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The double standard in politicians' abuses whether Word or Deed
Trigger Warninghttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/5/28/8682503/bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy
Why are some scrubbed & protected from being addressed and others not?
Triggers remain in words or deeds.
Hiding the accused's triggers from view is simply selective handpicked targeting.
Who gets to decide which triggers deserve public recourse & which should be hidden from public mention?
Who decided Trump, Gaetz, Jordan etc or even Sanders triggers don't matter?
Yet Franken, Cuomo, Clinton etc Do matter.
Who decides which should be dismissed & which should be approved for public review.
Who decides this?
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The double standard in politicians' abuses whether Word or Deed (Original Post)
Budi
Aug 2021
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that Sanders essay is some sick shit, WTF
Budi
(15,325 posts)2. It hits every trigger known to women & men & every parent as well,
..since the beginning of time.
He was 30 when he wrote it & thought it so profound he sought to have it published.
Yet when women advocates tried to confront the matter in 2015/16 and yrs later again, media decided to go with His explanation that "it was dumb", & never allowed it to be addressed in mainstream media again.
Even today it remains a topic quickly removed from discussion.
Which is why I asked, just who decides which debasing violation against women is targeted for public scrutiny & which are forever hidden from scrutiny?
Skittles
(160,363 posts)3. well he has always given me the creeps
you do raise an interesting question though - it certainly isn't the victims deciding
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)4. This. True.
it certainly isn't the victims deciding
This. True.