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Post by Optimus on Jul 24, 2020 21:16:34 GMT -5
Glad that he's financially screwing them because they all deserve it (cue the "they only settled because lawsuits cost lots of money" crowd). But, kinda sad that none of these went to court, as it might have carried more weight in mandating that they clean up their acts in the future. In most cases, settling means that they never have to admit fault and can go on pretending they did nothing wrong, all while sweeping it under the rug and hoping everyone forgets.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 23, 2020 16:54:36 GMT -5
Given their coziness with China, a small part of me suspects they'd actually let that one slide.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 23, 2020 16:53:22 GMT -5
That was in the halcyon days before the inmates were running the asylum.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 22, 2020 13:00:19 GMT -5
I don't mind collegiate sports existing but the ways in which the revenue it generates is allocated is ridiculous because it's basically a self-licking ice cream cone. Paying some coach millions of dollars a year, using the majority of the profits on facilities, etc. It's so stupid.
The majority of that money should be shifted into the university itself, allocated for thousands of scholarships (or used to reduce tuition for everyone), to ensure that faculty are well-paid and to support more full-time positions instead of forcing people to be adjuncts, to maintain high quality facilities and state-of-the-art research labs, etc.
The fact that most of it is simply used to prop up sports and line the pockets of worthless administrators, rather than used to further the actual goals of universities (academic scholarship), is borderline criminal.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 22, 2020 12:53:38 GMT -5
That paper on signalling virtuous victimhood and dark triad traits makes even more sense now, eh?
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Post by Optimus on Jul 22, 2020 12:42:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the NBA, Hollywood, and even the video game industry are all increasingly kowtowing to China because they want that Chinese money. Hell, wasn't Google at some point also bowing to Chinese pressure to create a censored browser for China?
Nobody seems to be bothered by the Muslim concentration camps in China, or that China has recently turned the Communism up to 11 and are somewhat trying to do to Hong Kong what Russia did to Crimea.
I'm not for huge government regulation (though I do think it is good in certain situations), but it would be nice if something were done to quash the Communism-creep that seems to be going on among our business sector. Our own entertainment and tech media and business practices are being crafted to appeal to a communist regime, rather than appeal to American consumers. Not sure that Antifa is a huge demographic in terms of profitability.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 21, 2020 17:23:46 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Jul 21, 2020 14:57:18 GMT -5
One thing to keep in mind is that a statute of limitations for criminal prosecution may have passed. That might leave the victim with only one option: a civil lawsuit. The rape allegedly happened a little over 2 years ago. The "forced blowjob" supposedly happened 5 years ago. She admits to have been in an extended extra-marital sexual relationship with that guy behind his wife's back. In New York, the statute of limitations for 2nd degree rape is 20 years, 3rd degree is 15 years, and there is no statute of limitations for 1st degree rape. So, two years after she's allegedly handcuffed to a bed post and raped, while we're still in the afterglow and power of the #MeToo era and after Fox had settled multiple harassment lawsuits....she files a multimillion dollar lawsuit, rather than filing criminal charges (and then maybe a civil suit later)? I'm sure the fact that Gretchen Carlson got $20 million from Fox for less serious allegations played no role whatsoever in this. Rape is a much more serious allegation than sexual harassment. Rape victims are at a substantially higher risk of PTSD, yet she was still cool to continue going to work? If he committed such a heinous crime, why not throw him in jail? Why continue to work there and be in a sexual relationship with him? Why wait until AFTER he's been fired for allegations from other women to make these huge claims? 2018 would've been the perfect time to file that claim and press charges. All of the MeToo momentum would've been with her. Unless it's an accusation that can't be supported? Are juries more sympathetic in civil trials with weak evidence? I'm not a lawyer so I have no idea but you probably do. This all just seems a bit odd to me. Something about it all just doesn't smell right.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 21, 2020 14:39:04 GMT -5
There are a ton of reasons why a victim wouldn't want to report an assault to the police, but to go to a civil case does raise eyebrows. I get that, but this alleged rape allegedly occured less than 3 years ago, shortly before "#MeToo" happened. Seems weird that she chose to not come forward during the time that these types of stories had the most power, and the movement was at its height, but instead came forward 2 years later. I'm not saying her claims aren't true, just that this situation seems a bit suspicious.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 21, 2020 11:50:05 GMT -5
I'm always a bit leery/suspicious of allegations of actual rape that were never reported to police (given that it's a crime) but are used as grounds for some civil lawsuit later. One path leads to some sort of actual legal justice; the other path leads to money. It's almost like the "rape" is a grotesque exaggeration tacked on there in order to increase the odds of judgment on the two lesser charges (i.e., door-in-the-face technique). I know that sounds cynical, but given that some recent high profile cases with similar charges (e.g., Biden) or narratives that were falsely exaggerated to sound similar (e.g., Louis CK) turned out to either be highly questionable if not outright false, it unfortunately casts shade on subsequent high profile allegations. Especially when they involve loads of money. Not saying it didn't happen, because the gross "boys club" atmosphere that seems to permeate Fox News seems like it's likely a cesspool, but these types of "serious crime that's never actually reported but instead used for multimillion $ civil lawsuit much later" situations cause me to raise an eyebrow.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 18, 2020 20:35:07 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Jul 16, 2020 14:31:20 GMT -5
I'm canceling Rob for unintentional plagiarism. Obviously, his white supremacy causes him to internalize his whiteness and marginalize Vince's posts, thereby silencing his voice and erasing his lived experiences.
#RobIsOverParty
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Post by Optimus on Jul 15, 2020 14:48:54 GMT -5
I notice that Snopes does slippery shit like that sometimes too where there's a rumour about a picture or video or something that's blatantly false, and Snopes will label it "miscaptioned," instead of false.
The rumour is making a specific, often inflammatory claim about the picture. That specific claim is false. Therefore the rumour should be labeled "false," rather than saying the picture is "miscaptioned."
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Post by Optimus on Jul 14, 2020 16:50:50 GMT -5
I don't have a way of posting a pic of it here, but I just noticed on my Twitter "trending" column that some really brain dead Bloomberg opinion column claiming that there's no such thing as cancel culture, is #2 trending.
#1 trending is Bari Weiss quitting the NYT b/c she says she's been bullied by the far-left, cancel-culture staff there. #3 trending is "ByeIvanka" were people are once again trying to "cancel" a Trump. #4 trending is "sebastianstanisover," where a bunch of fuckwits are trying to "cancel" Sebastian Stan (guy who plays the Winter Soldier) because someone dug up a 2 year old picture of his girlfriend in a kimono that she wore to a themed party (i.e., muh cUltUrAl ApPrOpRiAtIoN).
The irony of a "cancel culture isn't real!" article trending in between 3 literal examples of cancel culture would be entertaining if it were simultaneously so depressing.
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Post by Optimus on Jul 12, 2020 13:53:28 GMT -5
Jesus, dude. I'm sorry that's happened. I hope he's okay and my thoughts are with you and your family.
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