When I first saw the incident I was like, how on earth could he think that he'd get away with doing it at such a public event. Then I see responses like this and I'm like, yep that's why. Always gonna be people downplaying sexual assault.
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Ariana grande being sexually assaulted at Aretha Franklin's funeral
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When I first saw the incident I was like, how on earth could he think that he'd get away with doing it at such a public event. Then I see responses like this and I'm like, yep that's why. Always gonna be people downplaying sexual assault.
He misjudged his hand right into her titty a couple of times and then adjusted his grip and his fingers for a better feel. I don't know what the fuck you going on about.
Can't tell if trolling or not. My sarcastic outrage detector is off.
But without seeing the video it does seem like it could be a mistake. You don't grope people outright in this political climate, with a worldwide audience no less.
Height differences will make for some unfortunate faux pas or another. I once did that with my ex for a picture where I picked her up, but she was like 1.5' smaller than me. When I saw the picture I realized a couple of my fingers were crushing one of her breasts and she was hanging awkwardly off my neck to relieve the pressure .
Again, not being as smooth as you think and being much bigger has a tendency to result in awkward ass situations.
Please, please, explain to me how you think you can weigh on this without actually seeing the video? Maybe take 2 seconds out of your day and watch the video so you don't defend a guy who was very clearly copping a feel multiple times.
....you know a lot of you cats in this very thread are enablers and don't even know it.
Or rather you don't care
Or rather you don't care
Nah, no trolling. I think this act was pretty deliberate and easy to see. People feel they have a lot of power and get high off it, enough to think they can get away with something like this or it'll go by unnoticed. I think what happened is pretty clear to anyone with eyes.
Everyone wanna give their hot takes , he made a shitty ass joke which was no way funny, he apologize yet people still in their feelings. Apparently a lot of people in social media don't believe in second chance calling for people to lose their jobs as if they never did something silly before in their lives. it's ironic how that director from guardians of the galaxy got fired for making a Pedo jokes yet people were calling for him to be signed back by Disney yet this dude made a misjudgment joke and people are calling for him to lose his job over a joke he apologize and clearly understand why he should have never done it.
"Here's my opinion but I haven't seen the video" Give me a break. How do you people function in life
Wow I can't imagine why women have a hard time coming forward and reporting sexual assault.
He could've misjudged and made a mistake, but it does look awfully suspect. His hand is in a bad position and terribly close to her breast.
It was on the news when I woke up from my nap tonight. An American channel I had on...CW11 or KTLA. They were saying she shouldn't have worn such a dress, and then talking about the presumed sexual assault.
It was on the news when I woke up from my nap tonight. An American channel I had on...CW11 or KTLA. They were saying she shouldn't have worn such a dress, and then talking about the presumed sexual assault.
yeah when I take pictures with my female friends i really just accidentally grab their breast and drum my fingers trying to get a better feel
oh wait, no i don't do that, i'm not BiGBoSSMk23
oh wait, no i don't do that, i'm not BiGBoSSMk23
That's disgusting, he's obviously digging into her breast. What a creep.
She looks uncomfortable as well.
Probably not. I'm just saying it's possible. Unlikely, but possible.
I am stunned that people would take several minutes out of their day to comment on this but would not take 20 seconds to actually watch what they are commenting about.
No. I'm not trying to defend him at all, nor am I saying that what he did was right either way. There's just no facts to go on.
You don't press in on someone's breast and then claim it was a mistake. He shouldn't have been so physical with her or anyone for that matter. It's not presumed. He fondled her breast.
No facts except for the video where he clearly gropes her and she's clearly visually disturbed.
Yea if only there were a video of him sexually assualting a woman. And guys, he's just asking questions!
Gross af
The gall to do that in front of a rolling camera to a celebrity.
It must be some sort of normal for him otherwise I can't imagine anyone daring to do that so overtly
It must be some sort of normal for him otherwise I can't imagine anyone daring to do that so overtly
I imagine more like he accidentally ended up there and then he liked what he touched and indulged..it's not impossible to "hug" too deep and end up on the side of a breast with your fingers..but then non-creeps just go a little back..either saying sorry or pretending nothng happened..he stayed there
There's little doubt in my mind that it's been done before, if he was so brazenly groping her on the national stage.
