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seabeyond

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37. so when people with a voice spout out that raping a 13 yr old hooker does not warrant attention,

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 12:42 PM

Aug 2012

we ignore it?

not gonna happen. again. i feel a responsibility to the whole and those abused. i will speak out for them. you can stay quiet. out of respect. to the man who would say something so disgusting. lets not challenge anything someone who we respect. free pass.

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What is it with misogynists and child molestation/rape? [View all] redqueen Aug 2012 OP

They do not want to care DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #1

A lot of men really do think that no woman can possibly be raped SheilaT Aug 2012 #2

There are a lot ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #54

How truly sad. SheilaT Aug 2012 #70

37 loli phabay Aug 2012 #3

loli phabay hlthe2b Aug 2012 #4

no its not disruption its a genuine question that was inpired in some way from posts loli phabay Aug 2012 #6

No one has ever stated unequivocally that ALL men are rapists. I can only conclude your saying so.. hlthe2b Aug 2012 #8

You might need to work on your comprehension. redqueen Aug 2012 #5

my issue is it seems as if you are painting all guys with the same brush loli phabay Aug 2012 #7

Where are you getting "all" from? nt redqueen Aug 2012 #9

re: hlthe2b Aug 2012 #10

Dear Men Who Lurk MadrasT Aug 2012 #11

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #58

ah, so true. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #62

LMFAO... redqueen Aug 2012 #64

Like I said ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #66

that is such an excellent damn GROWN UP point. lol. thank you for saying this, this way seabeyond Aug 2012 #67

Heh ismnotwasm Aug 2012 #59

what does 37 mean? i think if you are honestly looking at the subject you will see seabeyond Aug 2012 #13

i remember a thread on a 12 yr old caught in a strip bar. so many excusing that 12 looks 18. seabeyond Aug 2012 #12

Too many men not speaking against it when those opinions are voiced. redqueen Aug 2012 #14

I, once, ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #61

The one ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #60

i didnt see that one. but, yes. thos would be the joke that allows the conditioning seabeyond Aug 2012 #63

Vidal lived a long life. He wrote many books, hundreds of essays hifiguy Aug 2012 #15

and to ignore what he says is certainly dismissive. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #16

Show me one person who hasn't said something stupid or hifiguy Aug 2012 #18

and to not reflect on what the man is saying, and the cost to society is seabeyond Aug 2012 #22

btw... the thread you just put up? pretty damn petty. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #17

He was/did all that, and he also thought raping children was no big deal. redqueen Aug 2012 #19

It's still one comment in a 70 year career. hifiguy Aug 2012 #20

It is one extremely disturbing comment. redqueen Aug 2012 #21

paterno merely dismissed boys being raped but had a HISTORY of tons of charitable and good work. seabeyond Aug 2012 #23

Paterno ignored a serial pedophile and rapist hifiguy Aug 2012 #24

no. society and our voice is what directs the right and wrong. reducing the girl to a hooker and seabeyond Aug 2012 #25

Wow. hifiguy Aug 2012 #29

i am strong believer in personal responsibility, ownership, my part in speaking out for those abused seabeyond Aug 2012 #31

Ah, guilt is collective. hifiguy Aug 2012 #33

no. you obviously do not get it. where did i say anything about "guilt". do tell? seabeyond Aug 2012 #35

No. It takes a village, and the village has been too quiet in schooling men redqueen Aug 2012 #40

Responsibility is collective. ismnotwasm Aug 2012 #65

What does Vidal's sexuality have to do with anything. redqueen Aug 2012 #26

It's not his sexuality that matters, but rather how society considered his sexuality for most of his hedgehog Aug 2012 #27

Bingo. hifiguy Aug 2012 #30

then should we not all call out that his comment was abhorrent? since you give him... that his seabeyond Aug 2012 #34

Didn't say that. hifiguy Aug 2012 #36

so when people with a voice spout out that raping a 13 yr old hooker does not warrant attention, seabeyond Aug 2012 #37

Vidal made that remark a long time ago. hifiguy Aug 2012 #39

"No one ever said a thing about it around here until he passed." you would be wrong. seabeyond Aug 2012 #44

This thread is not about Gore Vidal and forgiving him for demonizing children who were raped. redqueen Aug 2012 #42

Somehow I expect that most people, gay and straight, redqueen Aug 2012 #32

This poster has been blocked from the group. boston bean Aug 2012 #68

you are good hosts.... and dont you ever think otherwise. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #69

When you consider that the majority of child molestation is done to girls in thier own home, spotlight Aug 2012 #28

"asking if this is generally condoned by other males " upaloopa Aug 2012 #38

Not about condoning. About the silence. redqueen Aug 2012 #43

My guess would be that Vidal said that a long time ago and if we do research we might find upaloopa Aug 2012 #46

shoot, this is one mere statement. so much, i dont know about the man. it might be a continued seabeyond Aug 2012 #48

Why are you guessing? redqueen Aug 2012 #49

I am old enough and wise enough to know that plenty of men are a holes. upaloopa Aug 2012 #53

I'm not the one under the mistaken impression that the OP is about "all men"... redqueen Aug 2012 #55

agreed. but i do not think most any of us say all. as a matter of fact, i am continually having to seabeyond Aug 2012 #56

i have come to think that men are so univested in the subject of rape that they are beyond clueless, seabeyond Aug 2012 #41

Boys are raped, too. redqueen Aug 2012 #45

yes. they are. and generally i hold them in part of my conversation. BUT.... this is about the seabeyond Aug 2012 #47

Yeah, I see your point. redqueen Aug 2012 #50

i was so all over those threads. lol. it was there. i was saying it repeatedly. and with dsk. seabeyond Aug 2012 #51

I don't know how I missed it... redqueen Aug 2012 #52

that is the issue. brand insisting a woman flash. that still has me pissed. a shrug.... that is seabeyond Aug 2012 #57