Republicans spent years demanding Hunter Biden's laptop, shooting up pizza places, and harassing trans people. Yet shrug at Epstein and Trump.
Republicans spent years demanding Hunter Biden's laptop, shooting up pizza places, and harassing trans people. Yet shrug at Epstein and Trump.
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Lol certainly don't mention that Bill Clinton was on that plane either, or else you'll see the Lemmy version of the literal same effect, even though neither that man nor his wife are running for office and criticizing them is valid and protected speech. I am currently being told in another thread that Clinton's abuse of power and thus sexual abuse of Monica Lewinsky is "just as bad" as the consensual cheating relationship Newt engaged in at the time. Even though no, one involved abuse of power and one didn't.
No one in this country is willing to be honest or have a backbone. It's pathetic. How about we don't stump for rapists at all, no matter their political affiliation.
I know that conservatives like to go "if you go after trump for being a pedophile, then what about Clinton?"
And EVERY SINGLE LEFTY goes "okay".
Like, what a bizarre world where one side of the isle ignores pedophilia if it's their idol doing it, and the other has a blanket "no pedophile" policy.
Who do you think is leftwing? Democrats? Like status quo Dems? Like the 2016 presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, who is STILL MARRIED to Bill Clinton? The Clinton's who funded the DNC in 2016 in exchange for explicit support by the party during the primary? This is something ALL lefties are comfortable acknowledging and talking about and we definitely want "girls girl" Hilary Clinton to be in office as a rapist apologist?
Like exactly WHO on the left is bringing up these topics when saying how unacceptable the Clinton's are in tbe party? What established politician? Or is it journalists and actual leftists and progressives?
That's like saying establishment Dems care about Citizens United, or stopping officials from holding stocks, or the Panama Papers. It's the wealthy versus the people and always has been.
If some criminal indictments came out against trump for being a pedophile, the right wing will go NUTS. "It's a witch hunt!".
If Clinton gets indicted for his pedophilia, lefties go "yeah good, about time".
You see the difference right? One's a cult, the other is normal?
Bill Clinton absolutely should be investigated and by no means should he be president again after that information came out. He also happens to be ineligible for life because of having held two terms, but I and many democratic voters would prefer to hear that he’s being investigated.
The difference between him and trump though, is trump is running for president.
We can call out Trump's crimes without ignoring everyone else's. It absolutely disgusts me to read the interference ya'll are running for literal rapists. And that you think it's acceptable because "Trump is running for office," is insane. No.
Trump is running for president, yeah, but Clinton was actually the president when this happened. The court cases are literally ongoing.
I’m saying we, the voters, should be focused on the one who’s running for president when tomorrow is Election Day. We can go after bill on Thursday. On Thursday I won’t mind people screaming about bill’s crimes so long as it’s not calls to prosecute unrelated democrats.
And I should add, both of these people were President.
Cool, but when you dismiss or ignore these very real concerns instead of just using verbiage that acknowledges and accepts it, then you lose voters because they perceive you as a liar.
And I meant that Bill was president while on the plane.
And when you say anything bad about a democrat on the first Monday of November in a leap year when the stakes are this damn high you’re going to be perceived as engaging in whataboutism.
I don’t want to defend bill Clinton. To be honest, I hate the man. He’s a pedo or at least was ok with it. He sexually violated Ms. Lewinsky from a position of power. And he’s been the easy target against the only political party that believes I deserve to be treated decently. Both of those men have engaged in sex crimes. And neither is likely to go to prison for them. This is a hard situation to argue around. So yeah, maybe we both could’ve articulated better from the start.
Yeah this is true, election day has me all jumpy. Take care
Yeah I’m a trans woman in a red state. I’m watching my back and tempering my expectations. I’m terrified and I have been for a while
Ahhh...the "Look...CLINTON" defense...I haven't heard that one in a couple months. Yes...Bill was a dipshit womanizer, he also hasn't been relevant in a decade.
Yeah I think Clinton's current victims actually find these crimes quite relevant today.
Diddy hasn't really been relevant in a decade, neither was Cosby, should we just ignore them too? Video of Cassie being beaten was forever ago, who cares? Cassie doesn't need justice, right? The American public don't deserve to know what's been going on either, which btw is tbe entire moral basis for journalism and the idea of integrity.
Maybe if you were victim centered with crimes, you could see why it's concerning there are so many horrible rapists in politics.
And I voted for Kamala. I actually think as a woman and a prosecutor who was exposed to these crimes, she is a great candidate for office with a lot of potential.
They are not relevant to the election...unless we are talking about how Trump is complicit in them.
So you DO indeed shrug about Clinton and Epstein, it's just nbd bc the elections etc
Objection: Relevance.
Sustained: deat cat.
? You don't see how it's relevant to current victims and current politics?
Idk what you're saying about the "Lemmy version" given that you're entirely free to do so - in fact, you just did do so
Well, there are things called upvotes and downvotes. So yes I, as an individual, have that opinion. But Greater Lemmy downvoted me and didn't upvote me, so clearly the sentiment on Lemmy as a group is that Bill Clinton's Epstein trips and sexual assaults are cool but Trump's aren't.
Lol certainly don’t mention that Bill Clinton was on that plane either,
Elsewhere in this same comment section:
Clinton should absolutely be investigated and the book thrown at him if he’s guilty, though. Same as Trump.
That comment got 42 upvotes and 0 downvotes. I assume your downvotes have more to do with:
No one in this country is willing to be honest or have a backbone. It’s pathetic.
Lol quote the rest of that comment or link it because I don't see it
Or maybe you get downvoted for your general "woe is me", "all of Lemmy is bad" attitude...
I have already explicitly told you I believe it because Lemmy is full of men who have no problem with rape, which is pretty fucking common.
Like your position is laughable - I'm unhappy as a woman regarding rape conversations, and I'm only getting downvoted because I'm not "smiling" enough in my comments. I'm sorry I have a bad attitude about rapists. I should really be nicer to them like you.
Lemmy is full of men who have no problem with rape, which is pretty fucking common.
That right there, that's why you get my down-lemm. It's a negative, sweeping generalization against the very platform you're on and is sexist. I don't feel it meaningfully contributes to the discussion.
I'm sorry I don't cater to you.
Whatever, you're someone who is okay with rape.
Where did i say that? What rapist do I support? Quote me.
I have already explicitly told you I believe it because Lemmy is full of men who have no problem with rape, which is pretty fucking common.
Like your position is laughable - I'm unhappy as a woman regarding rape conversations, and I'm only getting downvoted because I'm not "smiling" enough in my comments. I'm sorry I have a bad attitude about rapists. I should really be nicer to them like you.
You're getting downvoted because of your accusations which are batshit crazy, not because people disagree with you. Liberals don't give a shit about what happens to Bill Clinton, progressives want him locked up and tankies want to execute him. No one is defending Bill Clinton here.
What people are saying is that there's an election nearing its end, and the fate of Bill Clinton is right now completely irrelevant to this election, unlike Trump's fate, because Trump is a man who is one of the two candidates, and Clinton isn't.
If you then keep pointing out the existence of Bill Clinton multiple times, no one even understands what you're arguing for. You want to persecute Bill? Okay, sounds good. How is this relevant to this election?
There are many people repeatedly defending and dismissing Bill here.
If Dems want votes, they gotta stop with toxic messaging that contains lies and gaslights people because it alienates them. It's relevant to the current election because it drives current voters away. Imo the reason Kamala will win is because she's a prosecutor and America is furious about Epstein, Diddy, etc. Clinton is part of that. She'd look tough on crime and bipartisan if Dems admit it's an issue openly instead of screaming shill.
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