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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

GOP congressman made headlines for his cute son. Then people brought up how he met his wife....

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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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GOP congressman made headlines for his cute son. Then people brought up how he met his wife.... - LGBTQ Nation
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"It's always fun when someone discovers Tennessee Rep. John Rose for the first time. The story of how he met his wife is deeply strange."
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  • undercrust
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    So a child groomer, huh. Projection yet again.

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    Eh, could have been worse… they could have met at a family reunion. ;)

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      Honestly, two adults who are related getting married is less gross to me than a middle-aged person marrying a child.

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        Marrying an adult he had too much access to as a child.

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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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        Thank you for the excellent analysis. Sounds very right.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
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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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    Yup. That’s a deeply unsettling age difference.

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    Haha holy shit that’s this guy?

    Someone tell the kid his dad’s a groomer

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    That one person was probably just trolling, but nowadays teens are much less likely to be sexually active than in previous decades.

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-have-been-having-less-sex-whether-theyre-teenagers-or-40-somethings/

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    bride-elect? what does that mean?

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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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          That is perfect satire.

          I understand what you did and still want to yell at you.

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              “I love being a pedophile apologist”

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                  You’re right, all I have to go on are your words.

                  Which happen to be defending a guy who was in his 40s and grooming a minor.

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              Yeah, trolling.

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          “I don’t care if Children get groomed.”

          -You!

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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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                  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.

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          Removed, trolling.

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      Removed, misogyny.

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      I guess I read an /s in there

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