General Discussion

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Warning, this is likely a controversial view.

I finally saw at least part of an interview or two with the victim. In the part of what I heard, she said he was in and out of awareness due to excessive drinking, possibly being black out drunk. Many with PTSD self medicate with drinking and if too much drinking could not recall what they do or did. Black out drinking causes memory loss. I don't know if he had a habit of forcing himself on women, this one was an on and off again girlfriend who he was texting. In one interview she said "by definition" it was rape but it did clearly sound non-consensual but was there malicious intent? To me it reminds me of what happens to people with PTSD or maybe bipolar when they are out of control. It's scary and even worse when drunk. I don't think there are any easy answers for this and most people will never understand what that is like and many will judge (until it happens them) and even then many will jump to uninformed conclusions. People also do things not typical of themselves when deprived of oxygen or when they have dementia, does that mean they are terrible people?

I'm just tired of being manipulated by political spin doctors and playing into the hand of the corporate and complicit dems and deceitful republican opportunists. During his campaign, I've watched many things he has done and comments he's made online taken out of context, like a comment about someone who got a purple heart. When you are in combat or dangerous situations the world you live in is different, and if someone in your group is doing something that will get the rest killed are going to be called out on it and say harsh or stupid things and there are likely many things you want to forget. That is one of the many horrors of these god forsaken wars. I'm not saying whatever happened is okay. I just think it's a much more complicated story and it sounds like he is and has been at least trying to address it and change and heal which is a lot more than I've seen from the predator class in this administration. He does not appear to be an Epstein class predator. He said he came home from the service and was in a "dark place" in 2011 and he has been working on healing ever since, just starting to feel like himself again in 2021.

Clearly society needs to address these non-consensual incidents, whatever the cause (e.g. misogyny, mental illness, etc.) so women don't have to be wary or afraid of men, and so men aren't raised to look at women like toys or objects to be conquered in order to be masculine. That said, I think it's ridiculous for so many women and young girls to walk around in clothes that imply you're available or merely showing off your assets and not realize that might be a bad idea. I imagine the same could be said for men but either way it's like putting a steak in your pocket and not expecting the dog to notice. And don't even get me started on the religious groups pushing women to be mindless, servants, non-voting, non-educated, sex giving child bearers for their husbands (unless you are an Erika Kirk or other mouthpiece for their faux religious regime). That's a whole nother area of insanity and misogyny going on. We have so far to go to become a healthy society it's exhausting. So much trauma and mental health issues needing to be healed from so many causes (fair elections stolen, covid isolation, unnecessary deaths due to insurance or lack of health care or money, etc.). Can we really afford to dump the baby out with the bath water. It will be interesting to see what comes out from Platner himself. If my guess is right then I wonder, is there room in the democratic party, or any party, to forgive, seems like many worse crimes are permitted with repubs. I would be in favor of forgiveness when merited, if my hypothesis was correct, and advocating for more research on mental health and sexual trauma and healthy relationships between genders and couples as we are clearly on a path to destruction with the current social media environment.