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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 3:44:23 PM
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http://time.com/5292471/morgan-freeman-statement/

Actor Morgan Freeman is maintaining that his behavior should not be classified as sexual assault, in the wake of harassment and misconduct allegations leveled against him earlier this week.
I am devastated that 80 years of my life is at risk of being undermined, in the blink of an eye, by Thursdays media reports, Freeman said in a statement provided to TIME late Friday night. All victims of assault and harassment deserve to be heard. And we need to listen to them. But it is not right to equate horrific incidents of sexual assault with misplaced compliments or humor.
A CNN report published Thursday included accounts from eight people who accused Freeman of inappropriate behavior or harassment. Many of these alleged instances included what were perceived as inappropriate comments from Freeman. One woman claimed he once repeatedly tried to lift her skirt and asked if she was wearing underwear; another said the actor made so many comments about her appearance that she and her assistants stopped wearing fitted clothing around him. CNN reporter Chloe Melas also said the actor called her ripe when she interviewed him while six months pregnant.

Freeman, who issued an apology shortly after CNNs story broke Thursday, said in the second statement that he uses jokes and humor to make people feel appreciated and at ease around me, though he added that, Clearly I was not always coming across the way I intended.
Still, Freeman maintains in the statement that his behavior never crossed certain lines.
I did not create unsafe work environments. I did not assault women. I did not offer employment or advancement in exchange for sex, Freeman said in the statement. Any suggestion that I did so is completely false.


Like I've been saying all along.
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Muffinz0rz
05/26/18 3:45:03 PM
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red_rocket_yum
05/26/18 3:45:33 PM
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liberals' heads spinning trying to seem like a party of tolerance/women's rights etc
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Damn_Underscore
05/26/18 3:47:21 PM
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This is why headline culture is so devastating tbh
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 3:48:09 PM
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I say he should sue all 8 women
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Vyrulisse
05/26/18 3:50:08 PM
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Hopefully he sticks to his guns then. Glad he spoke up and defended himself because like I said in another topic I'm a fan of his.
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nicklebro
05/26/18 3:50:59 PM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
I say he should sue all 8 women

For what? They're not lying, it's just the culture that is now condemning men for anything and everything. Really we just need to grow up. It's help if the right wasn't so intent on dividing the country tho.
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05/26/18 3:54:11 PM
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hockeybub89
05/26/18 3:55:41 PM
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Im_JustMe0129
05/26/18 3:55:59 PM
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9 out of 10 of these accusers want attention and a hand out. Plain and simple.
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fire_bolt
05/26/18 3:58:11 PM
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Yeah, this whole thing seems dumb. Like, at one point there was some real teeth to the allegations coming out. Several prominent figures actually assaulted or raped women (or even men in a few instances) and everyone was right to be outraged... But now? "He complimented my figure" is apparently grounds to crucify a man. Trying to equate that with sexual assault does nothing but water down the claims of ACTUAL victims.
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UnholyMudcrab
05/26/18 4:00:24 PM
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"Come on, guys, I only committed a little bit of sexual harassment"
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ZCheveyo
05/26/18 4:05:35 PM
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The 'ripe' one confuses me....you were 6 months pregnant, you probably looked ready to pop. How is saying you looked 'ripe' weird?
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masterpug53
05/26/18 4:07:23 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
"Come on, guys, I only committed a little bit of sexual harassment"


Well, that's the point. These women were right to call him out on his behavior, and considering that he's not denying what they specifically accused him of, we can fairly assume the truth of their accusations. However, Freeman is clearly making this statement to avoid being lumped in with the likes of Weinstein and Spacey, which is also fair; harassment and assault are on two different levels, and should be treated as such.
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 4:07:58 PM
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ZCheveyo posted...
The 'ripe' one confuses me....you were 6 months pregnant, you probably looked ready to pop. How is saying you looked 'ripe' weird?


People are just scum
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Funkydog
05/26/18 4:10:37 PM
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"I didn't touch them, so it's okay"

Fuck off.

Yes, what he did isn't as bad as some. But he still (perhaps unintentionally) was making many people uncomfortable and being pretty sleazy evidently. Lots of men display this attitude and brush it off as nothing. I'm not really sure we should just have to accept men making sexual remarks as normal or "funny remarks". That shit gets annoying pretty fast when you have to deal with men who do it all the time.
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pikachupwnage
05/26/18 4:12:25 PM
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I feel a big problem is people treat everything just as bad.

Being a bit of a lech is different from sexual assault or straight up rape.

Kinda like any crime that gets you on a sex offender list is often conflated as pedophile or rapist even when its something as dumb as public urination or two teens both under age of consent having sex with each other.

And no if the allegations are true not saying Freeman didnt do anything wrong. Just hate the way society views conflates certain things. Whatever the current moral panic is everyone wants the complete destruction of anyone who is so much accused or sometimes even associates with someone accused.

