Beardown wrote:
Bernstein's narrative is that women never lie about this. That it either never goes to trial because of a settlement or it goes to trial and they can't prove it. Or they don't go to trial because the prosecutor doesn't think he can prove it or the victim doesn't want to go through a trial.
I initially thought he did it.
therein lies (nice double entendre!) the power of the media. when you first heard about this you prolly had a hearty helping of bernstein in your head (maybe even with rozner doing backing vocals) telling you how guilty he is and how pissed the blackhawks are and etc. the narrative/mindset isn't exclusively bernstein's but is part of a bigger picture that starts getting into "feminism" and "SJW" stuff and all that with the whole #ListenAndBelieve mantra out there to ultimately help promote the agenda of establishing a no-doubt "#RapeCulture" in america/world/etc.... which is just a bunch of horseshit cuz while rape surely does happen and it's a horrible thing, saying that the whole culture promotes it and thus brings about an EPIDEMIC OF RAPE?!?!?!? #comeonson just because there's scumbags out there doesnt mean that it's society-as-a-whole's fault for the scumbag existing.... nature vs nuture, you know? there's always going to be shitty people out there even if you live in a total fucking utopia; it's human nature.
in this case, i think that bernstein/rozner/pals assume that even if patrick kane didnt rape her that he did something wrong/bad/etc because he's patrick kane and he's a drunken low-life and that's what he does, so no matter what he's guilty of being patrick kane here and should be punished for that. and since dan formally bemoans payoffs/etc, he prolly figures that by doing his part and turning up the heat on KANERRRRR even if he isnt guilty it ups the chances of a payoff and hey kane's a millionaire who has a lot of $$$ for being a drunken louse, so if he helps her get a few bucks it's not going to hurt him any and it's only going to help her out way more than it'd help kaner out so it's a win-win situation (minus the initial situation, of course).... all the while he gets to continue preaching his sanctimonious morality crap against an easy target because dan bernstein wants you to know he stands for whats RIGHT in the world, so he still did some good work here.
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Curious Hair wrote:
Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?