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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:10 PM Original message |
Meet the Monsters: Men From Polygamy Cult Speak |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ignorance is no excuse |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The age of consent was raised two years ago in Texas. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Depends on how limited your experience was, and choices were. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Age of consent is seventeen in Texas. |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:09 AM Original message |
Well, then, no wonder they didn't know it was 18 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Man, I can smell the bullshit from here |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. A bit more from the interview: |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It sounds like these guys are backtracking and perhaps seeking |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. They know the law enough to instruct the women to lie when they "bleed the beast" |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Unless it's their first marriage |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Sure they do.. but it's to "save themselves" for Uncle-Cousin-Grandpa |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Uh, did you happen to look at the video of these guys? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. nepotism.. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Teens having sex with older men or women has been the human norm for thousands of years. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. "I wonder what happened to change that" |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. To a point.. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You can only speak for your own gender |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I didn't really think you would repsond |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. where did i say that teenagers don't want to have sex? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Like uh maybe, the womens movement? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Did the women's movement |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The womens movement taught girls and women |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. kick! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. human nature hasn't changed. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. once again |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. You seem to be confusing sexual desire with having the choice of whom to have sex with. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I don't see how |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. You are seriously confused as to why there as statutory rape laws. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. again, you changed your topic to |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. the male mind runs on a single track |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Post 34 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. "Its basic human nature for people to want to have sex with younger or older people" |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
70. It's patriarchy gone wild |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Good points. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. It taught them that they had more choices than simply complying. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. But not if |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Wrong, you keep getting it backwards. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. No, legally she does not have that choice. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Wrong. You are "confused". |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Neither of your posts disproves my statement. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Well good luck with that defense. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. You're really missing my point entirely. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. OK, and murder laws take away choices also. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Here is a page with it put more simply. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. What changed |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
74. The shift from a poor, agrarian economy |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Women's options were limited majorly by pregnancy. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
78. I wonder that, too. TV? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. oh no, seriously? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. heh |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
80. Where do you possibly get your opinions like that from? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I want to hear them say how many kids they have, how many wives and if those kids are on welfare |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree completely. nm |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. You're confusing the issue by introducing the possibility of welfare fraud. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No- you miss my point |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. It is interesting to see how intense your desire is to demonize these folks. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Self-delete. Not worth it. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. One does not preclude the other. The worst demons are always those MOST sincere in their beliefs. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Sincere beliefs. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Marah deleted her response... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. one doesn't preclude the other. mrbush is very sincere but a demon. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you for posting this. My heart goes out to those affected by Fundamentalist crap. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Finally.. I was wondering where all these brave macho-men were.. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Does a "spiritual marriage" have an age of consent? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Because.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Nope it doesn't |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Why would it, when it doesn't even have CONSENT? It's just another name for slavery. nm |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Polygamists aren't LEGALLY MARRIED. They should be asking about statutory rape. n/t |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And fraud- and underage workers- and children being made to work for free |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Do they even legally marry the first wives? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
64. They are getting there. One of the things DNA testing will help with. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'd always heard that ignorance of the law was no excuse |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. What the hell does 'free agency' mean when it comes to relationships |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The way it works is that the Prophet tells them |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Who is this "Prophet"? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. They don't know who the new prophet is |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It was interesting watching the FDLS house tour. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. He is |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I noticed that too |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. They still believe Jeffs is their prophet |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. You'd think that the arrest and conviction of their leader would give them a clue. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #46 |
76. I don't excuse these people but living as they do |
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malexander777 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. How can they not know |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
83. The MEN have their say? |
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