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...it seems like it is though. Curious why you'd say it isn't.
by sincerely 8y ago
...it seems like it is though. Curious why you'd say it isn't.
- UncleEntity 8y agoOne of our heads of state got impeached for (lying about) sexual misconduct so there's that.
- craftyguy 8y agoSo your point is entirely different then. Lying trumps (no pun intended) sexual misconduct.
- zaroth 8y agoPerjury is a crime, for starters.
- craftyguy 8y agoYes it is. They both are, technically (e.g. sexual harassment). Somehow sexual misconduct does not conjure nearly the same negative response that perjury does, and candidates/world leaders get a free pass for that one.
- zaroth 8y agoSexual harassment is a civil matter not a criminal one. Sexual assault is a different matter.
- UncleEntity 8y agoNo, they were investigating cases of sexual misconduct but the lying about it is what stuck. If there was a "free ride program" they wouldn't even have investigated it.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> No, they were investigating cases of sexual misconduct Actually, real estate transactions.
- krapp 8y agoYeah, but sexual misconduct itself is clearly not the problem, so much as being of the wrong political party. As much flack as Trump (justifiably) takes for the remarks he made about how a celebrity like himself "can do anything" to women and "grab 'em by the pussy", he wasn't entirely wrong. Society has always seen sexual aggression by rich and powerful men as a signal of authority and virility.
- ISL 8y agoOne can readily argue that roughly 270 elected representatives appear to regard it as insufficiently unacceptable as to require corrective action in light of a broader political context. That doesn't mean something is, in isolation, acceptable.