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Ghost Leviathan posted:The wild conspiracy theory is this is building up to normalising and reintroducing rapists back into the mainstream. Remember Lewis CK? Al Franken? Woody Allen? Roman Polanski? Guess who's baaaaack! Al Franken wasn't a rapist, he was forced to resign because Kristen Gillibrand was afraid he'd be competition for her 2020 presidential run.
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The goal of #METOO was a good one, outing sexual predators getting them fired and barred. The problem was that it wasn't a real movement, the fact that the entire thing can just be swept under the rug the instant it targets a political candidate friendly to the Status Quo proves that it was just a means of placating WokeLibs and getting them all under the same umbrella of pro-capitalist faux progressivism. I mean it started as a drat Twitter hashtag, that should tell you something. It's sickening how easy it is for good people with good intentions to get fooled by this poo poo time and time again. People should, by all means, keep reporting the behavior of creepy sex pests, they just won't have the backing of the neoliberal establishment anymore.
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Franken wasn't accused of being a rapist, he was accused of groping a bunch of different women, and speaking of wild conspiracy theories...
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Patrick Spens posted:Franken wasn't accused of being a rapist, he was accused of groping a bunch of different women, and speaking of wild conspiracy theories... If you think that's a conspiracy theory then explain to me why Franken was forced to resign before even appearing before the Senate ethics committee? Gillibrand led the push because she saw him as a rival, she doesn't care about groped women, as evidenced by the fact that she's accepted Joe Biden's denial at face value.
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The Democrats including Gillibrand probably would have swept it under the rug except there was a special Senate election in Alabama against a republican accused of the same thing against teenagers, and Republicans were trying to both sides it, so Democrats wanted to set an example
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Yeah from what I remember a big part of it was that Frankenstein took a picture pretending to grope the breasts of a sleeping female soldier. I think a lot of people saw it as him being made an example of so dems couldn’t be accused of covering for their own while condemning exposed republicans
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John Wick of Dogs posted:The Democrats including Gillibrand probably would have swept it under the rug except there was a special Senate election in Alabama against a republican accused of the same thing against teenagers, and Republicans were trying to both sides it, so Democrats wanted to set an example Quite frankly, I'm glad. Franken was a great senator for my state and arguably would be the presidential candidate now, but he should not get away with that bullshit. And I liked that democrats were taking a pretty strong no tolerance policy. *sigh* Not that it matters I'm sure he's going to worm his way back too. Coffee And Pie posted:Yeah from what I remember a big part of it was that Frankenstein took a picture pretending to grope the breasts of a sleeping female soldier. I think a lot of people saw it as him being made an example of so dems couldn’t be accused of covering for their own while condemning exposed republicans This was the part that got the most publicity, but there were other things that were done. And, a man in his 50/60s should know drat well better than to pretend grope someone for a photo.
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Here is an Atlantic article that goes over 2018 politicians that dropped out of office or stepped down from their candidacy as a response to the Metoo movement. Democrats were the majority by a small margin with Republicans, but it's important to dig deeper in the article. There were more Democrats taken down who were seeking or currently in federal offices. Democrats being called out by Metoo isn't some aberration, it's the norm. We unfortunately live in a highly sexist society. There is no conspiracy theory when people buy Louis CK's special or some rear end in a top hat votes against Hilary Clinton but for some reason votes for Joe Biden. It loving sucks that Joe Biden won and loving sucks that he won't step down. But the Republicans are openly planning to curtail the reproductive rights of women. That's not a conspiracy theory. That's their actual plan and literally the only thing that can stop it is either a Conservative Justice having a Come to Jesus moment or Ginsberg discovering the Fountain of Youth or Joe Biden becoming President... and even then the last option is a maybe. And I'm really, really, really not arguing for voting for Joe Biden because you have the right to not vote for a sex creep and that's not what this thread is about. But like... there is no conspiracy man. America is just kind of really loving sexist. Gillibrand did the right thing when she stood against Franken and is now compromising her morals because of the stakes of the situation or maybe political pressure. You can tell her to gently caress off or be heart broken about it, but coming into a thread about sexual assault to spread conspiracies about duplicitous women and decrying the metoo movement as not a real movement is loving ridiculous.
