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Paula Sims

(877 posts)
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:43 PM Oct 2016

It's not the language that angers me, it's the attitude

I was raped in college. I was raped by a popular teaching assistant. I wrote about it on the DU here : http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025586427

What really angers me about Donnie's attitude and words: "When you're a star, you can do anything". It is that attitude that causes judges to rule due to "Affluenza" and Brock Turner to be released after only 3 month for what his father called "20 minutes of action".

It's the attitude, the power that "stars" have over others that causes them to think they're above it and prey on those they feel are "beneath them". The are bullies and take the power away from others in the most vile, horrific means.

That's what we have to teach out children is not acceptable - in any form!

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It's not the language that angers me, it's the attitude (Original Post) Paula Sims Oct 2016 OP
Being prez is ultimate star imagine the abuse of power Foggyhill Oct 2016 #1
It's the sense of entitlement that exists....nt Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #2
The good that is coming out of this is that now we are talking about this issue nationally Cakes488 Oct 2016 #3
Very well-said. Kath1 Oct 2016 #4
That's text book sexual assault, groping and kissing on someone like that is sexual assault and at uponit7771 Oct 2016 #5

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
5. That's text book sexual assault, groping and kissing on someone like that is sexual assault and at
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 07:08 PM
Oct 2016

... the least will get a person a fat lip and pray its ust that

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