Originally, I was going to ignore this issue because I do not fancy taking part in the gossip muckraking that is the American media today. However, seeing as how a lot of Americans seem to be reacting to the Trump Access Hollywood audio and resulting accusations against him, it is necessary to address. Great job American media; you have brought this garbage into politics!
I have to preface this with my stance regarding Mr. Trump’s comments in the leaked audio from Access Hollywood. This kind of thing always looks horrible taken out of context. Sure, within a certain context, it can be seen as Trump bragging about sexual assault. Within another context, it can be seen as perfectly innocent, if not stupid, dirty talk between two guys. We cannot know for a fact exactly what Mr. Trump was talking about that day. What we do know for a fact, is how men act. For all those people out there broadcasting their horror over the comments, let me educate you because it is time you learned about the average male psyche:
Men are disgustoids in human form. If you did not know that, congratulations; you are now old enough to learn it. We are all adults here so let’s cut through the BS. The majority of men take part in, have taken part in, or have been around lewd discussions about women at some point in their lives. Guys say dumb, provocative, crude, and braggadocious things to each other about the women they encounter. If you are a guy who has never experienced this, you are in the minority (probably because of the social circle you run in). Good for you. Now go forth and compete with Ryan Gosling to see who can create the most unrealistic expectations of man.
Now let’s get to these allegations against Mr. Trump popping up all of the sudden. Basically you have a her-word-against-his situation. As far as I am aware, all the accusations thus far are in regard to incidents occurring years prior, with little or no witness. The problem with that, on the part of both Mr. Trump and the alleged victims, is that it is the accuser’s word against his. Since this is the case, it was up to his accusers to take action when they happened; whether via lawsuit or legal prosecution.
We can speculate all we want about why the accusers would wait. If some or all of them are truthful, I would not presume to put myself in their situation because I have never been there. I can see the argument that they would be afraid to bring it up because of Mr. Trump’s status and power. However, to be truly fair; if we are going to give the accusers the benefit of the doubt on their timing, you must also give the accused the benefit of the doubt. One has to acknowledge the odd timing of all these accusations during such a politically charged time. If these women did not want notoriety, as one of their attorneys alleges, they likely would not have waited until the accused was a candidate for President of the United States. If the allegations are true, I am truly sorry the women did not pursue cases in time, because everybody deserves justice. Having said all this, we have to fast-forward to the facts and reality of now:
These accusers chose to wait until way too late, depending on statutes of limitations. We do not know for fact whether such allegations are true or lies. We probably cannot know by now. One fact we do know, is there is now very little, if any, room to prove Mr. Trump is guilty of such things. The problem with such allegations coming out now, is they are completely one-sided against Mr. Trump. All we are left with now is three things: 1) no proof or evidence, 2)the raw emotion of allegedly violated women, and 3) a man raging out against both his accusers and a mass media eating up the stories and regurgitating it 24/7.
The media eats this gossip up because of the raw emotion it provokes; the typical story of the rich, powerful, playboy victimizing the poor, humble, secretary-without-a-voice. This kind of story makes for good ratings; which makes money. The media plays on ridiculous complaints of chauvinism, which have been stigmatized by an audio clip that does absolutely nothing to PROVE Mr. Trump’s alleged disrespect for women. Last I heard, in the United States, we are innocent until proven guilty. If it is too late to prove guilt, you are by default innocent. American’s probably would not want it any other way.
I do not know if Mr. Trump is innocent of such things or not. The accusers may be lying or Mr. Trump may be lying. More than likely, the facts can be found somewhere in between, which is why such situations need to be brought out sooner rather than later. The fact that multiple women are making accusations means nothing. Mr. Trump is a successful and controversial businessman and now politician, who has consequently been opened up for attack. Accusations by themselves are not evidence. Unless hard evidence or prosecution should ensue, there is no damning evidence against Mr. Trump.
One cannot blame Mr. Trump for his reaction, especially considering there is little or no proof of his guilt. One also cannot blame Mr. Trump for going after the media, which has been proven to be biased against him. At the end of the day, we can only fairly judge somebody by the facts we know. Thus far, the facts only tell us Mr. Trump is a typical potty-mouthed man who has been accused of sexual assaults. Nothing more, nothing less.
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