cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53819430

The early voting for the Midterms is now available in many places. You can early vote at a polling place or you can use mail-in voting.

Get organised today here: https://www.vote.org/

If you choose to vote in person, either now or on election day, be aware of your rights and course of actions: https://lemmy.world/post/53334632

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17 comments in c/antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world view that post
[–] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I literally just got done listening to a podcast where a trump supporter called in to argue that rape and sexual assault are different things, and that if we consider anything but penis-in-vagina rape, that if we consider forcing fingers into people or consider other holes, then all guys would have to go to jail for rape. I am not even kidding. (This was him defending trump that E. Jean’s case was not rape, even as he conceded that it happened.) It was gross as fuck.

I swear, these people are not normal.

e: link for the brave. Consider yourself warned, for some extremely disgusting shit, conversations about SA and CSA.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    I believe English law does make that distinction. People are, rightly I think, trying to change that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (4 children)

    Federal law says rape means any forcible and non consensual penetration by a penis, digits, or objects. He reads the federal law in the video.

    Some states still have old nonsense on their books, but federal law is clear. This guy was arguing against federal law, and more to the point, he said all guys would be guilty of rape if that were true.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Oh I knew he was American and our laws differ. Just pointing out that perhaps the moron got his understanding from English law, or worse, his "common sense".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I figured you might have thought we were talking about ye old laws that are still on the books. Nope. This idiot is not capable of that sort of reasoning. I recommend watching the video if you’ve the stomach for it. It’s insane.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago*

    There's only so much outrage a person is capable of. Now we're at the point I predicted, Trump can no longer speak coherently and yet media across the planet is shoulder shrugging.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgcEiGaLEA0

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago*

    Considering all previous attempts to convict him basically failed, I can understand why people don’t expect anything to happen

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It’s a shrug for everything, let’s be real.

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

    Not at all the biggest damage he's caused. Wtf?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The fact we can have arguments over that tells the whole story doesn’t it

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I guess but I mean it's not even close to the top 5. Probably not even in the top 10 worst things he's done.

    I feel like this comment + the second half of the post would have been stronger. He's been so bad that the normalization of rape culture is just a normal day in this admin

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    Well a few people tried to take more direct measures, but their plans were poorly executed and failed.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Remember when people voted for Bernie and still got Hillary?

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    [–] 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child)

    Can't we vote for policies instead of just against Trump? Californians have their congressional representative on the ballot but there's a lot more on the ballot for harm reduction than "trump bad"

    btw I already voted

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