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submitted 7 months ago by distantsounds to c/lemmyshitpost

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[–] doingthestuff 54 points 7 months ago (3 children)

He's unquestionably a rapist, but he is not a convicted rapist.

[–] Cruxifux 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nope, just of sexual abuse. Which is, like…. Come on New York what’s the fucking difference here? Especially when you hear the story of what happened. I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t understand how they talked the court down from rape to sexual abuse.

Money

[–] nomous 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My understanding is that she wasn't able to say with 100% certainty that he put his penis inside her; that it could have been his finger.

Which I'm sure is something his lawyers push but is still a pretty sick burn to have on-record, and actually lines up with what his other victims say.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Money and power

[–] db2 10 points 7 months ago

Yet.

[+] Daft_ish -7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Semantics. Some might classify the sexual assault he preformed as rape.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, it's because the finding was made in civil court, not criminal court, therefore not convicted.

[–] Daft_ish -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Huh? You can be convicted in civil court...

[–] gingernate 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A conviction leads to sentencing (normally) in a criminal matter. A cival court is settling a cival matter, not a criminal one. Criminal courts convict you of a crime and sentence you to some kind of punishment. Cival courts can make you pay a fine, but not convict you of a crime.

[–] Daft_ish -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Again, another argument of semantics.

Would change nothing for me, maybe for yourself, to say Donald Trump was found liable of sexual assault by a judge and jury in the court of law.

Edit:

You keep obfuscating, though.

[–] gingernate 2 points 7 months ago

Sure, he's a rapist. But not a convicted rapist. That's all that's being said

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That would be a more accurate statement, yes.

But there's more to it than just semantics. There's also the level of certainty - civil trials have a dramatically lower standard of evidence than criminal trials.

So when you say he's been convicted of rape, you're saying that 12 people were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed rape. But that's not the case - instead a judge was convinced it was at least slightly more likely than not that he committed rape. That's a very different standard.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's almost impossible to imagine a picture of Trump that's worse than the real thing.

[–] MutilationWave 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This one is the only photo of him I've ever seen where he looks happy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

He's obviously making the siren noises in this picture as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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[–] jaybone 9 points 7 months ago

He looks very much like a hunchback in this picture.

[–] Harbinger01173430 2 points 7 months ago

What if I make platinum or rhodium?