I hang out a lot over at a southern/central California publication the "Indy" as the locals call it - www.Independent.com
Although I disagree with a lot of writers there quite often, I always respected that they kept an open comment section so that people could dispute what was written and have a dialogue. I learned that leftists aren't very good at learning, but that's ok, at least there was an open line of communication.
After decades of having an open comment section, in the last couple days it seems they switched their comment section off, and it looks like the reason is because they wanted to smear men as being serial rapists without allowing any form of dissent. Today two articles were posted on the front page, and the comment section was gone from those articles as well as any other new published articles on the site.
This place is a huge drinking/party town, and on top of the local scene there are two huge drinking/party colleges here.
What often happens as a consequence of that is some women go out and drink heavily and hookup with drunk men. Under the law, both parties should be held liable for rape since it is considered rape to have sex with someone who is intoxicated. I guess it doesn't occur to most people that the men in these situations are drunk as well and thus cannot legally consent. I guess it doesn't occur to them that couples, including married couples often have sex in these situations as well.
At least 99% of the time is no harm no foul. The girls realize they got too drunk and they don't remember getting in a physical altercation so they presume that the sex they had the night before that they don't remember was consensual, which is usually the case. Usually, but not always.. But how do you ruin a man's life if you don't know for certain? If the woman makes the choice to drink and get into that state where she may initiate and consent to sex and not remember the next morning, then "beyond a reasonable doubt" seems to fly right out the window. But because of the intoxication laws surrounding rape, sometimes men find themselves facing heavy prison time for a totally consensual encounter.
For those who don't know, sometimes when you drink you can forget a significant portion of the night before, even if you were out and about and partying. This is called "blacking out". Some people confused blacking out drunk with passing out drunk. They are completely different. The fact is, you can be blacked out drunk and be running around, dancing, partying, drinking, flirting and even having sex. The next morning much of the night's details may have been completely forgotten. Passing out drunk means going to sleep from being drunk and being unconscious.
Alcohol tends to loosen people up, make them more social and often times more promiscuous. So it is no surprise that occasionally girls who might be more on the prudish side, when they drink, may become promiscuous, have sex, and then become confused the next morning when they realize they had a one night stand which is so outside of their normal character. The problem is, so many women around here are the opposite and purposely drink in order to go out and socialize and be promiscuous that there is no way for men to be able to tell the difference. Some of these women feel guilty, some convince themselves or are convinced by a friend that they were raped.
With that said, let's get to the articles.
The first one is interesting because the girl wakes up between her best friend (female) and her other best friend (male) in bed and they all proceed to go through their social media accounts reminiscing the night before. Suddenly, her best friend (male) receives a text message from a neighbor he is friends with "“That was the hottest girl I’ve ever had sex with, I did whatever I wanted to her.” and the writer realizes that she was that girl.
it goes on to say:
Immediately disgusted, confused, and no longer laughing, I flipped through my memory files, unable to recall any note that signaled a hookup. “I had sex with him?” I asked, horrified. But my friends roared and applauded. Don’t let it go to your head, they joked, assuming my reaction to the text would be an ego boost.
So of course all the signs point to this not being rape at all. Her friends were likely around somewhere when it happened since they all slept in the same bed - or she was able to get home afterward and somehow get in the middle of a boy/girl friend sandwich. Either way, he clearly didn't have sex with her when she was passed out if her friends were there or she walked home afterward. Plus if the guy actually raped her he probably wouldn't have sent a text message bragging to his friend who he knew was friends with this girl that he could do whatever he wanted with her... because that wouldn't be bragging at all..
In fact, later on in the article, the girl even admits that it wasn't rape:
While I am still unsure of what to make of my experience and do not personally care to label it rape, I do see it as a gruesome product of the dangerous mentalities for which we are all culpable.
Yet the entire article is about women being raped, and how women shouldn't be responsible for what happens to them in these circumstances.
Here is the rest of the article:
https://www.independent.com/news/201...ookup-Culture/
The next smear piece comes from a slightly older woman who is no longer in college but lives downtown with some roommates.
She starts the article thusly:
I’m the only woman in my house who hasn’t been raped while living in Santa Barbara.
She later goes on to describe a situation that happened to one of her roommates which sounds like the man could very well have been innocent, but he ended up with a 12 year jail sentence.
Read the second article here:
https://www.independent.com/news/201...after-college/
Like I said before, a lot of women here actually go out purposely to get drunk and have sex with guys and guys often purposely go out to get drunk and have sex with women. Why are some women demonizing men for essentially upholding their end of the bargain? Because a few women out there are confused and don't realize what is going on around them? Because they won't take responsibility for themselves and make sure they are sober enough to take care of themselves or be around friends who will?
They refuse to make this a discussion about the responsibilities women have to ensure they don't put themselves in these situations if that is not their intention, because there are a lot of women out there with these intentions and so they essentially turn into a hand grenade. It isn't that difficult to do. Count your drinks, stop drinking when you start getting too drunk or have a friend you trust isn't going to get hammered and can take care of you. Make sure they know if you don't want to go home with a strange guy when you get drunk.
Why can't we teach these lessons?
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