The CDC is so underfunded now that it's like: "Just remove the three outer layers of lettuce, so you don't consume any feces, then wash each interior leaf individually, so you remove any hidden feces. Good luck!"
@KamalaHarris You could have simply stayed silent. This sort of saccharine nonsense that ignores the reality of what this man actually did with his life seems very dishonest and is offensive to decent people.
You decide America. You decide really fucking quickly. Is this what you want your country doing? Is this what you want America to be? And if the answer is no, then you have a civic duty to vote every damn Republican out of office in November. Every damn one of them. You have a civic duty to put what ICE is doing in front of everyone you know. You have a civic duty to protest ICE everywhere & film ICE everywhere. And you have a civic duty to be prepared to engage in civil disobedience.
@ChrisCWright1 Wow. I thought this kind of self-serving rationalization died out in the 70s when women were told not to be angry over the way leftist men treated us because we should focus on things that were really important. Fuck that. The way you live your life reflects your true politics.
@ryangrim He had a fucking Nazi tattoo and a documented history of godawful comments about women. If vetting that isn't easy for you then either you are profoundly dishonest, profoundly damaged, a straight-up apologist for white nationalism and misogyny, or all of the above.
@DropSiteNews This whiny bit of deflection is a spineless refusal to take genuine accountability. Do you really think your readers are stupid enough to believe you didn't mean what you made abundantly clear? Read what you fucking said and try to find a shred of integrity. This is such BS.
@ryangrim The only reason to cover this with the hysteria and emphasis you've given it is to give rape apologists cover to excuse the rape. You could have covered it with neutrality that didn't give rape apologists ammunition. You chose not to and you chose not to in a big way. We see you.
@RichardHanania Jesus Christ. There are a lot of decent men out there but reading toxic word salad like this makes me think that no man should ever say a freaking thing about what he "thinks most likely happened" in any case involving accusations of rape.
@grahamformaine Figures you would paint yourself as the victim here. It's easier than taking a hard look at your own life and engaging in self-reflection. Looking forward to not hearing about you any more.
far too many men are reacting to seeing themselves in rape allegations because they think "rapist" means you had to snatch a woman jogging on a trail, not that you drunkenly showed up at your girlfriend's place and ignored her protests.
My friend Emily dated Graham Platner and shared her own perspective here. It's worth your time:
"We say we believe women. What we usually mean is that we believe women when it is cheap. We believe them when the accused is a stranger or a Republican or a man none of us liked anyway. The real test is what you do when believing her costs you something. When the man is your friend. When he was good to you. When you have the texts on your phone to prove he was never anything but kind to you."