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F4lconF16

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4. Well...
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 02:26 AM
Jun 2015

I can understand the anger in return. But I don't think it's okay to say.

I hate what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did, but I also very strongly advocated against his eventual death and/or torture in our prison system. Many DUers did not, and some went so far as to describe the hideous things they wanted done to them. Even as a joke, I am not okay with that. At all.

The same thing applies here. Do I think Scott Walker is a horrible person? Yes. But I'm not going to call for his rape. I think it's disgusting, unnecessary, and inappropriate for this board. Someone made a good point: a woman co-sponsored the bill. Would we be okay with the same statement applied to her? I am not.

That said, the thread you refer to is bullshit. No one was advocating rape, just venting. Venting in a manner I find kinda screwed up? Yes, but venting.

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