cali dear, and once again you are wrong and insult in order to feel better about it.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#176
do you really think that would have made a difference to the assholes in FL if he had been convicted
bowens43
Nov 2014
#152
"What are the odds that 13 different women from different backgrounds who have very similar and"
baldguy
Nov 2014
#24
You are mischaracterizing. They are not deniers, they are reserving judgment until more is known.
elias7
Nov 2014
#47
We are none of the above. Consequently when a sick fuck like Cosby gets exposed
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#62
He setttled earlier suits. This has been going on for years. All the women with very stories.
HERVEPA
Nov 2014
#57
"Just doesn't seem like the liberal thing to do." < I have heard this somewhere before... n/t
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#45
You mean the fucking Rick Scott state? What do you expect? They LOVE criminal assholes. nt
valerief
Nov 2014
#35
All of the right wing evangelical christians I know are convinced that Cosby is 100%
Don Draper
Nov 2014
#51
Just like Steelers QB Ben Rapistberger, gets adoration and praise every Sunday.
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2014
#52
I think the psychological phenomenon you delineate here (quite nicely, I might add) is
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#64
I admit to having had mixed feelings about Allen, I really wanted to believe he wasnt
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#174
I have to say, if 16 people had made the accusation, I'd find it pretty damn impossible to question.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2014
#175
you know what is sad- it would probably take one man to spill the beans and suddenly we would see
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#103
It wasn't until male comedian Hannibal Burress called Cosby a rapist that
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2014
#110
Yep- a man takes it seriously, and all of a sudden- maybe they are not all "nuts and sluts".
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#111
I wonder if this same crowd would also cheer Ray Rice, Aaron Hernandez, and Jerry Sandusky?
Initech
Nov 2014
#107
They were people who were already big enough fans to buy a ticket in the first place
Adenoid_Hynkel
Nov 2014
#113