• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    He poppin molly with the same underage chick he got in trouble with last time? Am I reading that right? Wtf?

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      Yes. Yes you are.

      The statement also includes descriptions of illicit drugs that were at the party, including cocaine and ecstasy, as well as a passage indicating that the party was also attended by a then-17-year-old woman who was previously the focus of a years-long Department of Justice probe which focused on whether Mr Gaetz had sexual contact with her when she was below the legal age of consent.

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          We should start a push to publicly shame every single “journalist” that cheapens the truth like this. Even outside of sex crimes. This shit has to stop.

          Edit: if we do it enough, by name, they will start to edit these articles.

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          A now adult woman that was only 17 years old when the incident in question happened.

          Which is clearly stated in the article that you willfully missquoted.

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            A 17 year old minor girl attended the party, a minor who was the subject of a sexual interference investigation. Referring to her current status of womanhood only serves to age her up in the mind of readers, lessening the subjective severity of the crimes.

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          How condescending. I assume you think a 17 year old is a child? And then the second they turn 18 they’re not?

          You can be against gaetz being creep and a groomer without thinking that 17 year olds shouldn’t be called women

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            In the context of sex crimes, sexual interference, and similar, journalists and others for that matter should avoid using language that “ages up” victims.

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        How many of us would be in jail right now having been caught in this exact situation?

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    as well as a passage indicating that the party was also attended by a then-17-year-old woman who was previously the focus of a years-long Department of Justice probe which focused on whether Mr Gaetz had sexual contact with her

    Standard conservative playbook.

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      Well, yeah. They’re fine with raping children but draw the line at smoking a plant. That’s why they get along so well with the Christians.

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    Last month, Mr McCarthy told CBS News that Mr Gaetz filed the motion to vacate the speakership which led to his removal after he refused to put the kibosh on the ethics investigation, which lay dormant for years but picked up steam after the Justice Department probe was closed.

    “It was purely Matt coming to me trying … [to get] me to do something illegal to stop the Ethics Committee from moving forward in an investigation that was started long before I became speaker,” he said.

    So we have a former Speaker of the House has flat out stated that Matt Gaetz asked him to commit a crime. Let’s throw solicitation on the pile of crimes Gaetz has been accused of.

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    More criminal behavior from Matt “Big Sleazy” Gaetz and his allies. Many such cases. Sad.