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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:50 PM Oct 2016

When I was 17, in a locker room, I heard and said similar things to Trump.

Not proud of it, but I was a kid.

Then I grew up. This is insane. This guy is an insecure teenager. With the nuclear codes? Please, America. He shouldn't win a single state.

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When I was 17, in a locker room, I heard and said similar things to Trump. (Original Post) DanTex Oct 2016 OP
Any of my buddies would get called out for saying that crap underpants Oct 2016 #1
Never heard such a thing Foggyhill Oct 2016 #4
No I can't say that I have either underpants Oct 2016 #5
Absolutely right. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #2
Good god, where did you grow up? That was unthinkable in the America I grew up in. Coyotl Oct 2016 #3
A couple things. One, I've never had anything resembling a "locker room conversation" Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #6
Exactly. Gman Oct 2016 #7
And BTW, yup, we all talked like that from 13 to maturity Gman Oct 2016 #8
Aside from making moves on a married woman, and... CRF450 Oct 2016 #9
Unfortunately, many adults have not grown up. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2016 #10
I think a lot of men MicaelS Oct 2016 #11
Yes, but that was "back then". And then they grew up. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #12
The thing is Trump is never ashamed, he's not decent enough to feel for Raine Oct 2016 #13

underpants

(182,823 posts)
1. Any of my buddies would get called out for saying that crap
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:52 PM
Oct 2016

We have a golf/getaway weekend once a year. Good times. None of us could get away with that without everyone thinking it was more than a bit much.

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)
4. Never heard such a thing
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:57 PM
Oct 2016

I was on the track team, swim team in college and high school. Heard some post conquest boasting, some bitching about a girl not putting out and a lot of fantasy talked aloud
But here he says matter of fact he assaults women and he can do it because he's a celebrity

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
3. Good god, where did you grow up? That was unthinkable in the America I grew up in.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:55 PM
Oct 2016

I'd bet you had only male friends and only spent time with males. "Locker room" is no excuse.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
6. A couple things. One, I've never had anything resembling a "locker room conversation"
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:03 PM
Oct 2016

in actual locker room. Every locker I've ever been in has been a businesslike affair; get changed, whatever.

Two, on the topic of discussing sexual activities with buddies back in my wild oat-sowing youth; I felt that people who had the need to go on about that stuff were overcompensating for something, or insecure.

If you have a rich and satisfying sex life, you don't generally need to advertise it much...but beyond that, I can't imagine saying or hearing shit like "I **** them in the ******" - how the fuck is that anything like something to 'brag' about?

Dude, you're not just admitting that you have to surprise someone with an unexpected crotch grab to get your jollies, you're also admitting to sexual assault. Full stop, end of story.

Look. If women were throwing themselves at you and you weren't a filthy rich "star", then okay, maybe you'd have something to brag about (yes, assuming everyone has the emotional age of about 17, because no one more mature would even care)... but you can't even get some time with them on that basis, you have to grope them.

What a piece of work is "The Donald". Ewwwww.

CRF450

(2,244 posts)
9. Aside from making moves on a married woman, and...
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:20 PM
Oct 2016

Last edited Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Claiming that as a star he can grope women, a lot of what was in that conversation is just normal guy talk. Yes, not things you want to be caught saying when running for the white house, but this is how most private guy talk is, just not on the predatory level that Trump has.

ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
10. Unfortunately, many adults have not grown up.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:50 PM
Oct 2016

There are things I thought and said in my late teens that I am too embarrassed to even repeat. I have grown. I can see Trump for how dangerous can be.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
11. I think a lot of men
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 09:56 PM
Oct 2016

Have selective memories, and have "forgotten" what they were like "back then". Or simply refuse to admit because they are ashamed.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
13. The thing is Trump is never ashamed, he's not decent enough to feel for
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 10:40 PM
Oct 2016

anyone else. Most everyone has said or done things that they're now ashamed of. Trump ... never is ashamed or embarrassed and never will be.

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