Don’t see much in the way of facts. Nor do I see anything on the circumstances leading up to the alleged incident.
In earlier days Freepers would wait to learn of the facts before rendering approval or criticism.
“In earlier days Freepers would wait to learn of the facts before rendering approval or criticism.”
They/we/I waited SIX days after the alleged incident before posting the original article, and then in my first comment, posted an update from TODAY.
I’ve posted only about half a dozen articles in my 9+ years here.
Have been more interested in searching beforehand and posting correctly and according to TOS than “waiting” to learn “facts” from Big Media.
“In earlier days Freepers would wait to learn of the facts before rendering approval or criticism.”
The conventional wisdom in America now is that there are no circumstances under which it is meritorious—or even acceptable—for a man to hit a woman.
Don’t know when that happened. It used to be that a gentleman did not strike a lady.
Now you don’t even have to ask what she did. We don’t need to know if she assaulted him sexually, if she pulled a gun on him, if she tried to stick him in the eye with a knife, if she was trying to fly the airplane into a mountain...it doesn’t matter.
Did she deliver an insult that would have provoked the man to strike another man, relying on her plumbing to protect her from the consequences of her misconduct?
Oh, yes, they say. You must treat me exactly like a man, except I get to say anything I want with no repercussions.
So-called “feminist” shit goblins are a corrosive element that is rotting the very foundations of civilization.
Nothing personal Paulie, but I would refrain from generalizing something regarding the reaction of the people to this story and generalizing a breakdown of analysis or logic on FR. While you and I likely agree that is something that is a problem, I don’t think this is an example of it.
In my responses, I have been specifically careful to specify “in the absence of specific circumstances” and I believe others do so without saying. Any reasonable person will agree there could be extenuating circumstances, but not as presented here in any way whatsoever.
Put baldly: What he or she said verbally...there is nothing-NOTHING verbally that can justify a person on a flight deck hitting another person.
There are souls on board who don’t care about the ego, shame, relationships, whatever of flight crew.
The primary responsibility of the flight crew is the safety of the passengers and plane.
Physical assault and slapping a person and risking a donnybrook on a flight deck, regardless of what was said, is complete and utter abdication of everything, moral and professional.
Most of us have made judgments based on a single reported slap. The report doesn’t say she kicked him and he slapped her. It says he slapped her. If other facts come out, people will view it differently, IMO.