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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
It's not like we haven't all been there Jeff. You made your point. You may or may not be right in this circumstance.
If there have been more incidents, they will be sure to come out. Look at Cosby for instance. It is easy to march out with the virtue and the torches, but let's not jump the gun. There are certain types of behavior that everyone does know about and will tolerate, and others that people will shrug off seeing because they are too heinous. I don't think you can assume that people knew and took a blind eye.
In this case there hasn't been a trial yet. Social virtue signalling makes it easy to point a finger these days. Jumping on the band wagon is easy, and there is the emotional payoff of feeling superior. No need to form an opinion based on generalities. Facts will often out.
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I absolutely agree. Believe me, I never set out to belabor my point. I simply tossed out the idea that others may have known and chose not so say anything, which is not uncommon. And I absolutely agree that we need to see what comes out during the investigation and at trial before we haul out the tar and feathers.
I commend javadog for defending his friends, I really do. We would expect that. Where I have issue is the manner in which he chose to do that. Intelligent adults can do these things while remaining civil. He clearly cannot. And yes, I take great issue with the guys like him who consistently lower the level of discourse on this forum to that of childish rants and name calling. There is no call for it.