Crimson847 wrote:Now, here's the thing: you constantly rail against this sort of insulting ad hominem. I find this annoying in some cases when I get the sense you're digging your heels in and closing your ears (as with Trump), but overall I respect having such scruples and sticking to them, and you appear to have a very consistent take on this matter.
When you jump from that pattern of behavior to supporting the argument that aviel is acting in bad faith because he won't concede an argument to you without what he deems sufficient evidence, it displays a glaring inconsistency.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
DomaDoma wrote:I think you must have me confused with someone else. My only argument with Aviel in this thread was his tactics, being employed on another member. (Aviel will never deem your evidence sufficient for meaningful discussion; you'll be stuck verifying your basic premise until you are fatigued into submission.)
Also, and here's the main thing that makes me sure you're confused: I despise Trump.
Tesseracts wrote:"You're either lying about your opinion of my joke, or you're stupid" has got to be the king of false dichotomies.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
Dey, 22 years old, admitted he had sex with the woman's 12-year-old daughter on multiple occasions.
Dey said he believed that he and the victim were in a consenting sexual relationship, though the age of consent in Montana is actually 16.
But even after he admitted to the crime, hundreds of people continued to show support for Dey, starting up Facebook pages and petitions to clear his name.
A petition circling on the internet requested support for Dey and garnered more than 100 supporters by the time of his sentencing.
The victim's mother says she is devastated by the lenient sentence and appalled that her daughter is being accused of seducing Dey.
“People are going online, calling her a lying whore,” said the victim’s mother. “We’ve received death threats.”
Wyatt Glade, the Custer County attorney, said the case was “bad for everyone.”
Glade called the case difficult and said, though he recognizes the victim’s mother was not pleased by the plea agreement, Dey did not have a criminal record and had a learning disability.
“(Psychiatric professionals) testified that Dey was a lower-functioning individual,” said Glade. “The judge received a psychological report that said Dey had cognitive limitations.” Glade said despite his limitations, Dey was able to complete high school.
“A 10-year sentence is not light,” said Glade.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
sunglasses wrote:But what really irks me is that the vic is being called a lying whore. The guy admitted to the sex! How is she a lying whore?!
In Maddox's goober-looking, Huffington Post-style hit-piece, he makes the wild accusation that I somehow condone rape based on a 5 second audio snippet. It's a shocking claim and he intended it to be--in fact it's the worst form of thoughtcrime you can pin on someone, that's how desperate he is. I'll post my complete thoughts on the issue here because I don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable about being a fan. I think many people get it already, but it's still ugly.
Re-posted from reddit:
It's raining Goss today and it is Hot! It seems prudent to go through this entire video minute by minute on Bonus Episode 4. Why the fuck not!?
As far as my response to Maddox's question on sexual assault and my "victim blaming" view of it, I've summed it up here: https://twitter.com/dickmasterson/statu ... 8365031424
From the perspective of a single person, crime is a force of nature. It's a statistical given and should be treated as such. We all hope it doesn't happen and that it will never happen, but it does. That's reality. We punish it as hard as we can stomach the idea of accidentally punishing an innocent man, but we can't fix it. The crime will happen, but your exposure to it can potentially be influenced by your actions. As a group, we can work on the occurrence rates of crime, but as a person, you can't change the world, you can only protect yourself--AND YOU SHOULD. Expectation = Preparation.
Maddox has a way of arguing that bullies people into one-line binary responses to complicated questions. That's part of what made the show great because it was so goddamn frustrating. This clip is me attempting to explain something complicated to a man who is both aggressive, a liberal talking-head, and very much on the spectrum of autism, IMO.
For the record, Maddox started the "get raped" catch-phrase by quoting the comment from Mr. Burgers somewhere around episode 45. Obviously, I have no control over what one person posts on 8chan--unless you think Jodie Foster shot Reagan.
See you next Tuesday!
A roommate who drinks all your beer isn’t a thief, he’s just a dick. A younger brother who burns your toys isn’t an arsonist, he’s just a dick. A guy who fucks a drunk girl who passed out in his bed isn’t a rapist, he’s just a dick. Get over it.
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