Twang wrote:Stopped after the first paragraph
Yeah probably. But like JC I'm still surprised it's caused so much outrage.
Twang wrote:Stopped after the first paragraph
The Modernist wrote:He's going to get attacked for this too? Is everything the guy says now going to get trawled over so we can sit in judgement over it?
Wadesmith wrote:Why is it that when there's a 'What do you think of this?' post, it's always absolute cobblers?
The Red Heifer wrote:I mean everyone knew he was gay
R. Swipe wrote:The Modernist wrote:Goat Boy wrote:
It could be both admission and deflection. It's easy to be cynical and maybe I'm predisposed to that. Maybe it just is the former but it's an odd statement to make and it's not one that wouldn't have been run by PR teams first you know?
I think he was just trying to be honest and deal with things as directly as he could.
That's how it strikes me too.
There is, of course, always a tendency to give people like Spacey the benefit of the doubt (and conversely, have the knives sharpened for Trump), because of personal bias, what these people mean to us. But some of the reactions I've seen today to this have shocked me - and that includes 'respected' sources like the Telegraph.
I've just read Rapp's original statement again and it sounds like an ugly experience for him. But 'sexual assault' - the phrase has been used in most articles covering this story today and it covers a broad spectrum - we need to be clear what it means in each context.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
Diamond Dog wrote:The Red Heifer wrote:I mean everyone knew he was gay
Seriously, they didn't.
Wadesmith wrote:Why is it that when there's a 'What do you think of this?' post, it's always absolute cobblers?
Fonz wrote:the huge number of online stories discussing his predatory nature ).
Jimbo wrote: I have just shown...
Jimbo wrote:There goes that conspiracy theory.
The Red Heifer wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:The Red Heifer wrote:I mean everyone knew he was gay
Seriously, they didn't.
Really? I guess you had to do a little reading between the lines but I thought it was pretty obvious.
toomanyhatz wrote:Fonz wrote:the huge number of online stories discussing his predatory nature ).
Am I the only one completely unaware of this? I'm only seeing the current ones. Does he have a long history?
Diamond Dog wrote:The Red Heifer wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:
Seriously, they didn't.
Really? I guess you had to do a little reading between the lines but I thought it was pretty obvious.
I don't mean me - I mean 'everyone'. It's very clear from social media today that many were completely unaware, even quite a few in his own industry.
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