I’m with you. Been taking the arrows here for a couple weeks. I believe in reality. But get ready for the “my great grandmother married at 8” “Every man thinks 14 year olds are attractive” defenses....
While I do not like most other women at all, I agree in principle-but there is no apparent substance to the woman’s claims-she has tried this extortion attempt on a couple of other men-it doesn’t inspire trust.
‘Been taking the arrows here for a couple weeks. ... But get ready for the “my great grandmother married at 8”’
Do you listen to yourself? Do you think you add luster to the credibility of the accuser?
Should we condemn the people who erected statues to the slave-holding southern leaders of a rebellion against the United States, or should we acknowledge that they were acting out a societal norm of the time when they chose to honor their heritage that they were much closer to in time than we are today?
By that same thinking, do we condemn the dating actions of someone 40 years ago using the judgements of today, or do we acknowledge what was common back then that is less so today? I might even stipulate that Moore was on the outer bubble of that acceptable practice that might have been more common to his parents and grandparents than to his contemporaries.
If we condemn Roy Moore today, must we also demand that all Civil War statues be removed, too, because the people would never erect those statues today?
-PJ