gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days agoTrump downplays domestic violence in speech about religious freedom - "If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime," Trump said Monday.19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1364arrow-down1external-linkTrump downplays domestic violence in speech about religious freedom - "If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime," Trump said Monday.19thnews.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarecrusa187@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 days agoI know Trump’s whole second term is about absolving himself of all his past crimes and heinous acts, but this does raise an interesting question. Is he A-B testing decriminalizing domestic abuse, or is he going whole hog for decriminalizing rape?
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI mean, if it’s good, natural human behavior that reinforces the realities of human interactions and behaviors. It’s a good thing. I don’t think they’re justifying as much as just being a bit more honest about life. /S
I know Trump’s whole second term is about absolving himself of all his past crimes and heinous acts, but this does raise an interesting question. Is he A-B testing decriminalizing domestic abuse, or is he going whole hog for decriminalizing rape?
I mean, if it’s good, natural human behavior that reinforces the realities of human interactions and behaviors. It’s a good thing.
I don’t think they’re justifying as much as just being a bit more honest about life.
/S