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In reply to the discussion: Allen Responds to Farrow's Abuse Claims in Letter [View all]reddread
(6,896 posts)14. Sinatra, Polanski, her brother...
she strikes me as a real peach, with serious character issues.
but the pile-on here shows whats really wrong with mob rule.
this is exactly why we need a decent form of government,
administering laws, and a reliable system of justice for all.
Maybe someday.
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judge says allens behavior grossly inappropriate and mia did not do all the stuff allen says she did
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#1
People Mag: Dylan Farrow Speaks Out About Her Woody Allen Allegations – and the Backlash
PoliticAverse
Feb 2014
#2
And then, Mia named another one of her children after the judge (middle name of the child Wilks).
JDPriestly
Feb 2014
#11
Your argument is a real reach...I must say you leave me practically speechless...reaching for
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#44
And that's probably the best position, being that the 'facts' are contradicted from
polly7
Feb 2014
#52
His letter will be the final word on the matter? That sounds unbelievably arrogant, doesn't it?
Fridays Child
Feb 2014
#6
and you know the daughter was raped, whereas the state of CT determined she wasn't---because...??
wordpix
Feb 2014
#82
WOW! Now if that doesn't show what she is willing and capable of, I don't know what does.
Bonobo
Feb 2014
#23
What I see playing out here is, in the words of a poster who got their post hidden, a "psycho bitch
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#54
"Woody Allen, in his late 50s, had secretly entered into a sexual relationship with ...
red dog 1
Feb 2014
#63
OK, how else do you want to put it? He had a sexual relationship with his lover's adopted teenaged
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#66
Afraid to read it, now that you've got your torches-&-pitchforks groove going on?
pacalo
Feb 2014
#77
Passing a lie detector test means nothing. Thats why they're not allowed in a trial.
7962
Feb 2014
#28
Also, he refused to take a test administered by the police. He passed one given by someone
7962
Feb 2014
#43
For those who think they are reliable, they're only reliable when given by a 3rd party
7962
Feb 2014
#88
the state's atty also got rebuked by a disciplinary panel for saying he had probable cause
Major Nikon
Feb 2014
#89
from what I read, Woody refused an objective lie detector test and hired his own
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#55
And now Allen has 2 more little girls, 14 and 15 years old, to play around with
fasttense
Feb 2014
#25
That letter really covers the facts. I believe him,he says the letter is the last we hear from him.
Sunlei
Feb 2014
#31
You know, I keep seeing the Polanski reference and yet never an actual quote from Mia
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#56
I think it is because Woody was once a rather romantic figure because he WAS so
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#67
this is completely unsurprising to me. community standards are such that misogyny
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#68
so much of this rage flies under the flag of free speech. I do not understand this sea change.
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#69
i have to disagree that feminism was ever a founding block of progressivism.
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#70
Pffft, there's no shortage of self described feminists that take those positions
Major Nikon
Feb 2014
#86
Just like there are black Republicans, there's the odd woman who claims to
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#90
Your argument is still no better than 'I don't agree with them, so they must not be feminists'
Major Nikon
Feb 2014
#94
Again, those women are not feminists, but MRA attention-seekers whose schtick is to
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#95
No, they advocate against gender equality and in favor of men's conveniences
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#97
hey, if you think Clarence Thomas and Ben Carson and Herman Cain are authentic
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#99
heh, go on listening to only those women who tell you what you want to hear nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#101
It was to me. There was a wing of it at least that subscribed to the idea of feminism...
CTyankee
Feb 2014
#74