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It’s not me, it’s them: Platner goes down snarling with graceless exit video
(www.theguardian.com)
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You think no investigation happened at all?
Look, there's room to talk about the best way forward and it sucks, this really, really sucks that Platner couldn't live up to what we all had hoped. But we can have those discussions without victim blaming and indulging in conspiracy theories too much.
I, for on, don't have a bottomless well of trust for pro-Israel establishment media.
I, for one, don’t have a bottomless well of trust for men with admitted alcohol problems and violent tendencies and a history of victim blaming.
Oh God forbid people become better.
They can, but they don't get the benefit of the doubt. Increased scrutiny is one of the consequences for their actions. If they can't understand that and deal with it then they're still a shitty person.
I'd like y'all to direct some of that scrutiny at Janet Mills too.
Did she also rape someone?
No she just funded and intends to continue funding the famously non-rapist IDF.
Oops, everyone around here accidentally revealing that they do care less when it happens to brown people
The guy with the Nazi tattoo, who worked for blackwater, that has been credibly accused of sexual assault appears to be showing that he hasn't become better.
Has he become better? Since he seems to be incapable of accountability I don't think so.
Where did he get better? When? What has he done in the last 5 years that show he got better?
Because all I see is a lot of denial and blaming everyone else but himself.
Mods removing every comment mentioning the Nazi tattoo. Lemmy never disappoints.
Uh... run for election on a platform of anti-imperialism and anti-Zionism?
Seeking power isn’t a restitution move.
Okay what would you consider "showing that he got better?" That a person became nicer doesn't tend to make the news.
Not raping would be a fantastic start.
Restorative justice isn't just being "nicer".
Maybe you victim blamers can learn a little bit about restorative justice and what Platner should've done if he actually wanted to repent.
Yes, I think no investigation happened at all. Not one iota.
I wanted Platner to be the guy because I do think in this moment, he would have won.
But I know first hand how traditional newspaper legal sourcing and corroboration works (yes, for all they are hateable for other reasons, that includes the NYT). Once you know how careful they are with sources, because the potential exists for even a single defamation lawsuit to utterly bankrupt the company, then you know the details in that article are both credible and passing those checks would not have been fakeable without an incredibly elaborate conspiracy.
That doesn't mean the allegations are true, but I believe it's likely they are true.