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Coffee And Pie posted:Yeah from what I remember a big part of it was that Frankenstein took a picture pretending to grope the breasts of a sleeping female soldier. I think a lot of people saw it as him being made an example of so dems couldn’t be accused of covering for their own while condemning exposed republicans And then 2020 happened.
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graventy posted:Quite frankly, I'm glad. Franken was a great senator for my state and arguably would be the presidential candidate now, but he should not get away with that bullshit. And I liked that democrats were taking a pretty strong no tolerance policy. *sigh* Yeah he also wrote a skit for the USO where they kissed and without warning shoved his tongue in her mouth.
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Skwirl posted:It's honestly not surprising at all the Ronan Farrow became a preeminent researcher and exposer of sex criminals.
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Alan Smithee posted:also why do billionaires want more billions, it's like, you couldn't spend it all in 10 lifetimes! Billionaires want to live forever. Also, they want to become trillionaires. And they need more money so they don't run out of it in the coming centuries etc. Coffee And Pie posted:Yeah from what I remember a big part of it was that Frankenstein took a picture pretending to grope the breasts of a sleeping female soldier. I think a lot of people saw it as him being made an example of so dems couldn’t be accused of covering for their own while condemning exposed republicans That was Leeann Tweeden. Not a soldier but she was dressed like one. Ghost Leviathan posted:The wild conspiracy theory is this is building up to normalising and reintroducing rapists back into the mainstream. Remember Lewis CK? Al Franken? Woody Allen? Roman Polanski? Guess who's baaaaack! Be on the lookout for Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley.
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Zogo posted:Woody Allen's memoir loses its publisher after employees stage walkout I'm glad the employees put this pressure on this publisher, I can't imagine the thought process behind "hey, you know that book we just published from a Pulitzer-winning journalist that made us a bunch of money and got a lot of attention? We should absolutely torch our relationship with that guy, who is in his 30s and still has lots of good work ahead of him, so we can publish the memoir of the guy who molested said journalist's sister and got away with it because he's rich and successful, even though no one else will touch it with a 50-foot pole"
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I would just like to say I’m either proud or disappointed nobody has mentioned my typo
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thekeeshman posted:If you think that's a conspiracy theory then explain to me why Franken was forced to resign before even appearing before the Senate ethics committee? Gillibrand led the push because she saw him as a rival, she doesn't care about groped women, as evidenced by the fact that she's accepted Joe Biden's denial at face value. He wasn't forced to resign, his resignation was called for and he gave it. Franken, who could have demanded a full investigation, chose to resign rather than having one. It is possible that the democratic leadership threatened him with ????? to get him to resign. But it's also possible he knew what the investigation would reveal and decided to bounce. Coffee And Pie posted:Yeah from what I remember a big part of it was that Frankenstein took a picture pretending to grope the breasts of a sleeping female soldier. I think a lot of people saw it as him being made an example of so dems couldn’t be accused of covering for their own while condemning exposed republicans Also fairly immediately after the article came out a bunch of women came out with "Franken groped me" stories.
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Cavauro posted:I thought it was a deep parody of the person who said Lewis CK I actually initially read it as "Lewis Black" and did a double take, thinking I must've missed something horrible that Black did.
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Coffee And Pie posted:I would just like to say I’m either proud or disappointed nobody has mentioned my typo I thought it was a parody, like GOP Grinches on Parade or Democ-RATS.
