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progressiveinva69 t1_j644em2 wrote

Reply to comment by Ravenwater in Kobe died 3 years ago today but my paper ball mural for him still remains at Randolph. Thanks to Richmond Times for the story. by jakevanyahres

Thinking about a rapist makes you smile? WTF is wrong with you?

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No_Improvement9110 t1_j64j6hz wrote

I moved here from Denver, and the reaction there was genuine confusion about why anyone would mourn a known rapist. It's common knowledge. Richmond is so full of double standards.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j649uu7 wrote

Of what? pointing out monsters?

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10000Didgeridoos t1_j64hzbw wrote

Kobe is a rapist. Deal with it. Accept it. Just because he was great at basketball and inspired people to play basketball doesn't change the fact that he raped a woman in a hotel room.

"Moral police" is like people getting mad that someone littered one time.

He on the other hand violently choked and raped a woman.

What part of that do you mindless Kobe stans not understand? Why do you support turning a rapist into an idol because he died early in a helicopter crash?

Should we build the Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Cosby Center for Women next?

Same shit. You cannot handle that your favorite basketball player committed a violent felony. It's your problem, not ours.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64pye7 wrote

Like for real. Are we taking crazy pills? Kobe and Bill Cosby are one in the same.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64a9ao wrote

Sorry I don't like rapists?

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Urkle_sperm t1_j64vd3w wrote

But he was really good at bouncing a ball around and putting it through a net, therefore he deserves your unquestioning adoration and tens of millions of dollars.

....I hate our culture of celebrity and athlete worship so fucking much.

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BerserkFanYep t1_j648iwj wrote

Hey you were in that V72 thread the other day. You were super annoying and got like 200 downvotes. Is it your goal to piss off as many people as you can lol?

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64a4z5 wrote

Sometimes being right and just is not popular.

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No_Mans_Skybox t1_j64b7l8 wrote

You're not doing this to be moral or just, you're doing it to stroke your own ego. Get a room and some lotion for that shit bud. Your self righteousness is wafting thru the screen of my phone

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64bm41 wrote

My ego is not stroked by the tragedy that is the rape of a young woman. You are sick for even suggesting that. I simply state that we should not put known rapists on a pedestal.

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No_Mans_Skybox t1_j64mvrm wrote

Ahh but I didn't suggest that and you know it - all I did was point out that you're blatantly virtue signaling to make yourself feel elevated above others. Of course Kobe was a rapist, that's a no-brainer, and if it were up to me, no, there wouldn't be a memorial for him, but that doesn't change the fact that all you're doing is stroking yourself. Best of luck coping when you find an artist or musician you like turns out to be an abuser or predator.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64qdl6 wrote

I have eliminated many of my favorite artists and bands due to people being shitty. Queens of the stone age (Great band, lead singer is a POS, wont support or listen), Kanye (Same), Louis CK (Dumped him too). I can go on....

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No_Mans_Skybox t1_j64r0yd wrote

I'm glad you have that going for you at least. At any rate this sort of grandstanding often comes off like it's more about yourself than the cause you're promoting. I got no love for Kobe and I appreciate where you're coming from if it's genuine but there are far too many folks using this sort of thing as a soapbox for their ego for me not to be suspicious.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64rx6g wrote

I am a little bit of a troll. But by no means am I in the wrong. I genuinely help people on reddit. I am happy to give genuine advice on food, culture and mental health. I just enjoy giving shit to people who deserve it or support the behavior that deserves scorn. Or pointing out that all cops are evil or that you can not overdose on weed, lol.

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Danger-Moose t1_j64sn2j wrote

> I am a little bit of a troll.

Dial it back.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64ti7n wrote

Nah

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Danger-Moose t1_j64tm1i wrote

You misunderstand, it was not a question. You have been heard. You can stop plastering your message all over here.

Thanks.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64xkol wrote

Nah, I don't have to do what you say.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j65p8dh wrote

In the grand scheme of things you do not need to listen to the moose. But when his mooseness says dial it back here the dialing back will not be an option if you don't dial The moose will dial

Hope that helps

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Danger-Moose t1_j66my6a wrote

He can't reply, he's been dialed.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j66r6l1 wrote

Guessing it was bound to happen if not tonight then next month.

I definitely put him in the category of people who do not read the sidebar

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64s8y0 wrote

Sometimes my Northerner roots and being raised by northeasterners comes out. I just am militant with my beliefs.

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10000Didgeridoos t1_j64jl88 wrote

No dumbass. Some of us just don't want a memorial to a rapist gracing a park in our town.

I do not give a single fuck what my reddit karma score is and I never check messages or go back to old comments I made to reply. I drop my take and leave. Which I'll do again here because Kobe stans can't handle reality: Kobe raped and choked a woman.

Run from it all you want. It's what he did and he got away with it. Same shit with Ben Roethlisberger.

Please explain in detail why you think society should just pretend Kobe didn't commit a violent felony and should worship his memory because he died in a helicopter crash. It says more about you than it does about us. You want us to admire a rapist. Nah, hard pass. He was a rapist piece of shit before he got married and having a wife and kids later doesn't erase his raping.

Kobe Bryant. Rapist. deal with it. He wasn't Nelson fucking Mandela.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j649tdg wrote

How is pointing out that Kobe raped a 19 year old in Colorado and paid her and his wife off to get away from prosecution unpopular?

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10000Didgeridoos t1_j64is1q wrote

Because some dumb yee yee ass people think being good at basketball and becoming a father and being killed early in an accident makes up for him raping and choking a woman earlier in life, because they are delusional apologist idiots.

Might as well throw up a Harvey Weinstein memorial when he dies while we're at it. Hey, he financed films people like so we should just excuse and forget his raping.

Rape isn't something one grows and learns from any more than killing someone is. But HURRR Kobe ball good bro so it's all good! Worship him!

It blows my mind that people think getting married and having kids somehow makes up for raping someone before that. He might have been good to them but it's irrelevant. He still raped someone. That isn't a mistake. It's a violent crime he never did any time for and never apologized for. He just paid her off to make her go away.

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progressiveinva69 t1_j64a2om wrote

I mention uncomfortable, yet true things. I challenge people. What is wrong with that?

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ItsAreBetterThanNips t1_j64qono wrote

What you're saying isn't wrong. Everything about your opinion is correct. There's nothing bad or unpopular about saying that rape and rapists are bad. It's a pretty common conclusion. But if you find that your common opinion is making you unpopular, it's probably not your opinion that is the problem. It's how you are trying to make your point. It's possible to be right and also be annoying about it. Making one comment on a post and expressing your opinion, which I agree with, is a noble and correct thing to do. Stopping at every comment on the way and accusing each person you come across of being morally inferior is just being a dick.

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