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In reply to the discussion: Hallmarks of an orchestrated smear [View all]stopdiggin
(15,719 posts)I (for one) see the analogy and similarities to Franken as being pretty slim. And I suspect that we will just have to continue to disagree on that one.
'Unsettling behavior' - with a guy that routinely got sloppy drunk, cultivated a 'bro' testosterone ethic, and had control issues .. ? Not really hard to put into frame at all. (at least on this end) Sexting, dick pics (not sure about the latter), logging in to 'teen' 'dating' site? .... You're just a bloody F-ing moron !!!
And all of this is still tip-toeing around the edges of some of the more nasty stuff.
So - do I think poor Graham is being treated unfairly? Bullied by the mean girls .. ? Perhaps - in some version of events. But mostly, just ... Meh!
(and, no ... the Times story did not report on the accounts of 'unsettling behavior' as analogous or equivalent to 'rape'. didn't even come close.)