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In reply to the discussion: Rape is never the victims fault. [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)63. if they posted it there then yup
Just as stupid as posting it here. I doubt you can find one person on either site that thinks otherwise.
But you keep on trying to pick fights its fun!
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as was pointed out yesterday, perhaps you should read, and heed, your own remarks.
niyad
Dec 2013
#160
that would be the difference between passive aggressive and straight. i prefer straight on.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#56
no rude. i do not think straight and blunt is rude. at all. or uncivil. passive aggressive
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#72
i think. i think it is being considerate and respectful. not treating people like a child.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#92
And what's so important about not "offending" people who should be on the same side anyway?
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#275
Oh, it's no gift ... unless you're talking about how to fix a washing machine, where to go for
polly7
Dec 2013
#97
empathy and love is thru out my posts. i manifest the love, speaking thru the heart. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#100
ah yes, the latest "tone" argument. funny that it seems to apply only to how women are supposed
niyad
Dec 2013
#164
I read it, I actually read the whole discussion, and I stand by my statement. I don't need a clue
niyad
Dec 2013
#171
Oh, I have a lot of experience with it also .... you're not so special in that regard.
polly7
Dec 2013
#176
"too much experience with this type of discussion..." You mean the ol' Fly Trap type of discussion?
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#178
wow polly. that is a whole lot of nasty. actually those in real life actually value this about me.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#192
see. i simply disagree with you. and you are holding onto this anger so so so tightly.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#201
stories told. that is all. go be angry polly. attack, accuse, insult, rant and rave. whatever.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#207
Throwing some fire-retardant on the current DU gender wars at this point is a good thing, I concur.
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#2
You've really never heard the she was wearing the wrong thing in the wrong neighborhood shit?
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#5
silly, don't you understand? we are talking about an issue primarily of concern to WOMEN. i mean
niyad
Dec 2013
#253
but we have endless posts about the supposedly high number of rape accusations, despite the
niyad
Dec 2013
#259
I understand your absentee stint on MIRT left you limited awareness of what transpired there
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#242
I went back multiple pages in MIRT and did a search on your username... using Ctrl+F...
Agschmid
Dec 2013
#325
you do not seriously expect ANYONE on this board to believe that you have never heard a victim
niyad
Dec 2013
#177
of course not. that was why you had to change your story from "never heard of it" to "nobody
niyad
Jan 2014
#421
Why can't a post about a woman who stabs someone with a ceramic object just be that?
The Straight Story
Dec 2013
#197
Not for her clothes, but a jury on DU let stand that a woman who drinks cannot be raped.
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#335
I don't have a link handy, but I have seen posts here on DU about pedophiles in jail getting
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#49
Wasn't there a RW personality (rhymes with Shrek) that used this silly tactic
Android3.14
Dec 2013
#280
Do you always have to cuss in your responses? Wow, you are a piece of work. n-t
Logical
Dec 2013
#68
please show me the rule in DU where a graphic has to be about something posted on DU--we
niyad
Dec 2013
#189
I wonder if these two are married and are in different rooms same house arguing on DU?
mitty14u2
Dec 2013
#55
That would be hilarious indeed, if it turned out that trumad and seabeyond were a couple. nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#62
right, because rape victims are NEVER blamed (see texas teen and the latest gang rape in india)
niyad
Dec 2013
#215
one would think everything you said is pretty obvious, but, judging by far too many of the posts
niyad
Dec 2013
#355
Were that were true. But this is America. The victim is at fault and the perp is the victim.
WowSeriously
Dec 2013
#65
You little battles within another group is getting really fucking tedious.
madinmaryland
Dec 2013
#66
What guys? The way you are posting is really weird. Are you still running around
madinmaryland
Dec 2013
#131
Wow simply wow, reading this thread helped me to understand your reasons for leaving on Break, they
AuntPatsy
Dec 2013
#369
Rape is not a "women's" issue. May I remind you about our LGBTQ brothers and sisters.
idwiyo
Jan 2014
#420
When are men blamed for their rapes because of clothes they wore? Your post doesn't make any sense.
Dash87
Dec 2013
#283
The whole point, imo, is the cliche that "she shouldn't have been wearing that."
Dash87
Dec 2013
#292
I think you should post this every hour on the hour for like... the next six weeks.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#114
So, not because of incapacitation due to drugs or alcohol they willingly ingested? n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#150
"we've all seen the countless posts here claiming that female victims of rape were somehow at fault"
NoOneMan
Dec 2013
#120
I think if you check the OP's transparency page, you'll see that Jan 6th might staunch the flow. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#231
Oh no--there's a GBCW thread in HOF. Perhaps there ought to be a memorial thread in
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#356
So penis = guilty automatically? I'm starting to understand where you're coming from.
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#186
It's a minority of men (a relatively small minority) who do these things.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#294
If you cannot see the difference between that and blaming the victim, you have lost all perspective.
Bonobo
Dec 2013
#217
k and r--it is an obscenity that there even has to be a discussion about this, but I keep forgetting
niyad
Dec 2013
#153
I love these "rock and dog" threads. I visit DU infrequently these days, but I'm starting to notice
retread
Dec 2013
#165
and long time lurkers, who finally got around to registering to wiegh in too. Really. nt
Electric Monk
Dec 2013
#174
Yup, that is why it is called rape and not reverse you made me fuck you or some shit.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2013
#203
Anyone who says that rape is the victims fault is a fucking asshole who should go fuck themselves.
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#214
and I just saw that two people voted to leave that hidden thread alone. sickening, but not
niyad
Dec 2013
#263
And "dropping the soap" in prison is not a reason, or justification, for rape.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2013
#244
Wait. I thought it was a fly trap. Were you educating us or posting a fly trap for your amusement?
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2013
#256
Because certain people's tender feelings are always, ALWAYS more important than real issues!
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#298
bonobo linked saying teach the rapist. this message to teach the rapist. men bothered about
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#274
i am not going to hunt down 106. you assume. and so what.... this is not about you,
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#291
first... i like that video. i think it is about par with the Op in this thread.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#286
after both your post and bonobos, i think sometimes we have sucha preconceived idea of another, we
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#300
ya? well, i already beat you to that and decided like way earlier i was gonna do the same.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#315
nowhere did i suggest that you did. that is not what i was saying. that is not my point. the point
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#288
I'd take it a step further and say the victim of any and every crime is never at fault.
egduj
Dec 2013
#277
Good skinner should see it all and after I write this i will also send out talks to him.
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#312
I deleted our discussion so I can not send it to him. you said you sent it so t hat is good enough
hrmjustin
Dec 2013
#317
Tru - Now I understand your decission to leave. Your thread got hijacked. Its a shame you needed....
marble falls
Dec 2013
#357
Tough day on du when you get run over for posting a Think Progress image. nt.
NCTraveler
Dec 2013
#368
Yes, it;s kind of confusing for some of us who've dealt with this horror in real life.
polly7
Dec 2013
#371
one would hardly see insults in the posts i made to you in this subthread polly.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#391
as you know he was being kicked off for a period of time in a couple of days.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#375
In the context of being blamed for being raped because of the way you dress,
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#407