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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Idk if they stick or not but they should grill him with sexual harassment charges and make an example of him, this behavior needs to stop. No plea deal that drops those charges either.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Would be nice. And then national coverage showing that POS as a registered xex offender.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That guy threw a dildo at a child, but I don't really feel like it's up there with people trying to rape em

    I feel like the sex offender list should have teirs for really fucking stupid shit like this, people who get caught urinating in public, having sex in a car... and then people doing the real nasty shit?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That's definitely the wrong angle. This isn't a sex crime, the existence of dildos doesn't harm children, it just makes adults panic when they have to explain them an age appropriate way. You just have to tell them some people think they're funny, but a lot of people think it's rude. It's that easy

    This guy threw a heavy object into a crowd that included children, and hit a child. That's child endangerment, battery, and probably a half dozen other charges. Someone could've died

    This is a violent crime, not a sex crime. These are both serious things, but they must not be confused

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They’re choosing dildos for a reason. It is sexual harassment of the players. It is intending to demean the players. It’s no coincidence this shit started after the Union negotiations - men in Facebook comment sections were absolutely vile at the idea these women wanted to be paid fairly.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sure, against the players you can call it sexual harassment. It's sexist harassment at least. I'm not saying it isn't vile. But that's not the crime being prosecuted

    Do you really want to lump throwing dildos in public along with raping children?

    We're in the Epstein files era. We need a nice, clear, black and white when it comes to sex crimes, especially against children.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Harassment does not equal raping children. They are both bad things, and they are both sex crimes. You are straw manning - notice how at no point in my comment did I mention children, not suggest that sexual harassment is equivalent to crimes against children or rape.

    Do you also think these actions have no effect on the children watching? What lesson does it teach them - “women’s sport is such a joke that people think it’s funny to throw dildos at players?” How do you think a young girl who plays basketball might feel?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    I'm not straw manning you, I'm not saying you equate these things together. I'm pointing out that we live in a post rule-of-law society.

    If you call sex crime over this, it will cheapen the concept of sex crimes. It doesn't matter if it's technically true or not, we're living in very dangerous times

    The truth doesn't matter anymore, crisp clear messaging does. You're more likely to get dildos banned than the players protected at this point.

    The fact that they're dildos is extra disrespectful, but it's not ok to throw anything in a stadium that could hurt someone

    That has to be the message - they hurt a child, this is clearly way out of hand

    You can also go after the league for not properly addressing an environment of sexual harassment... But that's a separate issue. The WNBA has been extremely exploitative, you can't fix that by going after the viewers

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    someone could have died.

    How?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    By getting hit by a dildo. That's a solid object (even if it's not hard), it doesn't take much force to kill someone if you hit them just right

    So scale it up to hundreds of people throwing them from above, from behind? It's still not likely, but if you keep repeating this it'll happen eventually

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    So what about all the stuff that is shown to the public at Pride parades?

    Seems like a slippery slope imo

    Edit: I'll be extremely clear, if you cheapen what sexual harassment means, it opens the door for bad actors to use it against things you probably don't want to get labeled sexual harassment.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Im pretty certain theres a big enough difference between a parade celebrating a sexual identity and a basketball game. Besides they're already criminalizing the LGBT community, it's not like that box hasn't been opened, so the least we can do is prevent children at basketball games from getting hit with sex toys to hype up a scam currency.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yes the difference is there. But if you're giving a special significance to the dildo, be prepared for the jurisprudence to be twisted into something you very much don't want.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Easy one for ya.

    Shown is not the same word as thrown

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ah yes that's why if someone flashes you on the street it's not sexual harassment.

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