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A little bit of older news but time barely means anything in COVID days, and I didn't see any mention of it earlier in the forums. It's also just the continuation and conclusion of the weird, desperate, forgotten footnote tier of all the Alamo Drafthouse poo poo that went down way back when. Disgraced internet "film reviewer" and "personality" Harry Knowles - who was already floundering before this, and has always been lovely, attempted a mini-comeback in March by reviewing Pixar's Onward and he hosed it up so badly he had to issue an apology. Harry Knowles' Onward Review posted:Since Disney and Pixar kicked John Lassiter for giving employees HUGS, I've been a bit pissy about Pixar. We currently live in a world where showing affection for people is considered a sex crime. Hugs have become EVIL. I know this, because I too, have become targeted by such actions. Even if I hugged someone from the height of a wheelchair and did not anticipate the big rear end being where I thought a back would be. I regret it. I battled with it being wrong for a long time. That's how the review practically OPENS. There's more that sucks, but here's why he decided to come back. Harry Knowles' Onward Review posted:I pouted like a baby. I was frozen by insecurities and doubts. Then Kirk Douglas died and I couldn't stop myself. My grief for such a giant of film was too much and once I wrote about him, the floodgates broke open and I couldn't hold back from writing. I'm not like most film writers. They tend to write about film from the stand point of finding flaw with cinema. Looking down upon film as though is wasn't worthy. Of course the comments section lit him up and he had to send an apology out. Your usual "I didn't read the room properly" non-apology stuff, but he let slip one regret in all this...no more perks and parties: Harry Knowles' Apology posted:My first best purpose in life is to share and pass on the film knowledge & enthusiasm that my parents infused into my DNA. I'm writing on AICN again for those that have been writing me wanting my particular GLASS IS FULL optimism and love for cinema. I won't be at any critiic screenings or advance screenings. My days of hosting events here are behind me, and that is a profound sadness. Anyways, he reviewed one other movie, then cinema shut down, so who knows when he'll be back at it.
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Captain Hotbutt posted:A little bit of older news but time barely means anything in COVID days, and I didn't see any mention of it earlier in the forums. It's also just the continuation and conclusion of the weird, desperate, forgotten footnote tier of all the Alamo Drafthouse poo poo that went down way back when. How is Harry Knowles still alive? How have none of his health problems killed him yet? C'mon, God, if you exist, please do me this solid.
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https://youtu.be/BJhdaGxsl48 This is how you fuckin' do an Onward review.
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Music news: Lan Del Rey's recent post https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcQPuBJdir/ Alanis Morissette: Nearly Every Woman in Music Has Been ‘Assaulted, Harassed, Raped’ https://variety.com/2020/music/news/alanis-morissette-me-too-movement-has-not-begun-music-industry-1234591991/ Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan Out Following ‘Misconduct’ Accusation https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/deborah-dugan-exits-recording-academy-034053290.html Actress Rae Dawn Chong says she slept with Mick Jagger while 'young, underage jailbait': 'It wasn't a #MeToo moment' https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rae-dawn-chong-mick-jagger-claims-slept-together-underage-203258921.html
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I wonder if there's anything to be said about how the women Lana Del Rey, who was raised in privilege, are POC. The answer may surprise you. Yes.
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Professorjuggalo posted:her weird abuse-pedo glorifying music Lol ok man
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wyoming posted:Ariana Grande is white. Someone should tell her that.
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thrawn527 posted:How is Harry Knowles still alive? How have none of his health problems killed him yet? Yeah I read some reviews from like 2004 and it had a long part about how he got up and his bad knees locked and he fell and couldn't get back up because he was too fat
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Alan Smithee posted:im not disputing or agreeing but, explain that part? I mean she sucks don't get me wrong but The real damming part of her history was making a short film where her and a friend were gangbanging Latinos until they end where they shed their clothing and makeup, become white and enter heaven.
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B-Rock452 posted:Yeah I read some reviews from like 2004 and it had a long part about how he got up and his bad knees locked and he fell and couldn't get back up because he was too fat I want to a few events he was at over a decade ago, he had this stench about him that you could smell rows away. It was awful, i feel bad for anyone he pestered.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:The real damming part of her history was making a short film where her and a friend were gangbanging Latinos until they end where they shed their clothing and makeup, become white and enter heaven. what the gently caress
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