• LeninWeave [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I have absolutely no love for American "socialist" politicians, but there's no evidence at all presented here. These are just cropped screenshots, anyone could fake them in about 15 seconds.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      Most men who are aggressive and narcissistic enough to get into politics and be notable are sexual predators, abusive, or have some sort of rage demons. It goes with the territory.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I mean, it wouldn't surprise me. However, the evidence as presented doesn't really show anything.

        • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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          3 years ago

          Evidence is irrelevant, it's always a he said she said situation, and most men are abusive.

          • ssjmarx [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            most men are abusive.

            Most abusers are men, but most men are not abusive.

          • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            lol, I guess in that case all the FBI will need to do to neuter any revolutionary movement in the USA is post on Twitter about key people.

            most men are abusive

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            I don't really give a shit about Carter, and if he's guilty it would hardly be surprising. However, this demonstrates nothing. If he did it, I'm sure it will become clearer in the next few days.

            • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yup the reality is that capitalists are not at all above despicable fake accusations. They use them all the time, especially with people like :zenz:. The end result of course is that accusations don't get taken as seriously as they should be, but :capitalist-woke: doesn't care and will exploit any and all means to destroy social progress.

            • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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              3 years ago

              The answer is to banish and liquidate abusive men. It's a societal issue that will probably take a generation of hard work to accomplish, and it doesn't start until people stop denying it.

    • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      No sane person would open themselves up to a lawsuit by talking about this unless they were sure their proof would hold in court. Not saying its not possible it is faked but yeah. Very unlikely it is faked in my opinion.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        That's a fair point. This Twitter person is presumably using their real name, so if this is bullshit they would be open to a lawsuit. Still, if this is true I would expect further information to come out in the next few days.

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    If a person comes forward and publicly talks about being abused, there is good reason to believe them. A rando with an anime avi sharing screenshoted anonymous messages from someone who claims to have met a staffer who claimed Carter is abusive is not believable. If you're going to believe any bullshit you read online you should probably just give up being a socialist now because all your comrades are rapists according to the feds. Defaming activists and sowing discord has been a strategy of reactionaries for decades at this point and if we continue to be credulous and believe every tweet, we will continue to eat ourselves alive.

    I don't even care about Carter. His run for governor was embarrassing and he threw away a decent position in the house. This information is about as reliable as what's written on the stalls in a public bathroom though and being willing to throw someone under the bus because of it is absurd.

  • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Welp thats pretty terrible. I feel like I remember ppl talking about him having issues with women in the past so I believe it. Would be nice if there was some leftist who could take his spot because I doubt this is gonna go away if mainstream media gets ahold of it.