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Someone who'd likely not be labled a sexual predator if he wasn't gay? Yeah. I think that's a valid defense. Don't you?
No. I'm 27, and I would never even "flirt" with a 16-year old. It's... just... wrong!! And I'm not even a Congressman (believe it or not) in a position of power and influence. If you can't see that this is the real issue, then... well, not much hope for you.
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If that exact same email had been sent to a 16 year old female by a male Congressman, would it have garnered this much attention?
Yup.
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Even followed with explicite IMs with an 18 year old female, would it? Then followed with allegations he had sex with a 21 year old female, I'm pretty sure you'd still not be labeling this guy a sexual predator.
I'm pretty sure I would.
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Flirting with a 16 year old makes you a sexual predator? Hmmm...
This is errily reminiscent of the "marks" debate.
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This has already happened the other way around! Sheesh! And guess what? The Democrat congressman not only did not resign, and not only was there not a huge inquiry into who knew about his actions, but he kept his seat and was re-elected with the full support of the Democrat party!
Is that the exemple of 30 years ago again?
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First off. He had a hell of a lot more sexual contact with that intern then Foley had with that 16 year old (if a BJ isn't sex, then how is an email sex?). Secondly, Foley didn't lie about what he did.
First off, Lewinsky was not 16.
Second Foley only resigned when that story went public.
Third people hid this story for him. When it became public, why didn't anyone ask why he didn't resign before?
Simply because he thought he had gotten away with it. Nothing extraordinary there, I'm sure most Democrats in that situation would do the same.
But not getting caught is very different to not being guilty.
I honestly don't think that issue is that big a deal in itself. So, one congressman is a dirty pervert, its not a huge surprise. There are things so much worse going on in the world, that an issue like this is a mere footnote in the problems of the US and the world at the moment.
But trying to do these gymnastics and acrobatics to turn it into a "Democrats hate the gays" issue is just stupid. The more you try to attone it, the worst it sounds.
Let it go.
He's nasty pervert, that's all there is to it. The quicker Republicans accept that, the lesser the damage.
Edited, Oct 18th 2006 at 3:02am PDT by RedPhoenixxxxxx