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In reply to the discussion: I give the fuck up. Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation at Florida Theater [View all]calimary
(81,139 posts)59. GREAT post. Four lines of copy sum it all up.
That's totally correct. The 60s - a time I appreciate greatly and remember fondly, having lived in it - are reviled years to the CON mentality. That's when much of America loudly and vocally broke away from the whole Donna Reed thing and shook off Ozzie and Harriet, too. Because it WASN'T the real America for everyone. And because there were just a few too many injustices that could no longer be swept under a nice tidy white throw-rug.
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I give the fuck up. Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation at Florida Theater [View all]
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
OP
Cosby has not been charged with any crime. Some chose not to believe the accusers are telling the
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#6
There was that whole intervening "ceased to exist" that prevents that, but you are correct.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#16
Having trouble letting go of his image as warm "Dr Huxtable" on the Cosby show?
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#18
It looks really bad, but in every case one is innocent until proven guilty.
The Wielding Truth
Nov 2014
#144
Okay, I understand disgust with Cosby, what the heck do you have against the poor
1monster
Nov 2014
#58
Actually the only thing by definition that makes you a criminal is being convicted of a crime.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#21
That applies to jurors. But it doesn't apply in the case of a man who has settled all the claims
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#108
It is a fundamental LEGAL right. Everyone facing trial is to be presumed innocent.
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#112
the poster has had that pointed out to him in this thread multiple times
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#117
Ordinary public option? You are equating ordinary, versus 'special', I guess, public opinion, with the
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#167
The person may have a mental illness, maybe they were so drunk as to not have the men's rea,
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#168
they DO vilify the accusers. the OVERWHELMING praise for b.c. IS a statement:
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2014
#31
"they viewed him as an entertainer"... so what? these charges are very serious, and I remember
secondwind
Nov 2014
#9
British DJ, knighted for charity work, sexually abused hundreds of children and teenagers
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#32
guess what, 'nilla? we don't live in a courtroom. people are perfectly free to come to their own
cali
Nov 2014
#63
Guess what Cal....that is the proverbial "court of public opinion" but in REAL life....
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#66
Then why didn't you reply to someone calling him guilty, rather than someone
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#90
Its the same....Jeffery Dahmer had HEADS in the fridge...he STILL got a fair trail with the
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#91
Then why didn't you reply to someone calling him guilty, rather than someone
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#96
That right protects the individual from the state, not from public opinion.
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#78
Right and he will suffer from that....but there will not be a trial....and no resolution to this...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#81
I am not defending him....I am saying....he will never be found guilty in a court of law
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#85
bzzzt. fail, 'nils. that's true in the legal arena- which is no more real life than
cali
Nov 2014
#86
The court of public opinion is a Kangaroo court...he is not going to get to present a defense...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#93
oh for fuck's sake. this isn't rocket science, 'nilla. Due process is a legal precept
cali
Nov 2014
#119
the presumption of innocence IS a fundamental Right.....AND the The American way....
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#76
well that was even more nonsensical than the rest of your ridiculous posts in this thread
cali
Nov 2014
#127
Except for the fact that i provided FACTS....and you are denying them like Climate Change deniers...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#130
I JUST gave you facts...as I OFTEN do.....you can deny "science" all you want!!!!
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#125
The presumption of innocence only applies in a CRIMINAL COURTROOM.
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2014
#155
I do, Cali dear, and once again you are wrong and insult in order to feel better about it.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#176
do you really think that would have made a difference to the assholes in FL if he had been convicted
bowens43
Nov 2014
#152
"What are the odds that 13 different women from different backgrounds who have very similar and"
baldguy
Nov 2014
#24
You are mischaracterizing. They are not deniers, they are reserving judgment until more is known.
elias7
Nov 2014
#47
We are none of the above. Consequently when a sick fuck like Cosby gets exposed
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#62
He setttled earlier suits. This has been going on for years. All the women with very stories.
HERVEPA
Nov 2014
#57
"Just doesn't seem like the liberal thing to do." < I have heard this somewhere before... n/t
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#45
You mean the fucking Rick Scott state? What do you expect? They LOVE criminal assholes. nt
valerief
Nov 2014
#35
All of the right wing evangelical christians I know are convinced that Cosby is 100%
Don Draper
Nov 2014
#51
Just like Steelers QB Ben Rapistberger, gets adoration and praise every Sunday.
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2014
#52
I think the psychological phenomenon you delineate here (quite nicely, I might add) is
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#64
I admit to having had mixed feelings about Allen, I really wanted to believe he wasnt
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2014
#174
I have to say, if 16 people had made the accusation, I'd find it pretty damn impossible to question.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2014
#175
you know what is sad- it would probably take one man to spill the beans and suddenly we would see
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#103
It wasn't until male comedian Hannibal Burress called Cosby a rapist that
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2014
#110
Yep- a man takes it seriously, and all of a sudden- maybe they are not all "nuts and sluts".
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#111
I wonder if this same crowd would also cheer Ray Rice, Aaron Hernandez, and Jerry Sandusky?
Initech
Nov 2014
#107
They were people who were already big enough fans to buy a ticket in the first place
Adenoid_Hynkel
Nov 2014
#113