Hey, props to you for not escalating things. And my bad for being so sarcastic.
I'm not here to defend the guy on the whole rape thing. There's the legal definition which was not met, and the very obvious (to anyone with some sensibilities) fact that, yes, he at the very least sexually assaulted people. And openly bragged about it. We have that on tape. There's no defending there.
But this tweet, for instance, was from 2013, and he later clarified that he was talking about wanting more investigations, not fewer. He's just, y'know, extremely bad in conveying his thoughts.
I think we have way better points to criticize him for than a 2013 tweet that was at least meant well.
LoL, no worries, it's a weird world we live in, and I am also willing to admit when I make a mistake.
It is a little weird they are pulling things from so long ago, though I still bring up his relationship with epstien and the joint lawsuit from Decades ago (but that one is an instant disqualifier for me... I don't know how anyone ever gets past that and decides to ignore it.), but there are so many legitimately horrible things to hold against him that it does bother me a little too when people focus on weak things like this.
I sometimes wonder if things like this are just to saturate online with so many things that are grey and defensible that you can't focus on the more damning things. Like the covfefe thing; that was all over social media and regular media for weeks instead of anything that mattered...
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ Dec 18 '24
Hey, props to you for not escalating things. And my bad for being so sarcastic.
I'm not here to defend the guy on the whole rape thing. There's the legal definition which was not met, and the very obvious (to anyone with some sensibilities) fact that, yes, he at the very least sexually assaulted people. And openly bragged about it. We have that on tape. There's no defending there.
But this tweet, for instance, was from 2013, and he later clarified that he was talking about wanting more investigations, not fewer. He's just, y'know, extremely bad in conveying his thoughts.
I think we have way better points to criticize him for than a 2013 tweet that was at least meant well.