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(17,547 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,950 posts)tblue37
(65,765 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)I know it's not the point of this OP but using his age as an excuse neglects and diminishes the accusations and the victims. It needs to be repeated that this isn't a trial. It's about whether we want to give this guy a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court and what message this sends to all victims but especially his.
bonniebgood
(943 posts)point. The terminology, description used as to diminish whether he should be accountable for his actions. Im sure he had a long history as a juvenile jailable offense in which his RICH/lawyer parents had expunged and sealed. High school Fact in (CT) when young white boys got into trouble the police would take them home because the officers knew their parents. black/brown boys went to juvenile jail/court with a police file created to follower them the rest of their lives. FBI investigated KAV 3times? they only went back as far as 18 years old and up. The word 'white privilege' wasn't explained back then.
kiri
(809 posts)The cops knew that the parents of white "juvenile delinquents" (remember?) contributed to the Mayor's campaign, and sometimes the parents were at the same country club as the police chief. It was all very cozy.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)sarge43
(28,959 posts)Hotler
(11,593 posts)school yard ass kicking. Strictly for medicinal purposes. An ass kicking can sometimes reboot someones moral compass. Results vary.
FakeNoose
(33,418 posts)... but apparently none was available for about 15 years.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)but who is this gentleman ?
FakeNoose
(33,418 posts)This is an answer to those crazy TrumpHumpers who wore the shirt that says "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat." That pic has been posted on DU and on Twitter threads several times.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)last word on patriotism. They're anything but.
pazzyanne
(6,560 posts)with tears in my eyes and heart!
Samspadesnark
(75 posts)What was he doing supplying other kids with alcohol and possibly illegal drugs (boofing) and who was supplying him???? Since the drinking age in Maryland then was 21, he would have had to have had a fake ID to buy the alcohol legally. I can't imagine his parents did not know he was coming home smashed night after night, and that they never smelled alcohol on his breath. And if so, why were they continuing to give him the keys to the car? I think there's a heckuva lot more to this story than what we know now, including the 'public service' activities he claims (but never identifies) to have done.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)malthaussen
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calimary
(81,975 posts)SunSeeker
(52,205 posts)Rorey
(8,455 posts)Very powerful statement. And somehow it makes me more angry than ever, because we all know what the reaction will be from many on the right.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I feel such a mixture of sadness and rage looking at that. Those poor kids were treated so unfairly, and now that privileged, rich, white frat boy, who has never had to answer to anyone in his entire life, is about to get another pass just because he is white, male and rich. It makes me sick.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Hekate
(91,632 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)rurallib
(62,579 posts)I suspect as the noose tightens on Junior we'll hear the "boy" defense over and over.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,148 posts)zentrum
(9,866 posts)unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Okay...certain people, and unfortunately those in power.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Id love to see the day when our fake aristocracy of prep-school entitled assholes and Bro-culture misbehavior are utterly destroyed.
I wont hold my breath, though.