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Denzil_DC

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25. Then if it's a crime, as you've jumped so quickly to convict on very bare evidence,
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:07 AM
Dec 2017

with repeated use of the term sexual assault - a very serious allegation indeed in most people's books, a lifechanger, a potential career-ender/marriage-ender - why haven't any of those making the allegations chosen to press charges?

If this post isn't getting more attention it's because, if people looked down a page or so on GD, we've had at least five or six long threads about today's allegations already in the last 12-18 hours, and some of us are about argued out to be going over old ground again and again and again.

It seriously is a tragedy. forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #1
If the allegation is true, then it is sexual assault, not being "being hands-y in public" Lurks Often Nov 2017 #3
But there's also a false equivalency happening forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #4
Of course there are different levels, but it is STILL sexual assault Lurks Often Nov 2017 #6
Not when it is a lie... consider the bullshit...they want Franken gone..the right wing don't Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #14
The photo is not the allegation of sexual assault Lurks Often Nov 2017 #19
Then if it's a crime, as you've jumped so quickly to convict on very bare evidence, Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #25
I have not convicted anyone, these are allegations Lurks Often Dec 2017 #30
You'd be more convincing if you hadn't written above: Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #31
I was responding to a poster attempting to minimize the allegations as just being Lurks Often Dec 2017 #34
By the same token, if you object to minimizing the allegations, Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #35
Agreed and I've tried to be clear in stating these were allegations and nothing has been proven Lurks Often Dec 2017 #37
Well, the past few weeks have seen me beat back against the more extreme Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #39
"unprovable allegations, some anonymous, and some that are pure innuendo." Lurks Often Dec 2017 #40
It's not so new, really! Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #45
No, not new, but the 24/7 news cycle and social media are making it much more visible Lurks Often Dec 2017 #46
No argument here. n/t Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #47
This!!!! Getting it right Cordy Dec 2017 #49
I don't see any comparison at all in the op, or the article Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #10
Without getting into Franken's guilt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #33
Of course not, but I don't classify a non-violent touch in public as "assault". forgotmylogin Dec 2017 #44
Matt Lauer was fired. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #32
Could we say "accuser" instead of "victim?" Or have we already convicted Senator Franken? Glorfindel Nov 2017 #2
+1 (n/t) forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #5
Yes, that would have been better. dewsgirl Nov 2017 #11
Yet in the photo his hand is no where near her breast Trumpocalypse Nov 2017 #7
She said she turned to the side to move his hand off Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #8
With a big grin on her face Egnever Nov 2017 #13
I've spent more than a decade working with survivors of sexual abuse and rape. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #20
Well here is the flip side Egnever Nov 2017 #21
Thank you for offering an explanation other than equating the fact Ms. Toad Dec 2017 #22
Sounds like you are condemning him for his refusal to call women liars. Egnever Dec 2017 #24
He didn't grope everyone is another of those classic 60s-style attacks Ms. Toad Dec 2017 #28
Well I would say this statement erases any ambiguity. Egnever Dec 2017 #29
Trumpkins say a lot of things. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #16
So what's your argument? Denzil_DC Dec 2017 #48
Unless her body is actually facing to the left side of that pic... Orrex Nov 2017 #9
Her story isn't possible gratuitous Nov 2017 #17
I can guarantee you that unless she turned around.... quickesst Dec 2017 #27
More bullshit. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #12
Get your picture with any public figure, in public, and make an accusation against them. It's OnDoutside Nov 2017 #18
If I were a politician...I would refuse all pics from this day forward. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #42
Or at least hands joined in front of them. It's a sad world. OnDoutside Dec 2017 #43
Welcome to DU...also...oh and they have another anonymous report who is supposedly elected Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #15
He kissed her on the cheek Nevernose Dec 2017 #23
I am with you...these are right wing lies...and they just want to get rid of an effective Dem Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #41
So, let's say there is a sort-of celebrity(not a movie star)and you AJT Dec 2017 #26
such bs bdamomma Dec 2017 #36
Completely. dewsgirl Dec 2017 #38
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