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[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

To be clear, I said Republicans are worse offenders. I am simply pointing out the blindspot for democrats doing the same thing.

Second, I was avoiding any former elected officials, democratic candidates, and anything from more than a few years ago. I was strictly sharing a few recent active elected democtratic officials doing the same shit.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

All perpetrators of sexual assault should see consequences for their crimes.

The reason YOU FEEL there is a blindspot for perpetrators with involvement in the Democratic party is because it is so absolutely, devastatingly one sided to those in, around and otherwise adjacent to the GOP and, by extension, the church.

So make all the odd sub declarations you need to make, it's a waste of energy. The link off at the end of my post goes to literally 1000s more examples.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I am saying there is a blind spot for perpetrators in the Democratic party because those posts do not gain as much traction on left leaning social media platforms. That is to be expected, and I am not really trying to change anything. But this is not a feeling, I see it happen. I see things in the news about democrats, as a democrat myself, and recognize there is hardly any mention of it on here.