Problematic Stuff

[laklak]

Because Good is for pussies.

[Cunt]

I admit to a bit of schoudenfrude listening to this. The regressive left eat their own.

https://youtu.be/X8K0FT-_Ams

Who likes the 'innocent until proven guilty' trope?

[Hermit]

Here in the British commonwealth, continental western Europe, the US/Canada, and Oz/NZ, rape is among the worst crimes one can commit

You don't know what you're talking about. Here in Australia rape is a popular pastime. Why? Because it's so much fun. Surveys have been published showing that nine out of ten participants enjoy a good gang rape.

and the cultural reaction to it is one of harsh punishment

That's bullshit too, at least as far as Australia is concerned. When nine people, one of them a repeat offender, pleaded guilty to gang raping a ten year old girl, District Court Judge Sarah Bradley did not hand a custodial sentence down on a single one of them on the grounds that "the girl had probably agreed". Six of the accused were under 16, so the judge saw fit to not even record a conviction against them. The other three had all of their sentences suspended. Of course some people felt outraged by that, but Greg Barns, a barrister of 20 years said the outrage over the sentences and controversial remarks by the judge was unwarranted.

That is rather outrageous. What's the scuttlebutt on Bradley? Is she racist against aborigines and figures this is par for their course, or is she progressively understanding of their different milieu and zeitgeist in oppressed aboriginal communities?

Neither. In Australia sentencing reflects how rape as an offence is regarded. It's just what men do, you know? In other words, rape culture.

We do have some standards, though. Raping prepubescents is out. Sort of. In March 2016 Gary Brabham, son of three times formula 1 world champion, Jack, was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of indecent treatment in March. The victim was a six years old girl. He was sentenced to 18 months and released after six. It was his second conviction, having served time in jail for sexually molesting two sisters under the age of 12 in 2009.

You might think it's a miscarriage of justice. Wealthy man with connections in high places and all that. Not so. I once collated a substantial list, replete with links and citations, of rapists being either dealt a symbolic period of incarceration or let off entirely. Judgements included comments like "she asked for it", "provocatively dressed", "he was drunk at the time, so diminished responsibility", "a custodial sentence/conviction might impact negatively on his career prospects" and so on. A few months ago I was about to add to to that list, but found it all too depressing and deleted it from the directory it festered in and from the backup.

[laklak]

So Australian foreplay really is "Brace yerself, Sheila"?

[Hermit]

So Australian foreplay really is "Brace yerself, Sheila"?

Yes, but it's an improvement on "Are you awake?"

[pErvinalia]

Must admit I haven't heard much outrage about our rape sentences. Makes me wonder if there's more nuance to the stories than Hermit suggests..

[laklak]

Aww, poor Facebook employees got all triggered and shit because their vice president of global public policy supports Kavanaugh. The VP, Joel Kaplan, is a long time friend of Kavanaugh and worked in the Bush administration. The snowflakes employees asked The Zucksuck about it in their weekly QandA session. Kaplan has actually fucking apologized but they're still all pissed off. Apologize for your political opinion? Fuck you and your fucking horse.

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-e ... zuckerberg

Zucksuck and management are planning a Friday "town hall" meeting with the entire company to discuss the issue. The issue. Wanna take bets on how long he lasts at the company?

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said in an internal discussion board post that she had talked to the exec "about why I think it was a mistake for him to attend, given his role in the company.

"We support people’s right to do what they want in their personal time but this was by no means a straightforward case," Sandberg added.

Oh, SHE thinks it was a "mistake"? Somebody die and make her fucking Pope? Fuck off, you wizened up Neo-Puritan cunt. Of fucking COURSE it's not straightforward, because he disagrees with FB politics. He's got the snot-nosed little SJW snowflakes all up in arms, I'll bet there's not an adult coloring book left and all the puppies have their fur rubbed off. So what do y'all think of this? Think it's OK for a company to dictate who an employee supports politically? How about who they vote for? Honestly, these little fuckfaces need the shit kicked out of them.

If this is the brave, new, liberal world then you can have it. I ain't playing. Stuff it.

[Cunt]

Nuance? You can't talk nuance around rape. You just need to believeher

[Hermit]

Must admit I haven't heard much outrage about our rape sentences. Makes me wonder if there's more nuance to the stories than Hermit suggests..

You haven't heard much outrage because people who embrace rape culture don't get upset about rapists being treated gently.

Also, shut up. I'm doing a Coito Two: Careful selection of facts to build a case of my choosing.

[pErvinalia]

[Sean Hayden]

The comment drew sharp criticism from many who said it erased the atrocities committed against black people and the struggle of black women in particular.

She was mad and said women were the n word of the world. --her words. They made her apologize.

--she's probably a Russian troll.

[laklak]

Outrage du jour is Melania's white pith safari helmet. It's....it's...it's.....colonialist! Predictably, the outrage is from Americans, not Africans, and in true colonial fashion, those progressive and liberal Americans will do the protesting for the Africans, because Africans don't know any better.

Seriously, this stuff makes national news. It's important, damnit!

[Sean Hayden]

Surely it's an industry by now. So can we follow the money yet?

[laklak]

Damn good thing to get into. Dunno, maybe knitwear?

[Sean Hayden]

Well, it used to be bloggers but hasn't that business dried up? Or are people still supporting themselves selling outrage?