Mob justice via social media harassment and the like only weakens society. We prejudge too much and often people who are found not guilty or even straight up proven innocent already lost their jobs, and more.
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creativerealms
05/26/18 4:15:17 PM
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red_rocket_yum posted...
liberals' heads spinning trying to seem like a party of tolerance/women's rights etc

Yeah we should be like Christian conservatives and see women as second class citizens.
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Jiek_Fafn
05/26/18 4:15:47 PM
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If someone at a normal job did these things and HR got a complaint you'd simply be told not to do it again and maybe apologize.
That's really no big deal on either end. I dont see why anyone would want to condemn him on these things.
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 4:16:18 PM
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Funkydog posted...
"I didn't touch them, so it's okay"

Fuck off.

Yes, what he did isn't as bad as some. But he still (perhaps unintentionally) was making many people uncomfortable and being pretty sleazy evidently. Lots of men display this attitude and brush it off as nothing. I'm not really sure we should just have to accept men making sexual remarks as normal or "funny remarks". That shit gets annoying pretty fast when you have to deal with men who do it all the time.


why are you replying to a comment that NOBODY made?

That's disturbing, do you need help?
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TheVipaGTS
05/26/18 4:16:42 PM
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red_rocket_yum posted...
liberals' heads spinning trying to seem like a party of tolerance/women's rights etc

Liberals!!!!!
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Funkydog
05/26/18 4:18:15 PM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
why are you replying to a comment that NOBODY made?

That's disturbing, do you need help?

...what?
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 4:20:01 PM
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Funkydog posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
why are you replying to a comment that NOBODY made?

That's disturbing, do you need help?

...what?

I bolded the part that confused you.
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Funkydog
05/26/18 4:21:18 PM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Funkydog posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
why are you replying to a comment that NOBODY made?

That's disturbing, do you need help?

...what?

I bolded the part that confused you.

My comment was in reference to what Morgan Freeman said himself.

Yes, he is right that what he did is nowhere near as bad as some. But it doesn't absolve him by any means.
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TheVipaGTS
05/26/18 4:21:46 PM
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Funkydog posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
why are you replying to a comment that NOBODY made?

That's disturbing, do you need help?

...what?

Since you paraphrased the statement hes using semantics to attack you since technically he didnt say that verbatim.
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Axiom
05/26/18 4:22:30 PM
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He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse
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Webmaster4531
05/26/18 4:26:09 PM
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Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

Well Louie CK admitted to sexual harassment too but he did it before allegations surfaced.

CK is largely forgiven.
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 4:28:05 PM
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Apparently SJWs love watching the world burn.

They remind me of Poisen Ivy trying to kill all life just so the plants can inherit a ''better'' Earth.
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catboy0_0
05/26/18 4:39:17 PM
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Keep head down.
Speak only when spoken to.
Do not joke.
Do your job.
Citizen.
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Anteaterking
05/26/18 4:43:54 PM
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pikachupwnage posted...
Kinda like any crime that gets you on a sex offender list is often conflated as pedophile or rapist even when its something as dumb as public urination or two teens both under age of consent having sex with each other.


The mythical public urination sex offender does not make up the 70% of the list that CE pretends it does.
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BlackHorse6969
05/26/18 4:44:40 PM
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Funkydog posted...
"I didn't touch them, so it's okay"

Fuck off.

Yes, what he did isn't as bad as some. But he still (perhaps unintentionally) was making many people uncomfortable and being pretty sleazy evidently. Lots of men display this attitude and brush it off as nothing. I'm not really sure we should just have to accept men making sexual remarks as normal or "funny remarks". That shit gets annoying pretty fast when you have to deal with men who do it all the time.

if someone feels uncomfortable at a workplace, they should tell the person that they feel uncomfortable. you dont bottle it up, save it for years later, and accuse someone of sexual harassment.
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Axiom
05/26/18 4:44:40 PM
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Webmaster4531 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

Well Louie CK admitted to sexual harassment too but he did it before allegations surfaced.

CK is largely forgiven.

Louis CK also had all his shows canceled and his deal with FX shot to hell. Sure he can still do comedy clubs but his TV and movie career is as dead as Spacey's
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BlackHorse6969
05/26/18 4:47:23 PM
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Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims
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Axiom
05/26/18 4:54:40 PM
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BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do
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UnholyMudcrab
05/26/18 4:55:07 PM
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BlackHorse6969 posted...
these bimbos

Oh gee, I can't possibly imagine why you don't consider this sexual harassment
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BlackHorse6969
05/26/18 5:02:01 PM
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Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do

imagine believing everything these bimbos spout out. it's not hard to accuse someone of sexual harassment and lie about the things the accused did
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 5:02:31 PM
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Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do


