Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny
http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leean...or-al-franken/
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Time to start expelling anyone who has any such events in their past? |
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It was a skit?
I'll wait for more assertions to come in. He's been around a long time, if it's a pattern there'll be more. Given he's worked to expose abusers like O'Reilly and abusive situations like the Saipan sweatshops, this is another person that the accusation seems out of character for the accused. |
Ok who hasn't been accused of sexual impropriety, at this point?
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Expelling Moore for his actions will definitely open a can of worms among politicians, imo. It will definitely empower more victims to come forward, I think. We've already had reports of how sleazy politicians have been. Hopefully we can clean up Congress and remove everyone on the "creep list". |
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If he forced himself on her as described then yes it is assault, but I could see how that situation could arise from a miscommunication.
The photograph, I would say it is all in the context, what was the relationship like between them or the perceived relationship like and so on. (By the way it looks to me as if one hand is not touching her - the other hand appearing to touch could also be an effect of the foreshortening). |
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Seems about like the end of the pussygate video. So isn't this kind of sexual harassment really presidential?
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If I were to have such a photo taken with a female that I work with, I would be fired.
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The photo humiliates and demeans her via a sexual reference, imo.
I'm sure it was passed around to the boys to giggle over. |
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The other still has to be somewhat contextual. The problems are both legal, and political -i.e. appearances. I'm having a hard time getting worked up over a photo by a comedian that may have been, in your own words, "passed around to the boys to giggle over." Taken in an atmosphere that according to the article " full of sexual innuendo geared toward a young, male audience." That's the sort of context that at least makes me stop and say hmm ... is this even anywhere the same as me doing that in a corporate office ? And the answer is, of course, no. OTOH - does it make it all OK ? No, I don't think it necessarily does. But context matters. |
Roy Moore having Keith Ellison as a colleague in the senate is going to be lit.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeann_Tweeden
She has also appeared on the political discussion series Hannity, as a member of the "Great American Panel" and occasionally appeared on the panel of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.[4] In 1996, Tweeden appeared non-nude in a fitness model pictorial for Playboy magazine. Fifteen years later, at 38 years old, she appeared again in the December, 2011 issue of Playboy, this time posing in a nude pictorial. IIn 2002, she was a guest character in the motocross video game Freekstyle as a motocross rider. The March 2007 Issue of FHM (which was the final printed US issue) featured Tweeden as the cover girl.[5] As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".[6] More context. |
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Sleeping, fellow employee, pretending to grope her breasts. |
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She brought it up first in the article "As a TV host and sports broadcaster, as well as a model familiar to the audience from the covers of FHM, Maxim and Playboy, ...." If it's not important to context, why bring it up ? |
It all sounds a bit desperate to me. She told him what would happen in no uncertain terms if he repeated the act, therefore leaving him in no doubt as to her thoughts on the "assault. That picture is, whilst crass, in no way an example of him "groping her".
She didn't tell some people but she told some people. It's a done deal and you can hate me all you like for thinking get the **** over it. |
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I didn't intend for it to come across as victim blaming. |
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I think the reason why you think I'm often ambiguous is that you're trying too hard to find hidden meanings in what I say. |
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She had it coming! Did you see how she was dressed? |
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What exactly is the problem, here? I don't understand the appeal. What else can I possibly say about this? :rolleyes: Quote:
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Not being facetious but context really does matter. |
Get this bit from Franken's famous joke about raping Lesley Stahl:
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Sounds like we've identified Franken's kink--he likes to take pictures of himself doing things to women who are sleeping or passed out. Just a little bit more context. |
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