Thread by @kittencaboodle7

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Brock Turner raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. He spent 3 months in jail.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v.…

Ethan Couch spent two years in prison for a parole violation, NOT killing 4 people with his drunken and drugged driving.

washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…

The “context” at the Lincoln Memorial doesn't change anything, unless you are searching for a way to make it happen. Did the five members of the BHI cult say mean things? Yeah, that's what they do. But why did Sandmann and his cohorts feel comfortable responding?

Let's try a thought experiment. If a group of black kids had thrown water bottles at the Westboro Baptist Church protesters, would you excuse them because they were provoked?

If a group of black kids had jeered and shouted and surrounded an older white man singing hymns, would you be searching for the benefit of the doubt?

Yes, all men need to watch that Gillette ad, but especially white men. These are the men who get the benefit of the doubt. I'm sorry guys, but it's true.

You've been letting men of color pick up your slack for far too long. And, honestly, there is no logical reason you deserve it. Here's some more numbers for you.

SPLC lists 954 hate groups in the US. ¾ of them stem from white supremacy. 67% of terrorism in the United States stems from racist or xenophobic groups.

splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…

57% of rapists are white according to RAINN.

rainn.org/statistics/per…

If you are desperate to give these boys the benefit of the doubt, consider that your excuse plays into those numbers. Your quest contributed to Christine Blasey Ford not being home for Christmas.

npr.org/2018/11/08/665…

Your choice is contributing the smear campaign being waged against a Vietnam era veteran. Ford and Phillips represent threats to the status quo, the same status quo that gives those boys the “benefit of the doubt” where none was earned or deserved.

And when you do that, you are contradicting your stated belief that, like the Gillette ad said, the status quo needs to change.

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