Yeah, I also think it’s completely fair to criticize me for not knowing something. Seriously, if I don’t know something, feel free to let me know because how else am I gonna learn it if I don’t know?

Like, I don’t want it to sound like I’m making a joke, I’m not a genius, I can’t recognize every warning sign for what it is, I don’t know a whole lot about a whole lot, and a lot of my knowledge is learned by people telling me something, me researching a few things pretty casually, and me thinking about a few things. I’ve unlearned several things I thought was true, and I might even have to unlearn some of those when I find out that’s wrong. I don’t want you to think that’s a point of pride, I want the pride to be that I’m open to being wrong, and I’m going to defend what I think is right against what I think is wrong.

So, like, open season for you. Have at.

I apologize for making you read them. I did not consider that you had feelings worthy of hurting, but next time, I will attempt to think of you. I know that when I type, you’re forced to read them, so just pretend that I’m typing Bill Pullman’s speech from Independence Day each time, and that might make things easier. If you are unable to do this, please retrieve a hammer or other blunt instrument and smash all of your phones and computers and other electronics in your local vicinity, and you will find that you can no longer read my comments.

Not everyone knows everything. To be afraid of being ignorant is silly. I’m not embarrassed about saying I don’t know something, and if you are, that says more about you than it does me. I will learn and know for next time.

Tell me about it!

So, like, Nazis don’t deserve to be raped, but this woman does? Seems kinda like an open and shut case to that the answer is no.

But, if you are still confused, I highly recommend literature on how and why abusive relationships exist and continue! That would answer a lot of the questions you seem to have here.

I like to give a lot of benefit of the doubt, but sometimes, I mire in annoyance, and if I must style on someone (and my brain has informed me that I must), it should at least be someone who deserves it.

It’s not conducive to an argument, but it is conducive to my well-being, so if you appreciate it, all the better!

Hey man… Nazis don’t deserve to be raped. I know, hot fucking take, but I’m okay with that stance morally.

If your excuse is that things can be doctored and faked, then it kinda feels like you’ve already made up your mind on this. You don’t seem like you care what the evidence is.

Like, if you’re gonna not care, at least don’t be a coward about it. I get that people won’t like you, but be more brazen in your misogyny so that people will avoid and dislike you sooner!

Also, just to start a fire for fun, Amber Heard was abused, even if she wasn’t a perfect victim. It’s pretty well-documented, and Johnny Depp is a piece of shit. I don’t like that she returned the abuse, but that happens a lot in abusive relationships.

He steps up the plates.

no one deserves to be raped

He’s winding up for a big one!

but

Oh, swing and a miss on a victimblame.

nazi woman

Strike two on another victimblame! Maybe he can turn it around!

You are all racist as fuck.

Hot damn, a projection outta nowhere! Three strikes in rapid succession, the coach is definitely gonna bench him with that performance!

I’m actually making this argument for the people supporting him, but I don’t think you’re reading my comments, or you would try harder.

You’re trying too hard, but the bait and switch on being called a bully while calling you pumpkin is quite good, that’s great trolling.

… Yes, I believe I must apologize for your misunderstanding. I had assumed the context would make it obvious per quod that I think rape is actually really fucking bad, and that the response was meant to point out that I don’t really think the race or gender of the person being raped particularly matters in that regard, but I can see that media literacy has taken one last breath this day.

You see, ol’ boy, there’s this thing in English that we do called irony, and I understand it’s a bit of an advanced maneuver, but, boy howdy, do I like it too much to quit. You’ll have to take a bit of a step on this, but trust that this was pretty fucking lathered up in it. Otherwise, please scour my comment history for where you think I think rape is A-okay, and we can have a discussion about it! Mmkay, pumpkin? Okay.

I hope that clears it up for you.

If you murder someone in the defense of yourself or someone else, you’re still a murderer. Like, by definition, you murdered someone. We, as humans, typically excuse murder in these cases. That’s why self-defense is a legal and viable defense for murder. You are still a murderer for it, but it is excused because you did it out of some necessity. They ended someone’s life, but are they dangerous to be around?

That whole thing doesn’t exist for rape. That’s why it’s a worse crime and not excusable. That’s the point.

That’s why people are willing to excuse things like being a soldier or having a Nazi tattoo or even being a mercenary, but not raping someone.

What you are doing is literally the definition of concern trolling.

The guy I’m replying to made it about raping “white women”, get the fuck outta here.

Thank you for pointing out why it is rape. It appears to be needed for some people here.

I don’t think MeToo failed. It succeeded in making known how prevalent sexual assault was. And it allowed women, including this women, to come forward with her story.

I do think MeToo could never really fight against sexual assault in its entirety because it wasn’t aimed at the perpetrators. It was aimed at the victims, to tell them they weren’t alone, that it was okay to talk about their experiences, that they had people that understood them.

And that is a great first step! But to really fight sexual assault, you need to aim at the those that commit assault as well.

You need to have them listen to the stories of the victims. You need to have them hear their pain that they have and continue to cause. You need to have them reconcile what they have done with who they are. It is not enough to prop up and help the victims. You also have to reform and help the offenders.

And that sounds a little crazy, that somehow the offenders are due some sort of relief for the crimes they have done. I don’t want anyone reading that to think that they don’t owe their victims some form of becoming whole again. Only that there has to be a movement aimed at the offenders of sexual assault to truly fight against it.

That’s kinda hindsight being 20:20 about the tattoo. Like, a tattoo is a warning sign, but it isn’t necessarily indicative of beliefs. I’ve seen the tattoo, and, like, I’m not gonna know it’s a Nazi tattoo, so I can forgive it. Go ahead and claim that’s the number one indicator if you want, but I think most people are gonna give wiggle room for redemption there.

Being a mercenary is a much bigger warning sign. I think pointing to that is a much better idea. That sort of shows lack of remorse and indicates a lot of bad decision-making on Platner’s part. Go all in on that! That’s hard to reconcile.

Being a murderer is–and bare with me for a second–not a big deal for most people. A lot of kids join the military because they were brainwashed and thought they were doing a good thing. Some realize their place in it and try to repent for their actions. If someone was murdered or did a war crime, there are pretty extenuating circumstances where I can see those being forgivable. There are reasons for murder that people let slide, like self defense. And I get drawing a line there. Truly, I do. But America grows its war criminals at home on purpose. I can see why people would let that slide.

But… There just aren’t any reasons where rape is justifiable. You can’t rape someone in self defense. You won’t be forgiven for being brainwashed into raping someone. It IS a step too far in most people’s eyes, and not only did he rape someone, he did not acknowledge it, he did not apologize, and he definitely fucking knew about it.

That’s my two cents about it. I think the mercenary background is really where the big warning sign is, because the kinds of people that become mercenaries are the kind that do not regret being a soldier and have an attitude of “boys will be boys”.

Okay. Thank you for caring. I’ll send a request for bail money later.

So the guy is also accused of not stopping when she said stop. That is also rape. Do you not see a problem with calling them both rape?

…No???

They ARE both rape.

Just because one rape is different from another rape doesn’t mean they’re not both rape, what the actual fuck are you talking about.

I think you’re over thinking this. If you don’t want to give a percentage, and you don’t want to point out what is different about this accusation from any other one… Then it just feels like you don’t care about the accusation. You say you have a bullshit detector, but you haven’t really brought up what part is bullshit other than the timing.