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It's Got to Be Funky: VULFPECK, "El Chepe"

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No Malarkey!11/20/2017 1:18:29 pm PST

re: #423 allegro

I have known sexual predators. There is nothing I’ve seen thus far to suggest that Franken is anything close to being one. Know what I’m seeing as a huge clue?

Predators are guys who manipulate and maneuver to get women alone. I don’t think I’ve ever seen or experienced any exception to this. The LAST thing they want are witnesses. That’s how they get away with their predatory behavior for so long. (See Moore, Roy and Weinstein, Harvey for examples.) It always remains in the “he said she said” arena and we know who wins those in our culture, particularly because predators choose victims whose credibility will be denied.

The Franken accusations involve instances in what appear to be very public places with many witnesses. This is contradictory to predatory behavior. Can we please have some fucking perspective here?

I guess you didn’t read the first victim’s accusation. She claimed Franken did maneuver her to get her alone for the kiss he wanted to “rehearse.” I get that we all like Franken and don’t want to think him capable of this kind of stuff. But I’m afraid we’re all in for a disappointment. I really hope not.