Posted on 01/15/2025 12:39:07 AM PST by jerod
He's admittedly into BDSM, so he's trying his best to say that everybody else was too... That's probably not going to be the case.
Reminds me of that old joke:
Q: What’s the definition of a masochist?
A: Beats me!
CC
Once you’re in the double-digit accusers, I’m comfortable concluding you’re a pervert.
Since there are so many accusers, I think there must be some “fire”.
That being said, I don’t agree with the idea to “cancel” his works due to his character or (if proven) crimes.
Never heard of him
No sympathy for him whatsoever. Before this he was “male feminist” and “Believe all women.” Now he’s “the b is lying.”
“The allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse described in the article stretch back decades…”
No. Sorry. This is where they lose me. Decades?
Sorry to hear about this.
I’ve read many of his novels, and he writes some pretty good stuff, but I guess he lacks sexual morality and self control.
The question must be asked as to why all of these women are coming forward now - it sounds like many of these claims are from years ago.
It sounds pretty bad, but not quite as bad as the horrible paedophilia reports on the late Arthur C. Clarke
Honestly, I don’t care. Everyone, every man these days, see seems to be subject to years and decades-old sexual allegations, whether true or not.
It doesn’t sound like he is denying too many of these accusations. It seems like for most of the claims, he is just saying “It was consensual, and she was into it.”
Much like Bill Cosby.
Feminist ally give you enough credibility to lower women’s guards
The safe word is “just kidding”.
Maybe all those accusers are just antisemitic.
Arthur Clarke, as good a writer as he was, had a perverted sexual streak that shows up in his stories, especially towards the end, his later writings.
Why didn’t the women file a police complaint? Seems like a money grab. Reminds me of how they got Weinstein.
The old bathtub in the garden trick.
Masochist: “Beat me!”
Sadist: “No!”
They still ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’... And ‘Mein Kampf’... So I’m pretty sure they won’t be banning him anytime soon.
Pervert.
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