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In reply to the discussion: I believe Vanessa Tyson for a couple of reasons. One of which is... [View all]wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)101. These things need to be in a separate forum. Every day we get a new revelation of wrong doing
by some Dem brought to you by the right wing and every day we fall like suckers for it.
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So, you believe that Justin Fairfax is a rapist because people you don't know and who don't know
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#4
Asking why a woman who has come forward to publicly accuse a man of rape but refuses to
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#15
Are you a rape survivor? Because I think you are disingenuous to not acknowledge the reality-
58Sunliner
Feb 2019
#47
The statute of limitations had run by the time Dr. Ford came forward, so she couldn't "report" it
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#76
Press charges? 15 years ago...he said /she said. There will be no evidence.
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#117
The AP are a bunch of right wing stooges who farmed a random attorney with an opinion.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#100
But what matters is what the statute of limitations was at the time of the crime.
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#109
The legal situation seems murky and no conclusion was ever reached because Ford didn't pursue it.
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#122
I'm not the only person who thought Kavanaugh might have faced a kidnapping charge
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#106
I'll stick with the opinion of the previous Maryland Deputy Attorney General and Lawrence Tribe
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#99
They're both correct that Maryland HAS no statute of limitations for rape and felony assault
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#128
If he disagrees with me and thinks a statute of limitations passed after 1982 applies to a 1982 case
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#146
You still haven't learned you don't come for the Queen unless she sends for you?
Empowerer
Feb 2019
#103
So, you're saying that a woman who has publicly made an accusation, an accusation that she put out
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#77
No. Her first public statement was her Facebook post that she allowed to be shared to the public
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#138
"tools that society provides her to actually follow through - including the criminal justice system"
progressoid
Feb 2019
#126
Now a 2nd woman has come forward when she should've followed your advice & gone to the cops instead.
progressoid
Feb 2019
#132
You seem to be having trouble following my point, so I will break it down for you.
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#135
Now that I've revealed my background in my brillaint Kavanaugh essay, I'll do you one better
theboss
Feb 2019
#11
I'm guessing I'm the only poster here who could, like, send her an email if I really wanted to
theboss
Feb 2019
#21
While I appreciate your sincerity, we have a legal system that relies on principles of justice
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#98
you must have missed the threads that if she went into his room, she should have expected sex
Fresh_Start
Feb 2019
#17
No, it's too enable people to talk about sexual violence and be believed. It's not a revenge fantasy
theboss
Feb 2019
#102
You did read that and no she did not say it was a repressed memory. A poster pushed that
Autumn
Feb 2019
#14
I had not heard that. Honestly that sounds like it could have been therapist produced.
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#112
I don't know and I wouldn't presume to guess. I'm going with what Dr. Tyson said and
Autumn
Feb 2019
#116
Have you ever done something, or had something happen to you that was so humiliating
Autumn
Feb 2019
#25
I have no clue why you would have to call something like this a suppressed or buried memory.
LisaL
Feb 2019
#27
I didn't call it anything. A poster asked and I told the poster what Dr. Tyson said.
Autumn
Feb 2019
#28
You are certainly entitled to how you deal with your memories, as is Dr. Tyson on how
Autumn
Feb 2019
#43
In matters of a sexual nature there's a world of difference between women and animals.
Autumn
Feb 2019
#60
In Dr. Tysons letter? I haven't seen a report. She used the term suppressed not repressed. nt
Autumn
Feb 2019
#31
As I wrote above (and was mocked for), I have a first-hand account of her character
theboss
Feb 2019
#26
So if a woman makes an accusation against your father, brother, husband or male friend,
Vinca
Feb 2019
#40
Why doesn't Fairfax deserve the benefit of the doubt? This is a very old accusation...
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#63
It could be personal. Maybe he angered her in some way...it has happened before.
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#80
Then it's not Republican ratfucking...unless she's a Republican and has been lying in her career
theboss
Feb 2019
#81
Not neccesarily...if she complained an it was reported back to the GOP, they could have found out...
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#83
This has happened. you know that. My feeling is we will never know and I find it unfair
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#87
We'll put you down for not believing women. Does that go for Doctor Ford and Kavanaugh?
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#91
Dr. Ford was in a different situation. First of all she was a child. Secondly' she had no
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#115
I don't see the difference between supressed or repressed...just so you know I was the victim of
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#121
Second of all, her being a child at the time of the attempted rape has nothing do with it.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#120
I don't agree with that. But if charges are not filed, how do you sort it out decades later?
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#123
One doesn't even have to believe this is ratf*cking to give Fairfax the benefit of the doubt
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#72
That is true. Lot's of hearts Effie! You are beloved on DU...I am sadly out of pocket with hubs
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#85
I wonder, if Fairfax had stayed an obscure lawyer, & she bumped into him years later in a restaurant
Demit
Feb 2019
#88
These things need to be in a separate forum. Every day we get a new revelation of wrong doing
wasupaloopa
Feb 2019
#101
This is the woman being slandered as a liar who was asking for it by going to the hotel
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#107