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Quiet Em

(2,094 posts)
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:15 AM 18 hrs ago

The victims were children and no one should lose sight of that

The Epstein scandal is repulsive and horrific. It was heinous assault and abuse of children. That fact seems to be getting lost in some of the reporting and commentary. It's not, "sex with a child". It's the most atrocious form of abuse and assault committed on a child. 13 and 14 year old girls are not "young women". They are children.

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The victims were children and no one should lose sight of that (Original Post) Quiet Em 18 hrs ago OP
We know what Trump is. He talks and acts like a rapist. Walleye 18 hrs ago #1
Trump is a convicted rapist. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #2
Actually, he's never been convicted of rape. Gimpyknee 7 hrs ago #16
He was convicted of sexual abuse/assault. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #17
He was convicted of sexual assault in New York, soldierant 7 hrs ago #19
Here are some chums Aviation Pro 17 hrs ago #3
Message auto-removed Name removed 17 hrs ago #4
I am willing to bet mercuryblues 17 hrs ago #5
Message auto-removed Name removed 9 hrs ago #12
So very true. TommieMommy 17 hrs ago #6
horribly impacted for the rest et tu 15 hrs ago #7
Republicans use "underage women" for children because they are creepy predators who abuse children IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #8
The movie Taken Marthe48 15 hrs ago #9
Whatever happened Cherokee100 10 hrs ago #10
You can buy or rent it on YouTube video TheRickles 9 hrs ago #11
Calling children, "young women," discounts snd minimizes the crime dlk 9 hrs ago #13
The helpless Godot51 8 hrs ago #14
And that's the way it's always been in this country. slightlv 3 hrs ago #21
he preyed on poor girls. pansypoo53219 8 hrs ago #15
and trafficked! n/t AntiFascist 7 hrs ago #18
Trump's a pimp. Trump's a pimp. rickyhall 6 hrs ago #20
I'd love to ask a maga if they would be ok with their young daughter being alone with the orange Hitler ! kimbutgar 3 hrs ago #22
And this vulgar fucker had the audacity to sell autographed bibles -- AFTER FUCKING CHILDREN Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #23

Walleye

(41,453 posts)
1. We know what Trump is. He talks and acts like a rapist.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:22 AM
18 hrs ago

He is constantly seen in the company of rapists. There should be a lot more people pointing that out, and not being afraid of being sued for telling the truth.

Irish_Dem

(72,465 posts)
17. He was convicted of sexual abuse/assault.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:37 PM
7 hrs ago

I am not in the mood to defend the son of a bitch or defend him.

soldierant

(8,738 posts)
19. He was convicted of sexual assault in New York,
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:23 PM
7 hrs ago

which has possibly the narrowest definition of rape in the nation. The judge at his trial actually said that in most other states, the charge would have qualified as rape. That is why so many people are calling it rape. And I get that.

Response to Walleye (Reply #1)

Response to mercuryblues (Reply #5)

et tu

(2,353 posts)
7. horribly impacted for the rest
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:27 AM
15 hrs ago

of their lives and made also
to lose their childhood before
they should have. as i have said
before, standing room only in hell
for these abusers - just way to many.

IronLionZion

(49,473 posts)
8. Republicans use "underage women" for children because they are creepy predators who abuse children
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:31 AM
15 hrs ago

For the same reason they use "kids" and "youthful indiscretion" and similar for adult men who commit crimes against these young girls.

"locker room talk" that happens maybe in the Trump golf course locker room. They try to normalize horrible stuff that has no excuse.

Marthe48

(21,278 posts)
9. The movie Taken
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:56 AM
15 hrs ago

I only saw a minute, the part where the daughter and another girl were going to be raped by a fat old man, and I turned it off. But why was that aspect of rape such a trigger, but the same people who abhorred that are fine with the details coming out about felon rapist traitor, epstein and other foul predators? And the same kind of monster being asshole uber alles?

Cherokee100

(405 posts)
10. Whatever happened
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:07 PM
10 hrs ago

Whatever happened to the movie 'Apprentice' ? It was here, for a few days and then disappeared.

dlk

(12,787 posts)
13. Calling children, "young women," discounts snd minimizes the crime
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:08 PM
9 hrs ago

This was calculated child abuse and these monsters destroyed, and discarded children as though they were nothing more than used kleenex.

Godot51

(558 posts)
14. The helpless
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:25 PM
8 hrs ago

As is usual with "men of power" they prey on the helpless.

Then they claim those helpless were somehow responsible for their fates.

slightlv

(6,137 posts)
21. And that's the way it's always been in this country.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:27 PM
3 hrs ago

I was going to say everywhere, but I don't have experience and knowledge of elsewhere, to know if that die that was cast encompasses all evil males everywhere. Whether it's sex slaves, slaves, little girls or little boys, it's predatory behavior based on a power structure this country exalts. Until we can bring that power structure down to ground in shreds, where it belongs, we'll always have this evil in our midst. Sometimes, I wonder if testosterone shouldn't be regulated after a certain age.

kimbutgar

(25,572 posts)
22. I'd love to ask a maga if they would be ok with their young daughter being alone with the orange Hitler !
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:42 PM
3 hrs ago

Blue Owl

(56,710 posts)
23. And this vulgar fucker had the audacity to sell autographed bibles -- AFTER FUCKING CHILDREN
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:36 PM
2 hrs ago

If indeed there is a God — how has he not turned into a pillar of salt?

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