Dear Rep. Sheila Butt: Elizabeth Thomas Wasn't 'Lost,' She Was Stolen

nashvillescene.com/ ^ | April 24, 2017 | Betsy Phillips

[Morgana]

The state representative offers an example of how crappy we are to victims

Sometimes feminists use the term “rape culture” to try to distill down the way our society seems set up to give rapists as easy a time as possible, while making things as shitty as possible on victims, especially if one feels compelled to publicly accuse someone of rape.

We got to see that dynamic play out in last week’s council meeting when they praised a man accused of sexual misconduct and called his alleged victims liars, which, God, if there’s a more shameful moment in our city this year, I hope I’m unconscious and can’t witness it.

[Twinkie]

We don’t hang any more in Tennessee. - I’m about due to
be called up for jury duty again as a resident of Maury
County. - (I was past retirement age the last go around;
and am really past it now - but, I will not refuse to serve
IF they call me up to be on the jury pool.)

I’m probably about as able as anybody to reckon a person -
man or woman - INNOCENT in the eyes of the law, UNLESS and
UNTIL they are proven beyond a shadow of a doubt GUILTY of
that which they are charged. - I’ll bet Cummins is probably
as likely to get a fair trial here than elsewhere; but his
lawyers may move for a change of venue just because there
are too many her too close to the case.

That being said; Cummins, from all we know at this point,
is in deep doo-doo.