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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Double Standard is well past insane.
Right now we are being careful to warn each other not to get too excited about the video about to come out that shows t***p groping a child. We have a few more reasons not to get excited. Conservatives are used to blaming little girls for their hideous sins. Blaming the victim is their first reaction and the majority will happily make it their cause.
Another reason is because conservatives are always happy to jump on a mistake and use it to declare everything ever done by any liberal wrong.
T***p used to walk into little girls dressing rooms when he was tight with Epstein and ran the Teen USA beauty pageant. Wonder what the connection there is. He "joked" about competitors having to sleep with him. So his possible grope film doesn't seem unlikely. But just about everyone knew about that until he ran for office and some folk rewrote their memory.
T***p can make stuff up, be exposed and it's nothing. His lies are evil, hurt people and yet it all gets a pass. His followers can spout any nonsense and be shown as idiots and it's nothing. They can spout Q nonsense that is insane and evil, but let a person stand up against violent racists and they are Antifa terrorists. A Republican gets on a talk show and endangers innocents with lies, talk treason, nonsense, hate, and again it is nothing. People out there ask if Nazis are liberal and the question is taken seriously. They can't apparently link violent racism with violent racism and see the real answer reveal itself. Republicans can watch as Nazis march along beside them and nothing. On Fox news every newscaster is expected to lie, lie, fabricate, edit tapes to a lie and keep to a script of phony facts.
All the violence on January 6 was blamed on evil Antifa infiltrators, until the people filmed doing the violence started going to jail. Then their whole message changed. They knew it was wrong, and then they decided it was right. If you look at the record for Conservatives, or MAGA or Republican or Libertarian, the lies are spread so thick it is hard to find a real fact among them. But they are always looking for one error on our side to blast us with.
If we get some little fact wrong, even if the fact is correct but the form is off, like Dan Rather, we are expected to die on our own sword. We might even help with the sword. We turn on our own in spite of the other side only turning on their own after one of them has turned on their own. Even with some sketchy allegations we put Al Franken out to dry. Republicans only turn on Republicans if the do something like stand up for the rule of law and defend the constitution.
Skittles
(157,739 posts)repukes are treated like white men, while Democrats are treated like women / POC - honestly, it's nothing new to women and POC
Walleye
(34,735 posts)yankee87
(2,307 posts)Thanks. Democrats are expected to be perfect, Republicans can do anything.
Lets act like the Republicans and not verify electors.
Maybe going overboard, but so tired of having to be the adults all the time.
Lunabell
(6,700 posts)they'd be raked over the coals and relegated to the back burner of history forever. The double standard is blatant.
XanaDUer2
(13,329 posts)Is there a link?
PurgedVoter
(2,363 posts)It either means someone is on the fence, trolling, trying to get more money, or trying to get some hush money.
If they got to someone and say, look I have an incriminating video, then it's blackmail. If however I go to a media source friendly to Republicans, and offer to sell the video, then it can get squashed for lots of money.
I can see the family of the girl being on the fence. They started out pro t***p but after this, their family patriarch might still want to support t***p cause patriarchy is like that. I can see the rest of the family wanting justice, wanting this out and still dreading the FACT that the girl will then be hounded and threatened by Conservatives for years to come. Conservative terrorism has had an effect and after this came out the poor molested girl would be safer if she quietly moved to Ireland.
There is also speculation that the "Soon to come out" video might be a honey trap and a lie.
I think it is wise to wait until we have evidence and the evidence has evidence. He is already convicted with numerous crimes. Rape among them. He is already convicted of a nice range of crimes. We already know he robs charities, rapes, cheats, steals, and lies constantly. A bit of groping isn't likely to be what changes things.
There are Latino's still voting for t***p even after put children in cages.