It is disingenous to come over here from a group that is blocking 16 members

[Warren DeMontague]

27. And there is a difference between saying "it was the wrong place to ask her out", like I did

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and turning it into a giant issue, or then proceeding to paint everyone who doesn't show the proper degree of agreement on the issue, as somehow an apologist for rape, or (my personal favorite, as stated in another group) "probably a split hair away" from being an actual rapist, oneself.


I will find the link to that post, if I have to, lest I be accused of "getting my defensive shields up". (by all means, don't be shy to follow that one through, either: i.e. why would anyone get 'defensive shields up' around being called a rape apologist, unless they were... secretly... )

It's bullshit character assassination, and like I said, I'm fucking sick of it. And the topic- i.e. the one guy in an elevator who, once upon a time, made the poorly timed proposition, was rejected, then thought he moved on, and yet other people are somehow still having to apologize for him - has been beaten to death.



So I'm not playing.

But I DO "get it". I get why she was nervous at having a man in the elevator, at all, and I get why it was a bad place to ask her out. However, I don't agree it was the huge deal it was made out to be, nor do I agree that a poorly timed invitation to coffee makes this guy MORE of a "potential rapist", in fact I don't think Ms. Watson's objections even had to do with "rape", so much as not wanting some guy to ask her out when she didn't want to be asked out.



If you want to start another thread on the topic, feel free. Seriously.

I've said my piece, in the other one, all further inquiries on the matter that are addressed to me, will be directed there:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1114&pid=2754