Lifted A SINGLE GIRL'S ANKLE LONG DRESS, whom the accusser also admitted "HE DIDN'T RAISE IT THAT HIGH''

get you facts straight before you rant.
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BlackHorse6969
05/26/18 5:07:10 PM
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to all the white knights defending the bimbos, you are being fooled. if there really were a case of sexual harassment, these bimbos would have filed a complaint against Mr. Morgan immediately after the events took place. The fact that they waited months to years to speak up about it over SOCIAL MEDIA indicates that they are lying and are seeking attention or money
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 5:08:16 PM
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BlackHorse6969 posted...
to all the white knights defending the bimbos, you are being fooled. if there really were a case of sexual harassment, these bimbos would have filed a complaint against Mr. Morgan immediately after the events took place. The fact that they waited months to years to speak up about it over SOCIAL MEDIA indicates that they are lying and are seeking attention or money


well said. QFT.
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Skye Reynolds
05/26/18 5:09:50 PM
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Eight women have accused him?

Man, that kills me. :(
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 5:13:09 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Eight women have accused him?

Man, that kills me. :(


They are more attention seeking tramps than actual women, to be fair.
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Axiom
05/26/18 5:18:07 PM
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weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do


Lifted A SINGLE GIRL'S ANKLE LONG DRESS, whom the accusser also admitted "HE DIDN'T RAISE IT THAT HIGH''

get you facts straight before you rant.

Literally makes zero difference how high it was. Even just touching a girl's skirt is bad
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 5:19:41 PM
#45:


Axiom posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do


Lifted A SINGLE GIRL'S ANKLE LONG DRESS, whom the accusser also admitted "HE DIDN'T RAISE IT THAT HIGH''

get you facts straight before you rant.

Literally makes zero difference how high it was. Even just touching a girl's skirt is bad


Do you even masterbate? You sound so chaste.
To give you a proper response, yeah you're right, but touching a girls dress is his only offense. It's not worth the end of his career.
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nicklebro
05/26/18 5:20:39 PM
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Axiom posted...
Webmaster4531 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

Well Louie CK admitted to sexual harassment too but he did it before allegations surfaced.

CK is largely forgiven.

Louis CK also had all his shows canceled and his deal with FX shot to hell. Sure he can still do comedy clubs but his TV and movie career is as dead as Spacey's

Lol no it isn't. He's on a self imposed hiatus, the public didn't demonize him like they did spacey, get real bro.

BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Exactly. If you don't say anything at the time then it's your fault for not setting boundaries. What is and is not acceptable is completely subjective, so it is in fact your responsibility to make your boundaries known.
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Axiom
05/26/18 5:21:27 PM
#47:


weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do


Lifted A SINGLE GIRL'S ANKLE LONG DRESS, whom the accusser also admitted "HE DIDN'T RAISE IT THAT HIGH''

get you facts straight before you rant.

Literally makes zero difference how high it was. Even just touching a girl's skirt is bad


Do you even masterbate? You sound so chaste.

Your equating sexual harassment to normal sexual activity is really disturbing and quite illuminating as to why you think his behavior is ok
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frogman_295
05/26/18 5:22:22 PM
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fake news
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nicklebro
05/26/18 5:22:48 PM
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Axiom posted...

Literally makes zero difference how high it was. Even just touching a girl's skirt is bad

It makes 0 difference? So touching the bottom of a girls dress to see her ankles is no different than lifting it over her head and exposing her private areas?

Idk if thats what you meant, but its what you said.
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weekoldhotdog
05/26/18 5:23:01 PM
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Axiom posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
weekoldhotdog posted...
Axiom posted...
BlackHorse6969 posted...
Axiom posted...
He already admitted to sexual harassment. This is just going to make the situation worse

how is it sexual harassment if he was never aware he made them feel uncomfortable? im sure he would have stopped his jokes if he knew. the problem is that these bimbos dont speak up, and they decide to save it to use later in order to act like victims

Lol what. Please don't tell me this is a serious question. Also it went beyond "jokes" if you actually bothered to read it. He lifted girls skirts. Do women really need to say what is and isn't ok for people like you to understand cause the rest of us know exactly what not to do


Lifted A SINGLE GIRL'S ANKLE LONG DRESS, whom the accusser also admitted "HE DIDN'T RAISE IT THAT HIGH''

get you facts straight before you rant.

Literally makes zero difference how high it was. Even just touching a girl's skirt is bad


Do you even masterbate? You sound so chaste.

Your equating sexual harassment to normal sexual activity is really disturbing and quite illuminating as to why you think his behavior is ok


oh, i gave you a real response while you was shitposting.
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hockeybub89
05/26/18 5:23:48 PM
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BlackHorse6969 posted...
to all the white knights defending the bimbos, you are being fooled. if there really were a case of sexual harassment, these bimbos would have filed a complaint against Mr. Morgan immediately after the events took place. The fact that they waited months to years to speak up about it over SOCIAL MEDIA indicates that they are lying and are seeking attention or money

You do know all the legitimate cases from Me Too are also months to years old, right?

Assuming people are lying bimbos is just the opposite extreme of assuming everyone accused is definitely a rapist.
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