[–] 1 point 1 day ago

I'm very crazy. really hate being fair to poor poor men who are going to be on trial for more than 5 credible investigated and approved charges of rape by police and prosecution. Just nuts. we all know groups of 6 or more people will just accuse innocent men of rape and police and prosecution will investigate and go 'well.. he seems innocent of these 6 accusations of rape but let's put him on trial all the same.'

it couldn't be, he in fact raped several people AND had expensive lawyers, or that the criminal justice system is notoriously shitty at convicting rapists.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    then you arguing he isn't a serial rapist because he's been on trial for 4 instances of rape will soon been on trail for at least two more, police and prosecution all agreed the charges fit the gathered evidence and testimony, but he's only been convicted so far of one? I'm sure he has very expensive lawyers, he's a fucking serial rapist.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago*

    the only thing that helped me was really deciding I wasn't going to artificially end my life. one, the kids, two fuck God, if he wants me dead he can come down here and kill me himself, until then, I'm gonna keep getting back up and struggling till it's over beyond my control.

    on the other hand, if you're capable of having a social support structure, you desperately need one, and counciling could work, you just need to tell the first three councilors you pull it's not gonna work at all, until it does work. there's a lot of people who suck at their job.

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  • [–] 60 points 3 days ago

    if you want dirty talk, and specific words upset you and you don't want them involved in the dirty talk, you need to be VERY clear about that. most people that aren't into dirty talk have no idea at all what it even is and some think it's just saying swears. you have to tell them what exactly you want and you have to tell them what words and attitudes you hate.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    totally different, it's actually bloodborne. but it came out first. the Manga is significantly better, the anime rushed a lot of stuff and skipped a lot of plot entirely particularly overthrowing the organization. it is an island ran by weird scientists who are creating mutant humans as weapons to fight a war somewhere else, but that's just the backstory, the real gem is that it's a deconstruction of 'even more power' fight centric manga where the hot girls are actuality well written characters who may have malnutrition and look hot in babe armor, but they're covered in horrifying scars and horrible to see naked. and after they quickly realize they're all being duped the women overthrow the scientists then try and kill off all their living failed experiments who are some men but mostly other women who went nuts from unresolved trauma and cosmic horror blood, so they keep fighting and leveling up and even more power than before-ing, and the whole time a cute twink that's been claimed by our main character, hangs out with the bad guys long enough to realize they're all just people with massive trauma fighting other people with massive trauma and they all need therapy and at the final fight he cries and stops them from fighting and tells them they're all valid in their own way and they realize they don't need to kill each other, after watching the cute twink cry and whine. it's fantastic. highly recommend.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    If he's like any of the rich and famous men in prison in the US, pretty much as soon as he gets there. money and celebrity are pretty great to have in prison, and the men in prison aren't like THAT offended by being a rapist.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I don't know if this article says but others have noted he has other charges pending, and the judge stated after the victim impact statements that he clearly has a pattern of sexual abuse, I'm also not swayed at all by the difference in conviction of rape vs how many times he actually raped in real life, often in these and also serial murder cases, the prosecution will focus on one or two instances that are easier to convict rather than every instance it reportedly happened, I don't agree with this commonality of the legal system, it is what they do, unfortunately, and it allows people to minimize crimes in a lot of cases because someone was only technically convicted once. he's an abuser with many victims, he's rape more than one woman for certain, I don't care how the prosecution decides to arrange the charges.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

    most rapist target victims they know and can be connected to, family members, social relationships, romantic relationships, and work relationships, it's it MUCH harder to get away with murdering someone you know, than abusing them. killing them would almost certainly be attributed to the person they know that was motivated to harm them. if Brand killed any of his victims he targeted through his work connections, he would have been caught very very quickly. he's avoided jail for such a long time because abuse and rape carry enough stigma and trauma and the pressure of not being the person who's causing problem in your profession when you aren't in a position of power makes it hard for victims to report and pursue legal charges. killing these women wouldn't have solved any problem. over 90% of rape and sexual abuse is from someone that woman knows well. this is the tactic of rapist and abusers, to get into someone's life, and abuse them with the pressure of being their boss or romantic partner, or otherwise connected to them in a way that stops them from reporting that adds more stigma or trauma to stop them from talking, killing them might stop them from talking, but it goes from an unreported crime to a crime that will likely make headlines and draw significant attention and that 90% are known to the victim also means police won't have a hard time linking the victim to the murderer, so your suggestion that LONGER JAIL TIME for rapists will lead to every rapist becoming a murder, doesn't make sense. the pattern of abuse, and the outcomes of said abuse don't line up at all with murder being a logical solution to avoiding longer jail times.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    they're tried all their trickery leading up, and none of it worked, they know they're beat and they know they aren't getting voters back, they just created a Latino voter block, used to be very down the middle with Latinos, but not anymore and certainly not with young Latinos, they aren't getting that back for a generation at least.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

    I get the theory, but it doesn't hold up to scrutiny, it's never been positivity shown that legislation effects criminal behavior to that extent, most criminals think ''I'll never get caught'' not ''I can stomach the punishment''

    edit for all the down votes: longer sentences and less access to parole and bail for rapists and sexual abusers has happened, this has happened in CA where I live several times in fact, and murder rates have not gone up to meet the rate of rape or sexual abuse. this isn't a thing that's ever happened, and longer sentencing has never been shown to increase the rate of violent crimes, that's not how rapists have been shown to behave or think. also deciding I'm being emotional by suggesting rape needs to be treated like murder in sentencing is foolish, I clearly said the reason is that rapists shouldn't be allowed to reenter society, as they'll continue to be rapists, and seek victims.

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