There's definitely boob touching going on there. She's squirming and her face says it all. This kind of stuff flies under the radar all the time because it's not the blatant boob grabbing that people can point at and say ah-HA! Improper touching! I used to wonder if guys even did it consciously because it'd happen so often. You'd wiggle out from under their fingers, or shift them off you and they'd give you a surprised look, like "Oh! Is something wrong?" If you called them on it, you'd get that same wide-eyed confusion that made you think you'd made a mistake or were being presumptuous. Took me till I got into my 30s to be confident enough in my own assessment to tell guys off for touching me. Ariana's not going to make a big deal out of it because she doesn't want to make a fuss (or that kind of publicity) over something that tons of people aren't even going to recognize as sexual assault, like most women.
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Bro this chick just got assaulted at a fucking funeral performance to Aretha Franklin, whom she idolize her career after, and this ugly creepy fucking shit stain blatantly grab her tit.
Now, if this piece of shit did this to a huge star on live tv. At a funeral. Can you imagine, for a few seconds, how much shit this preacher gets away with?
EDIT: Mike Colter didn't say shit wrong. He pointed out that the dudes a creep and in no way condone what he did.
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There's nothing wrong with playing devil's advocate. That way a counter-argument can be put to the test and you can see how paper-thin it is. It also prepares you if someone brings up that same counter-argument in real life (which will happen), you'll know how to respond.
If I were to guess, I think he was doing it unconsciously. He's probably gotten away with doing that type of thing for so long, it's almost involuntary. That's hardly an excuse though. What bothers me is that she was clearly uncomfortable and snapped him a few looks, yet he kept touching her inappropriately. As a preacher someone with supposed empathy, he should have picked up on that and subtly moved his hand/arm. The only thing that gives me slight pause is that he knew he was on national television with millions of people watching, I don't know if he had full conscious malicious intent because how could he think he could get away with it. But then again, maybe these old school guys think no one will notice or care even when it's in plain sight.
If I were to guess, I think he was doing it unconsciously. He's probably gotten away with doing that type of thing for so long, it's almost involuntary. That's hardly an excuse though. What bothers me is that she was clearly uncomfortable and snapped him a few looks, yet he kept touching her inappropriately. As a preacher someone with supposed empathy, he should have picked up on that and subtly moved his hand/arm. The only thing that gives me slight pause is that he knew he was on national television with millions of people watching, I don't know if he had full conscious malicious intent because how could he think he could get away with it. But then again, maybe these old school guys think no one will notice or care even when it's in plain sight.
Wow, the person doing it is a pastor? :O Holy shit, in front of national TV too? The gall of that man wow :O
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This is what we call sexually assaulted now? No, just no.
Honestly if the camera had not been zoomed in I wouldn't have noticed a thing. It's almost as if the person who noticed this was using a magnifying glass on their screen. That's not to say it was OK what he did though. Definitely seems he was aware of it though, but none of us can be 100% sure about that.
Has she spoken out about it at all?
Honestly if the camera had not been zoomed in I wouldn't have noticed a thing. It's almost as if the person who noticed this was using a magnifying glass on their screen. That's not to say it was OK what he did though. Definitely seems he was aware of it though, but none of us can be 100% sure about that.
Has she spoken out about it at all?
The hell are you talking about. You're not saying what he did is OK but you're saying "no, this isn't what we call sexual assault"? What is it then?
Or are you just saying it isn't sexual assault because you can't be 100% sure he did it on purpose?
err why do think it's wrong what he did then? How would you describe what he did?
I was gonna comment about how disgusting the comments on the church's Facebook page were, but I see there's also people like that in here actually defending this guy.
Is it because he's a religious figure, and if he's guilty that harms the credibility of your religion or something? Or is it because of your hatred toward celebrities due to their success? Is it sexism? Or is it a combination of some of the above?
Is it because he's a religious figure, and if he's guilty that harms the credibility of your religion or something? Or is it because of your hatred toward celebrities due to their success? Is it sexism? Or is it a combination of some of the above?