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53. It's not the DUI. It's who is being charged with it.

Reply to superpatriotman (Reply #25)

Tue May 30, 2017, 03:50 PM

May 2017

Many, many people take schadenfreude in celebrity failure, whatever it may be...

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Why is a DUI arrest so interesting? [View all] MineralMan May 2017 OP

Shiny object, look over here! NightWatcher May 2017 #1

Yeah, I know it was a celebrity thing. Still, the man was apparently not MineralMan May 2017 #4

It's news because he's a former role model Warpy May 2017 #39

Americans LOVE when celebrities are arrested. Nt. Else You Are Mad May 2017 #2

People trying to make it into a human rights issue. cwydro May 2017 #3

Really? I guess that doesn't make any sense either. MineralMan May 2017 #5

................ Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #6

I think the public... Mike Nelson May 2017 #7

Americans love stories of how the mighty have fallen. Woods will have a decent attorney FSogol May 2017 #8

I suppose so. MineralMan May 2017 #9

I dunno but I'm already sick of hearing about it. mreilly May 2017 #10

The reaction to it is interesting, for me at least.. JHan May 2017 #11

For some, I suppose it's still an issue to have had a black MineralMan May 2017 #12

yep I thought the same, but you know.. mention that fact and you get accused of.. JHan May 2017 #13

Well, sometimes it IS about race. MineralMan May 2017 #14

right now on my FB feed I'm seeing gleeful posts about his mugshot.. JHan May 2017 #15

Yup. Mugshots are rarely flattering, it seems. MineralMan May 2017 #17

DUI is not a victimless crime MichMary May 2017 #37

In this case, however... JHan May 2017 #42

Had he been weaving, or otherwise driving erratically? MichMary May 2017 #47

he was stationary when they found him. JHan May 2017 #48

I can see why they stopped, though MichMary May 2017 #49

Yep that's my point JHan May 2017 #50

I don't feel sorry for him OceanChick May 2017 #54

Michael Phelps, Mike Ditka, Paris Hilton, Christian Slater, Tim Allen, Ty Pennington AtheistCrusader May 2017 #44

Because in this day and age of ubers, pnwest May 2017 #16

How many DUI arrests were made this weekend where you live? MineralMan May 2017 #18

Once The Cops Said. . . ProfessorGAC May 2017 #19

I think that one of the drugs was Ambien MichMary May 2017 #38

If He's New To It ProfessorGAC May 2017 #43

I've taken it, too MichMary May 2017 #45

Famous people always make the news when arrested. cwydro May 2017 #27

Yes, I know. Should they, though? MineralMan May 2017 #29

as i get older and as i need to take more medications this becomes a concern for me dembotoz May 2017 #20

Do you seriously not know who Tiger Woods is? WoonTars May 2017 #21

Of course I do. MineralMan May 2017 #22

Then you should understand why this DUI arrest is such a big deal. WoonTars May 2017 #23

You know, why don't you explain that to me, then? MineralMan May 2017 #24

You have never seen coverage of an event like this before then? WoonTars May 2017 #28

You know, sometimes there's a point in a thread MineralMan May 2017 #31

Pretty sure that point was the OP... WoonTars May 2017 #34

It's not superpatriotman May 2017 #25

Exactly. MineralMan May 2017 #26

It's not the DUI. It's who is being charged with it. berni_mccoy May 2017 #53

Celebrity news Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #30

the celebrity news business leans heavily on the "has-beens" unblock May 2017 #32

...says a person spending time on a political blog, as opposed to 99% of the population. brooklynite May 2017 #33

Well there is that... WoonTars May 2017 #35

Seems to be interesting in being a rare case treestar May 2017 #36

I think sometimes people like to see celebrities taken down a notch. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #40

How strange, it seems to me, somehow. MineralMan May 2017 #41

I know, I know, call on me! n/t WellDarn May 2017 #46

He was on the side of the road. He obviously did the right thing. Lint Head May 2017 #51

for some, schadenfreude. Brainstormy May 2017 #52