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George Takei accused of sexual assault in 1981
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TMZ is reportedly working on a story regarding Tom Hanks' cannibalism.
Male culture surrounding masculinity, sexual identity, equality for women etc... is hideously toxic and we all know this. Many guys grow up hearing women being objectified and just never think any differently. This doesn't excuse their behaviour at all, like you say it's pretty obvious where the lines are... but then you know what they say about common sense...
The point is, we need to address this problem at the source: educating our children to understand this behaviour is never okay. It should be part of national curriculum, it should be infused into us at every stage of early development.
It's sad that it's necessary, but this is where we're at.
It's true and for once you've mentioned it in an On topic discussion.
If it's advice about how to maximize a lasting consent that no one will regret, then I understand.
I just don't think alcohol in the system = rape is that simple.
That does make sense.
If you're basically not conscious of what's happening it's basically like you're asleep.
People who do that absolutely do shit like this.
Waiting to hear Takei's response.
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Well guys we had a nice run. Looks lime the women are in charge now. We all going down.
We got this whole thing here known as "Innocent until proven guilty" you know... Immediately supporting accusers by definition immediately condemns the accused, when you have utterly no clue what's what. And even IF he's ultimately proven innocent, it's a stain and experience that never goes and will and will haunt him for a long time, because that's just the way we fucking are. Now of course, if he's guilty, well, fuck him.
George Takei has been bashed time and time again by conservatives and conservative media for his boundary pushing progressive views and actions. I've been saying this for a while, but this whole movement is primed for opportunists to take advantage of. It just boggles my mind how everyone seems to think that what I'm saying is UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE when history has proven it as a thing time and time again. Whenever there's a movement in condemnation, whether it's the bloody witch trials, religious persecution, or a movement against oppression; when people in general by default automatically side with the accuser - RIGHT OR WRONG - there will be people who will use that against their neighbors for the sole sake of petty grudges.
Lol, I can think of quite a few enemies George Takei has made simply because of his extremely leftist views.
Hollywood Reporter is a legit source. That's why this hurts.
There was that rather odd business about George Takei describing his 13 year old self having sexual encounters with a 19 year old camp counsellor . The experience being "both wonderful and scary and kind of intimidating, and delightful."
Goddamn. I regularly re-listen to his classic appearances on Stern. Him and Artie were gold together. Besides that he's seemed like a genuinely good guy and a role model for lgbt people. I really hope this isn't true. :-/
At this point this really didnt surprise me. Looks like the holier the person is the better are chances some dirt comes to light.
So then anything past the legal limit. If you can't drive, then that means you can't do much else because you're impaired.
If anything, just be smart.
Most important one I left out
If one party says nothing and doesn't say no, that's NOT consent.
"Everything is fucking", from True Detective season 2, is one of the worst lines to come out of anything...and yet maybe Pizzolatto was on to something...
We're not a court of law, and supporting an accuser doesn't mean you have to persecute the accused.
That's for legal matters.... I've loved Takei as a regular guest on Howard Stern, but some of the stuff he has done on that show... well it wouldn't surprise me. I think defaulting to conservatives must be attacking him is a dangerous stand to take...
I would still wait for a response before busting out the tik....
Aaaaw, fuck! Nazis ruined tiki torches. Um, what else is there? What other kinds of torches are there?
Agreed, also it was 40 years ago, did it go down exactly like the accuser remembered? Did Takai actually drug him, or this guy would have to be pretty drunk to be unconscious.
It doesn't, but it tends to happen way too often due to human nature. We need to better control ourselves.
I'm certain this will never happen. I've never felt such goodness from someone.
Anything is possible.
"BOB ROSS MOLESTED ME WITH SQUIRRELS WHEN I WAS 6!!!!"
Of course......poor ol' Bob is dead... :( But it still wouldn't surprise me these days.
Never heard a guilty party's family and friends saying "I just can't believe it, he didn't seem the type!"?
I honestly was thinking about that cat from when he was on an episode of Diane Rehm while I wrote that post haha
For shame, Mr. Takei.
I have to admit that I've become somewhat numb to all of this. I've long since justified it as "humanity was a mistake, it's all trash," never surprised about anything that comes out, the depths of depravity people will sink to. Even the people we claim to idolize, the ones who do good things, are no more than monsters in the end.
I'm wiling out the days until Keanu Reeves and Tom Hanks are revealed to be monsters, too. Nietzche was wrong, when he warned about those who fought monsters becoming them.
All people are monsters. Precious few might transcend that.
I have to admit that I've become somewhat numb to all of this. I've long since justified it as "humanity was a mistake, it's all trash," never surprised about anything that comes out, the depths of depravity people will sink to. Even the people we claim to idolize, the ones who do good things, are no more than monsters in the end.
I'm wiling out the days until Keanu Reeves and Tom Hanks are revealed to be monsters, too. Nietzche was wrong, when he warned about those who fought monsters becoming them.
All people are monsters. Precious few might transcend that.
Do you think every person that interacted with Kevin Spacey, or Harvey Weinstein, or Bill Cosby was sexually assaulted? It's certainly possible this story isn't true, but saying "But he does so much for charity!" or "But he didn't grab my friend's dick!" are not convincing defenses.
I cannot be the only one here, who, beyond the obvious sense of disgust at the perpetrators of these crimes, is finding the string of outed celebrities, and particularly the order in which we're learning about this, to be all manners of surreal.
Like, beyond coating the entire body of show business with the same suspicion (not that that is a bad idea at this point), you literally couldn't guess who'd be next to be outed like this.
Like, beyond coating the entire body of show business with the same suspicion (not that that is a bad idea at this point), you literally couldn't guess who'd be next to be outed like this.
I dunno. From what I heard, Tom Hanks definitely bit chunks out of every person he ever met.
My man, you need to take a step back. Take a deep breath. Collect yourself. Because you're inventing a conspiracy theory out of whole cloth in order to defend the good name of a celebrity you don't know and isn't your buddy.
It's okay if you want to adopt a skeptical stance until you receive more information. But conjuring conservative boogeymen to explain away a story that is mildly inconvenient to your politics makes you no different than all those Roy Moore supporters falling all over themselves to justify their support of a predator.
jesus christ i dont even know how to respond to that video. I feel like that was the point. So controversial it was supposed to be funny or some shit. Chappelle also reeked of 'give trump a chance' after the election so fuck him.
Ah, you really need to have seen the whole stand-up performance up to the point of that Cosby bit. It's a brilliant full-circle ending joke. But yes, quite controversial nonetheless.
It only makes sense in the context of the entire set because he spent pretty much the entire hour setting up the joke. Out of context, it's definitely not funny and I don't see its relevance to the thread outside of just being a summary of the good things that Cosby did during his career.
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