Slut shaming?

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She can certainly defend her buddy, but I'm not quite sure where she's reading that from his tweet? 

You know damn well where she got it from.  In this day, if you say "anything" then it surely must be something sexual.  I mean, that's the only explanation it could be, right.  What else could it possibly be, right?  You know he meant sexual favors when he wrote that, right?  I mean, surely he's trying to "slut-shame" in this climate, right?  (I must be old, what the hell does that even mean?)

That's how these people must think......I feel like a complete idiot just typing it.  I'd have to jump off a bridge or something if my mind actually worked that way.

This really all translates into: "we thought we could get Trump with the Russia narrative and it failed miserably so now we're going to make up more accusations and try and take down Trump on the #metoo movement"
Bill O'Reilly reported yesterday that he has audio recording of an anti-Trumper offering $200k to a woman to accuse Trump of untoward behavior.

It's truly comical how desperate people are to take down Trump.

I watch and read CNN almost exclusively, always have.......it's amazing what Trump has done to them.  Truly, amazing.

lol, Not sure what Fox News has to do with Pocahontas being triggered.

I saw a meme the other day that was something to the effect of "Trump's twitter is a laser pointer and the media are all cats, it's kind of mean but hilarious to watch"

Maybe, but maybe not.

I've been pretty clear about my views on sexual assault allegations......it's the only crime where I work from a start that the offender is guilty.  It protects victims and I'll be right about 10-1. 

Now here's another POV from my wife.  When she was 16-21 she modeled in Europe (even made the cover of Italian Vogue), Dallas, New York, etc.  Big stuff for a young girl.  She won't talk about it today, and I didn't even know about it until we had been together a few years and her parents let the cat out of the bag when they showed me her book.  So that's the background.

Now, as all of these stories come out, many of them decades old, she mostly just shakes her head.  She says that it was a common practice for some models, and she's sure actresses as well, to "sleep" (not her word, but cleaned up for this forum)their way to modeling contracts and roles through photographers, agents, producers, etc.  She said the entire industry was full of it, and the major reason she became disgusted and quit.  She says it's completely disingenuous for these women to come forward now and cry foul......and she further believes that it taints the REAL cases of harassment and assault.  She was there, I was not, so there's that.

I found myself arguing with a woman that women must be believed in these instances, as I always do, while she argued that many of them are full of crap, got what they wanted at the time, rose to the top, now use that voice to cry foul.  She's not buying it.

Arguing with her always leads me to heavy drinking.

There's a phenomenon with various people that makes them always see things through their spectrum.  I grew up extremely poor, so everything bad that happened to us wasn't our fault it was somebody else's.  Many minorities struggle with seeing everything bad in their lives as being because they're a minority, and the example of seeing sexism in this tweet is exactly the same for anyone that sees sexism or anything sexual at all in it.  If everything is sexism or sexual harassment then nothing is sexism or sexual harassment.  He was simply stating that she was singing a different tune when she wanted something from him and because she didn't get it she's now trying to make him pay for it.  I'm not saying he's right or wrong, but to suggest something sexual is just silly.

As for the TPP being the final nail.  Hah, that's kind of funny.  Even Bernie and the majority of the Democrats wanted that "deal" gone.  It's probably the most bi-partisan supported thing he's done so far.
China is in a very tough spot right now and they are not at all happy with the way things are going.  This is very good for America.  We have always been in the drivers seat with the Chinese economy.  We've outsourced our prosperity to China through extremely high taxes and encouraging business to outsource everything.  If it weren't for the US manufacturing in China they would be in terrible shape financially.  They are seriously concerned about the tax cuts and strong leadership out of the Trump administration.  It's still very early, but you'll start seeing the benefits over the next couple years.

That article is in regards to the TPP and if you recall China wasn't even part of the TPP.  There was a famous gaff on the campaign where Trump talked about China taking advantage of people with the TPP and Rand Paul pointed out that they aren't even part of the TPP.

As for the tax cuts, China is in a very tough spot.  Here's an article from earlier in the year talking about a lot of their concerns.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2091203/trumps-tax-cut-plan-poses-new-threat-china

As for CHIP, I know Bernie likes to make stuff up to make Republicans sound all scary and mean but you need to not fall for it.  He lies a LOT.
FACT CHECK: Have Republicans ‘Ignored’ The CHIP Program?

I'm kind of with him on the Goldman Sachs executives, but there's been a ton of influence by them in all the administrations so it's not just Trump.  One could argue that you need to hire high level financial people for financial positions, and he would get destroyed if he hired a stay at home mom from Detroit for the positions. hah
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/309966-trump-continues-white-houses-goldman-sachs-revolving

Forced?  You weren't in the room either. (that's one problem with these discussions, you can't come from a different perspective than the one you cast doubts on, but there are people much closer to an issue than others.......I'll take their words over the other)  And yes, I realize force can come in many colors, but short of physical force there is also a choice involved when we are talking about adults. (and if you deny that, then explain the CHOICE to come forward now, since many have/will not)

It's a tough discussion, and I've had it many times, but it falls quite a bit short of men in power bad, women good.

I still stand by my opinion that every woman, or person of lesser power, makes an allegation you should start from the perspective that they have no reason to make it up and are being truthful.  You'll win that one almost every time.

The other deal, MM, as explained to me by my wife......there were/are plenty of women who knew they could make their own overtures in order to get spots they wanted.....which caused some men to believe that was acceptable, or at least an avenue, for them with other women.  It can't be denied that it happens....remember, men and women are the same, right? 

No, I've just lived long enough and been in enough situations to know that almost  nothing is completely one sided......as if economics were all that was in play.

And no, I didn't think it was cleaver......I'm just still blown away and laughing at how ridiculous I find the idea that men and women are the same.  Nowhere in nature does that occur.  I know, I know.....we are much more evolved than animals.

And for the record.......I've seen my wife control men for 2 decades. LOL

My wife is the supervisor for a 3 office region of a large Federal Agency.  She directly and indirectly supervises about 120 women and 15 men.  Go tell  her they are the same. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!