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In reply to the discussion: CNN reporting 5th accuser comes forward against Al Franken [View all]forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)4. But there's also a false equivalency happening
That grabbing someone's boob for lulz during a picture is an equivalent crime to using your subordinate staff for actual sexual gratification, or attempting to undress a 14-year old in a car behind a restaurant.
IMO, there are different standards.
It's like saying The Benny Hill Show is equivalent to hardcore pornography.
Or if you're too young to get that reference, it's the difference between eating an occasional grape in the grocery store, and carjacking someone at a red light. Both are theft, but do we treat them the same?
I'm just saying I don't think it's fair to paint Franken with the same brush as you would Lauer or Moore.
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If the allegation is true, then it is sexual assault, not being "being hands-y in public"
Lurks Often
Nov 2017
#3
Not when it is a lie... consider the bullshit...they want Franken gone..the right wing don't
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#14
Then if it's a crime, as you've jumped so quickly to convict on very bare evidence,
Denzil_DC
Dec 2017
#25
I was responding to a poster attempting to minimize the allegations as just being
Lurks Often
Dec 2017
#34
Agreed and I've tried to be clear in stating these were allegations and nothing has been proven
Lurks Often
Dec 2017
#37
No, not new, but the 24/7 news cycle and social media are making it much more visible
Lurks Often
Dec 2017
#46
Of course not, but I don't classify a non-violent touch in public as "assault".
forgotmylogin
Dec 2017
#44
Could we say "accuser" instead of "victim?" Or have we already convicted Senator Franken?
Glorfindel
Nov 2017
#2
I've spent more than a decade working with survivors of sexual abuse and rape.
Ms. Toad
Nov 2017
#20
Get your picture with any public figure, in public, and make an accusation against them. It's
OnDoutside
Nov 2017
#18
Welcome to DU...also...oh and they have another anonymous report who is supposedly elected
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#15
I am with you...these are right wing lies...and they just want to get rid of an effective Dem
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#41