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usedtobedemgurl

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24. Whether her story is true or not....
Thu Nov 16, 2017, 02:28 PM
Nov 2017

I take offense that you cast aspersions on someone because of the atmosphere. She could walk around naked in front of Al, Robin, and the rest of the men and she does not deserve you saying about the sexual innuendo and that is was not a family atmosphere.

Here, maybe this will make it clearer:

A woman is raped and her mom asks where she had been. She was at a strip club. The mom asks how much the girl had to drink. Only one or two drinks. How about the men at your table? They had three or four drinks. Well what was she wearing? A low cut top and a mini skirt. Well there you go, she and the guys had been drinking in a strip club, of all places, and look at what she was wearing!!!

When you ask these questions or you state things about someone shaking their rump, what are you really trying to say? Because the way it comes across is she knew the atmosphere and so what did she expect? She shook her rump so why is she acting all innocent and saying the kiss was something she never wanted?

That is how it comes across and it casts aspersions on anyone who has been raped, molested, or assaulted. If this is not what you meant by posting the words you did as well as the video, then what did you mean?

Let me be clear, I really like Al Franken. I think this is politically motivated. I respect that he came out and apologized and said it was in poor taste. I think he should keep his job, not because I am a Democrat but because I do not think he touched her in that picture and the kiss was a part of a sketch. This is not an established pattern. The reason I did not come forward, when I was raped, is because of statements like you made about this woman. Can we not judge what is happening on the merits of the situation rather than tearing someone apart while making it harder for people who have been assaulted to come forward? Words have weight. Is this how you want to use yours?

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Video of Tweeden at USO show [View all] Cattledog Nov 2017 OP
Then she makes up a story, probably with the help of hannity, about how Al Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #1
Oh I have no doubt that the story and account is rooted in truth but it has been Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #4
Right, they were in the same place on the planet, other than that, not so much Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #6
I believe that she didn't want to kiss him...but she did agree to do it. Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #9
Nope, dont believe any of that, if Al says so, then it is so. He wont lie. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #11
Well to be fair....I would say just about everybody lies. Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #15
Not about sexual assault. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #18
People have lied about everything including sexual assault. I read her full story and from what I Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #23
There was another guy in that photo though! Initech Nov 2017 #8
Did Anyone Catch the Magazine Reference in the Introduction? Leith Nov 2017 #2
What's your point here? melman Nov 2017 #20
It's not clear to me what you're trying to say, here. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #3
Then she should not have agreed to kiss him. Did you read her account Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #5
I have my own doubts about this story but... lame54 Nov 2017 #7
Yet we will continue to be bewildered B2G Nov 2017 #10
I have a few posts of my own... lame54 Nov 2017 #13
Did you have the same comments on the Moore accusors? Kingofalldems Nov 2017 #19
I defended them to Conservatives. moriah Nov 2017 #25
Did I defend them on DU? B2G Nov 2017 #27
It's just some background...shows what kind of atmosphere it is. She says that in the piece that Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #12
Yes - read that too... lame54 Nov 2017 #16
So what? pintobean Nov 2017 #14
Well know whats really up if shes a guest on Hannity tonight. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #17
And, my friend, threads like this remind us who here at DU is Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #21
okay ... so? fishwax Nov 2017 #22
Whether her story is true or not.... usedtobedemgurl Nov 2017 #24
She's a Republican? rainin Nov 2017 #26
Okay, as an old but very determined feminist - - - hamsterjill Nov 2017 #28
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