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The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg has said that the only reason Donald Trump Jr. would need to be worried for his sons' safety in the #MeToo era would be if he believed his sons had the "tendencies" to abuse someone.
In a recent interview with the Daily Mail TV, Trump Jr. said that he worries more for his sons than his daughters given the current political climate, and discussed the possibility of men being falsely accused of sexual misconduct or assault.
During Tuesday's episode of ABC's 'The View' talk show, Goldberg had a strange interpretation of that comment, suggesting that Trump Jr. must be worried that his sons could potentially assault someone in the future.
"You only worry about this for your child if you think your child has these tendencies," she said. "If you think your child is not someone who is assaulting people, it shouldn't be a concern for you."Responding to the comment, panelist Abby Huntsman, who is the daughter of the former Republican Governor of Utah (and current US Ambassador to Russia) Jon Huntsman, jumped in to say that Goldberg's interpretation was not necessarily accurate.
"What I think a lot of people are concerned about today is, you could be accused when you've been raised the right way - when you did nothing in that situation. We have countless examples where that has happened," Huntsman said.
Huntsman also said she was actually "happy" that her daughter was being raised and growing up "in a time when she can feel more comfortable to speak" if she was ever the victim of an assault.
Her reasoning didn't strike any chords with the liberal panelists, though. Later in the show, Goldberg dismissed Trump Jr.'s comments as "crazy talk."
On social media, Goldberg's comments were met with condemnation from Trump supporters and approval by Democrats.
As for Trump Jr, he responded by posting an archive clip of Goldberg defending director Roman Polanski, who fled the US after being charged with raping of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Pre Declared Non PC / Anti-PC Sarcasm Alert! (Do not read further if you believe my rights end where your feelings begin; they don’t! (And if such idiotic ‘beliefs’ belong to you:1. Why are you even here? You ain’t no SOTTite; and,
2. Same nevertheless protects even the inanities your damaged brain spews out, no matter if the damage is hereditary, congenital or as a result of societal programming (nature/nurture); a/k/a, per Voltaire, ‘I may not agree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.*
)Now I don’t mean to sound prejudiced or anything like that, but ‘round here? ... When you see a white guy in a oil stained white undershirt/T-shirt**, with a pack of Marlboroughs held to his left bicep by the rolled up sleeve; a la ‘James Dean’ style?.....Well they don’t call ‘em ‘wife-beater- shirts for nothin, ya know?
And beyond all that, if you wonder why that guy’s wife has not one, but two! black eyes; you certainly should already know this: “Bitch didn’t learn the first time.”***
Whoopi can kiss my a**.
R.C.
* Same doesn’t apply to things like the proverbial falsely yelling fire in a crowded theater, because there, one’s words are both different and more than just expression of one’s thoughts; they are literally verbal ACTIONS. (Like saying ‘sold’ at an auction, etc.)
**Beer belly optional.
*** In actuality, around here, both in my ill-spent youth (‘tis said if you’re a good pool player - you lived one, which has some truth behind it) and to this day - if a guy hits or even ‘roughs up’ ANY female, {wife, girlfriend, ‘just met’ - it doesn’t matter} in less than 50, 60 seconds, max - his ass will have been dragged out of the bar and beat to a pulp in the parking lot. Andactions like that speak a whole lot louder than the PC whines of idiotic SJW's and self described 'liberals' - 90% of whom do not know the meaning of the term 'liberal' vis a vis society/politics.
I first witnessed such an event first hand at our local bar - ‘Mr. Eight Ball’ (when that had no meaning outside of shooting pool) - the drinking age was 18 - I was 14/15 but I had a driver’s license that said I was 25 - they didn’t have photographs on them back then and the bar didn’t really care provided you simply had one whose height weight, etc. were close enough, and I also had a mustache so I was shooting pool at the bars any night of the week from age 14 on.
RC