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My friends use this kind of language between each other all the time, as I imagine other groups of friends as well - and they are all normal people with loving
by slowmotiony 10y ago
My friends use this kind of language between each other all the time, as I imagine other groups of friends as well - and they are all normal people with loving wives. You're trying to be dramatic but you're actually being funny.
- willismichael 10y agoIn part, it's this kind of casual dismissal that many people are concerned about.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoYou have strange friends then. I can't imagine any of my friends saying that kind of thing, or quite simply they wouldn't be my friends anymore. I'm not being elitist or dramatic here, I just can't stand and wouldn't stand for that kind of talk. But I guess many voters out there thought like you. I just can't comprehend it personally. I'm sure there are many of us who don't consider such talk moral and acceptable even in casual settings.
- goostavos 10y ago>I can't imagine any of my friends saying that kind of thing These comments always make me chuckle. You live in a squeaky clean world that I've personally never experienced and I'm not really sure where you go do find it. I mean, hell, browse around on any popular image sharing site for 5 minutes and you'll see worse comments in any thread with a vaguely attractive female. If you've ever been in a men's bathroom, you've overheard these types of obnoxious conversations. But collectively, America loves to gasp and shout about how utterly shocking it is that people would talk in such a manner! Outrageous! "Well, I never!"
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoI have never heard these kind of things spoken in a men's bathroom. We obviously are using different ones.
- slowmotiony 10y agoYour comment literally made me cringe inside.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoYour's made me cringe even more. I really don't get America, open racist and sexist signaling and an electorate that would react positively to that. Whatever.
- CyberDildonics 10y agoShould those friends be commander and chief of the largest military force in the world?
- slowmotiony 10y agoNo - he should be absolutely perfect in every way and never have used a swear word, even privately among friends.
- CyberDildonics 10y agoSo those friends -should- have that much power?
- lagadu 10y agoIf elected to do so, yes. I'd like to reverse the question on you though: Should what he said in private make him legally ineligible to hold office or even any job?
- slowmotiony 10y agoOf course not - the election should be cancelled, the votes should be thrown into a garbage can and it should just be you who picks the best candidate.
- dgacmu 10y agoYou're misstating the concern, which I assume you recognize. Nobody gives a fuck (see what I did there? :-) if Trump used a swear word. What people are concerned about was that he bragged that he was able to capitalize on his fame to assault somebody. I'm going to presume you're male - how would you feel if, say, Newt Gingrich walked up to you and grabbed your penis? Many people swear -- heck, I just did so in a public post under my own identity just to make a point! Many people use many terms to describe male and female anatomy. Nobody I know brags about being able to willfully assault people.
- yequalsx 10y agoWhat a magnificent deflection. No one is angry that he said "grab them by the pussy". It's that he does this without consent. He does this because he has power and can. That's what is deplorable. Your defense of this is also deplorable.