• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    Ick.

    She’s 33 now. Grooming permanently damage her or could she just be legit in love with him today? Or even if so were other opportunities potential stolen from her, or what’s y’alls take?

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      Possibly all of the above. If I were in her shoes I’d have probably taken the deal as well. Guaranteed all-expenses scholarship in your chosen field, followed afterward by a train of effectively infinite money coupled with political power? And in return she just has to give this old man the occasional shag? It’s honestly not a bad deal.

      Make no mistake though, she is a victim here. Even if she may have profited off it the fact remains that she was groomed by a middle aged man while in high school and was extremely likely coerced into this relationship, either by offers or by threats or most likely some combination of both. A Faustian deal was struck here, where the opportunity for a regular loving family was given up in exchange for power, but it’s not clear to me how much choice was given to her in this deal.

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      It’s quite possible to have feelings towards an abuser/groomer. But yeah, she probably could have had better chances if she weren’t groomed.

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    This guy is still around in Congress?! I had no idea it was the same dude when the recent articles about the photobombing kid came out. Ew.

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      This child was groomed for sex and you blame the victim to defend a pedophile.

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            Mate… we are in 2024… 17 years olds can’t be groomed anymore, I wouldn’t be surprised if she have been with more men than he with women at this point. Children nowadays have internet connected devices since they are one year old and internet it’s 95% porn… don’t fuck with me… most parents didn’t even know what the fuck their kids do on the internet… if it was the 50s you will be right but not nowadays…

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              Because nobody has ever been led astray by information on the internet. It’s all full of truth and only has good things on it. Certainly couldn’t affect a young mind to persuasion.

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                Not defending that MF at all, I’m didn’t even republican tbh, but truth it’s truth it doesn’t matter if he is a fascistoid or a tankie

                I must admit that she is definitely young but nowadays a 17 year old girl probably has a lot more sexual experience than a 35 year old man, let’s be honest.

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                  Which you clearly know, because you’re a 17 year old girl, right? If not, please do explain in detail how you know so much about the sexual habits of teenage girls. Go on, we’re listening.