This means he can be replaced with another Democrat
Graham Platner can be replaced as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine if he withdraws from the race by next Monday, and state law would then give the state Democratic Party until July 27 to name a replacement.
Is there anything he could possibly do that you wouldn’t try to justify and defend?
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It’s a good thing our legal system is so trustworthy and reliable, especially when it comes to rape. I’m sure the vast majority of rape cases are prosecuted and lead to convictions.
Wait, hold on a second. What’s that? Really? Oh my God. Hold on.
It turns out 75% of rapes never even get reported to the police, much less leading to convictions! In fact, only about 4% of rapes lead to convictions! Almost as if rape culture is an actual real thing that we live in!
Also, just to be clear, a whole bunch of progressives withdrew their support of Platner after these allegations came out, including Bernie Sanders. You’re saying that they’re all wrong to do that, correct?
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That has nothing to do with anything I said. Like, what the hell kind of logic are you applying here? Other politicians have gotten elected in spite of rape allegations, so we should just throw out all standards and let “our guys” rape people because their on “our side?”
I seriously don’t understand why you people aren’t just Republicans. “It doesn’t matter that Trump’s a rapist because there are democrats in the Epstein Files too.” You’ve already cleared the “ignoring Nazi symbols” and “not caring about killing foreigners” and you’re deploying all the standard talking points they use to excuse rape and blame victims, all over this thread. What, is Trump just too rude and uncouth for you? Because it really seems like there’s already a party you can join if you just want to stick it to the establishment Democrats and are prepared to abandon every semblance of morality or principles to do it.
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The court that fails to convict rapists in 96% of cases? And the perpetrator should face zero social consequences if they’re not part of that 4%, no matter how credible the accusations are? Yes, you very clearly are the insane one. This shit is exactly how rape culture perpetuates and how we got to this place in the first place,
There’s multiple rapists on the damn Supreme Court, for christsake! That’s the authority you’re deferring judgement to, and expecting everyone else to do the same! How on earth would that possibly not make you the crazy one?
Edit: Let me give you a challenge. I want you roll a twenty-sided die. If that die comes up as anything other than a 1, you just let a rapist go free with absolutely zero social consequences. If you do get a 1, roll again. If you get a 17 or higher, the rapist still goes free. I want you to keep rolling dice until you convict a single rapist (rolling a 1 and then rolling 16 or less), and I want you to reply to me telling me how many rapists you let off before a single one suffered any consequences whatsoever. I got 21.
The difference between, “We shouldn’t judge any accused rapist unless they were convicted in court” and just straight up saying “Legalize rape” is 4% of rapists. You are already 96% of the way there.