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ive never been more certain that the USA has jumped the shark than here in 2026 listening to President Donald Trump defend rape.
I mean he defended it way back in 2015~ this is the least surprising thing he's done.
Defending Rapists is basically a free spot on the bingo card.
MAGA is a man’s movement. (Just going to get this out of the way, because internet: not all).
Embedded in the loyal following are the men flailing in response to women’s lib. Remember, the real, legit push for the legal and social equality of women is only 50yrs old. We’ve been beholden to men, financially or otherwise, for millennia. Consider that. Not because it’s natural, but due to male identity, and the fact that we have what they want (nurture, our bodies, and legacy), what they’d like to continue to see molded around that identity, strangulating another human beings life and future to get it.
Fathers teach sons. By words or example. When boys, teens, and then young men grow up with “back in my day women weren’t like this”, “women aren’t women any more”, “the world treats us like shit now, in favor of women”, instead of “it’s about time” or “cool”, this can stick within the building of that male identity.
And we weren’t like this back in dads or grandpas day, true, because we didn’t have choices. Couldnt get mortgages. Take out a credit card. Have a bank account our husband couldnt rob. Have medical privacy. Never mind work place problems. That crap Nancy Wheeler dealt with in ST, real.
Rape culture travels with that mess, because that old culture came with entitlement to our lives, our bodies, and the legacy our bodies can produce. And our president is a convicted rapist. Enough good ol boys within that culture, somehow, kept his sentencing delayed until the election.
Enter the manosphere, validating all of the above, while adding blame to women for not embracing the old ways prior to the beginning of women’s lib in the 1970s.
I feel like we jumped the shark with Vietnam, or Kaiser Insurance businessmen having a talk with Nixon about HMO is "good" when he was considering universal healthcare.
I mean, this isn’t a new position for him.
We have all known he's a piece of shit. Kinda sucks how many us are too...
When is he gonna give them jobs?
I'm not surprised in the slightest. This is absolutely on brand for Trump. Anyone who thinks he'd react any other way is an idiot.
Tiny Dee, so blinded by his own deep lifelong corruption & profligacy
Trump is NOT a Rapist but AFTER being found GUILTY of Rape he said he Feels SORRY for Other Rapists!
Ya know, Kavanaugh, one of our SCOTUS, was in line to rape a fellow student under similar circumstances. Just a reminder.
And Clarence Thomas sexually harassed Anita Hill.
Birds of a feather…
Central park five. Gee I wonder what the difference might be
Central park five
I know you know the differences, but to spell it out it's because the Central Park 5 are innocent and also men of color.
And this is why its relevant:
https://archive.org/details/6131533-trumpdeathpenaltyad05011989
Where Trump took out full page ads in newspapers advocating for bringing back the death penalty specifically for the (now) Exonerated Five. Trump spent his own money to defame these men.
One of these things is not like the other
birds of a feather
the epstein class strikes again
I wasn’t aware he could feel emotions for others.
I guess he can empathize with rapists.
OTOH, he threatened ivy league unis over Palestinian genocide protests, so it balance, right? Right?! 🥴
Why do reporters continue to slenderize this asshole in photos?
That's it I'm going to meditate with one purpose tonight instead of masturbating, I will concentrate on the death of only orange pedophiles, so if you're orange and a pedo beware
Hochul playing... I'll call it 3D Chess setting up Trump to [attempt to] pardon the most obvious rapists [so far].
People are getting uneasy about the mob justice on this case already - that would be disastrous if Trump was able to pardon these rapists.
Unless committed inside a place that's in exclusively federal jurisdiction, rape is a state-level crime and a federal pardon would mean nothing. Even with full federal pardons, they can still be arrested, tried, and imprisoned under state law.
Proof he’s capable of empathy.