Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Conor Oberst Rape Accuser: 'I Made up Lies to Get Attention' [View all]Squinch
(51,198 posts)130. No one said anything even remotely resembling that statement. Why are YOU saying it?
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
134 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
And sometimes pressure is brought to bear on false accusers to recant their testimony.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#10
Why don't you throw up the stats on false accusations showing how minimal it is?
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#14
I think it's disrespectful because a time-out is something you give to children
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#25
now, i am acting like a child, that needs a time out, cause i am out of control, for stating a fact?
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#34
Agschmid did an experiment. He posted one of seabeyond's posts, word for word, under his
Squinch
Jul 2014
#52
I thought so too. There IS a groupthink among those who like to hate her. I bet
Squinch
Jul 2014
#73
Having the last word in a thread is one of your core principles? Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
Squinch
Jul 2014
#69
lol. and judging one cause of capitalization is a core principle for you. bah hahahahahahahahahaha
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#63
you can project whatever tone you want on me. that is a limp excuse. i have no control
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#124
you came in du for a couple jabs, now off... to the more important stuff? lol. what? discussionist?
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#49
so, that IS where you do your serious discussion. you have me in stitches old. between
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#64
a part of the intellectual integrity is not acting cause someone says i dare you.... i double
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#67
If their true selves are against the democratic principles of equal rights for women,
Squinch
Jul 2014
#75
If they are against equal rights for women, people of color and LGBT people, and if they
Squinch
Jul 2014
#78
Are you saying that you prefer the way you are free to be yourself over there? If so,
Squinch
Jul 2014
#79
look. i am sure you will go back to discussionist and tell the buddies how you got them wimminz, ...
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#89
old. you have not really said much of anything, but that you are playing a game.
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#93
The statistics of actual versus fictional claims of rape does seem germane
LanternWaste
Jul 2014
#22
you walk into a thread of a 16 yr old girl, drugged, raped, videod, distributed, hashtagged mocked
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#23
If she really does have a history of "catfishing", it sounds like a case of Munchausen by Internet.
moriah
Jul 2014
#11
Uh, I'd judge a man for making up being raped to get attention, just as harshly...
moriah
Jul 2014
#88
No, I mean the meaning of the word "whore." We call male prostitutes "male prostitutes." We
Squinch
Jul 2014
#119
We all have men and women in our lives who toss those words around, and it's becoming a point
Squinch
Jul 2014
#129
Yeah, you should feel uncomfortable calling a woman a whore. Please don't do it again.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#54
How many rapes today around the world? One false accusation today not taken beyond public,
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#8
that is really the point. they were doing it before this women. and they would be doing it
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#110
right malaise, that is what i said. women everywhere, accuse men of false rape. really?
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#115
No one said anything even remotely resembling that statement. Why are YOU saying it?
Squinch
Jul 2014
#130
Everything I've seen about Conor Oberst indicates he's a good guy, and a solid progressive.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#40
I'd never heard it before. Here's one anti-Bush song that was far better...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2014
#109
I got to see him 10 yrs ago at a Vote for Change concert in which Bright Eyes was the bottom act
pinboy3niner
Jul 2014
#84