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Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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How is it that Trump can say he grabs women by the pussy and still become president and Platner is so far only accused of sexual assault and his support is quickly eroding and he's being asked to leave the race? Can it be the Democrats inability to articulate a response to the rigid parameters imposed on behavior by those in the party who insist such adherence is mandatory? The Republican response to Platner staying in the race is a known quantity that can be addressed and diminished even without the mountain of ammunition the Republicans can give Democrats. Yet the Democrats seem completely unprepared for the fight.
Maybe, and this is me having to think a few seconds... Progressive voters align more with moral behavior than Trump voters? A lot of progressives want things that make people's lives better because they believe it is the right thing, and I would argue that raping people is a thing that they would deem as bad.
Now, if your argument is that this is only an accusation and not proven... That's a little more understandable. I would argue that this most recent accusation seems very credible. It's also kinda fucking weird to say "If they're okay with the child rapist Trump, we should be okay with an adult rapist!" That's better in a way that sort of makes light of rape.
I feel like if you sexually assault someone, you should never be allowed power should not be a controversial opinion, but I fucking bet it is.
In case the other guy minced words a little too much, I'll say it a bit more directly. Sexual misconduct and rape are bad. Left leaning voters do not like rapists, apparently right leaning voters do. Your concern about the fact that the right still elected trump, but that the left seems to be abandoning platner is effectively saying that you are perfectly fine with overlooking rape if it means that your political team gets a win. This makes you an asshole.
Hope that cleared it up.
It's this thing called ethics
Everyone forgot about Amber Turd already. These are accusations, and already people act like he was convicted. Just shows throwing an accusation could impact someone's political career just as much as if they were actually convicted. By the time you get proven innocent people will have already made up their minds and moved on.
Throwing an accusation that’s backed up by evidence, let’s be clear here.
From my understanding one of the accusations seemed to have records but the other did not. And again, just assuming every accusation is true, things can be doctored and faked.
Wild that people think hesitating is somehow the same as supporting rapists or is wrong somehow. People have their lives ruined over false accusations but nobody seems to care about that.
When 1 in 4 women have been sexually assaulted and 1 in 6 women have been raped in the US, these accusations do not shock me in the slightest.
It's much more likely that this man with a history of violence took advantage of these women to get what he wanted.
5 in 6 women could be sexually assaulted and I still would hold off passing judgement until there was at least a hearing.
I'm not shocked either. It's seems like that's probably what happened. Again, wild that wanting to hold off judgements until someone gets their day in court should not be controversial lol.
If your excuse is that things can be doctored and faked, then it kinda feels like you've already made up your mind on this. You don't seem like you care what the evidence is.
Like, if you're gonna not care, at least don't be a coward about it. I get that people won't like you, but be more brazen in your misogyny so that people will avoid and dislike you sooner!
Also, just to start a fire for fun, Amber Heard was abused, even if she wasn't a perfect victim. It's pretty well-documented, and Johnny Depp is a piece of shit. I don't like that she returned the abuse, but that happens a lot in abusive relationships.
98% of perpetrators never see a courtroom.
Despite the harm they cause, the vast majority of perpetrators—nearly 98%—are never held fully accountable through the criminal justice system.
Again you're throwing numbers at me when I've already said it's not about the numbers. It's the belief that we should not let accusations be the same as convictions.
When convictions only happen in 2% of cases, we're allowing victims to suffer and perpetrators to walk. Just because an accusation doesn't turn into a conviction doesn't mean rape doesn't happen.
When did I try to say rape doesn't happen? Or that we should allow victims to suffer? Or that perpetrators should walk?
Just say you don't believe women when they come forward with credible rape allegations. If you only ever hold people in judgment when they're taken to court, you are allowing many rapists and predators slide in your opinion. It's your prerogative to do so, but you will be judged for it.
I don't see how that's connected. If 80% of women were sexually assaulted in the USA, I do not believe we should convict and throw someone in jail because they were accused. Even though there's an 80% chance it's true.
I have no idea how you see the world and who you think you are that you think you can "pass judgement" on people when you're perspective is so skewed it's almost 90°.
But I guess that's your perogative.
Holy shit.
People like HBO Velma here who are far more gullible than they understand but still confident make up a large part of the center left. Probably thought Kamala was a good choice too.
Gullible to believe what? That a guy with a violent history would have the ability to rape a woman? What world do you live in where this isn't a common held truth?
I was very unhappy with Kamala, not that you'll believe me. Rather talk shit than talk about the real issue at hand.