Freshman Rep. Katie Hill resigns amid allegations of affair with staffer

[Boris Farage 353]

1 minute ago, Steeleballz said:

Many of those women were not consenting.

So they say. Conveniently only coming forward when he became the president.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 minute ago, Boris Farage said:

I use Mr. Trump as an example, but I could easily find a congressman they have turned their ire on just as easily. Point being, they have one set of moral standards for themselves, and another for everyone else.

 

    I consider Trump on a different level due to the stature of the office. I would agree partisan politics currently does seem to be that similar discretion's are treated differently depending upon the political affiliation, but I don't think that is unique to liberals. It wasn't always like this. Hopefully they can get back to having some integrity.

 

  I would say again personally that nothing about the relationship really bothers me (on the surface). I'm not sure if something deeper is going on that caused her to resign, but I don't really have an issue with a throuple per se, although it certainly isn't for me.

[laylalex 7,300]

1 minute ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  A throuple doesn't bother me in the least as long as all participants are consenting. It's not at all comparable to the sexual harassment history that Trump has been accused of. Many of those women were not consenting.

If everyone is consenting, sure, none of my business. But I've yet to see one work out, so I reserve the right to judge. 

[yuna628 9,758]

I'm not 100% sure what the issue was entirely about. It seems she was in a very open consenting relationship, with her husband and someone else. Then the husband got butthurt she took up with yet another person, and tried blackmailing her. I mean... if he wasn't butthurt by a threesome, why be butthurt about a foursome?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

3 minutes ago, Boris Farage said:

So they say. Conveniently only coming forward when he became the president.

 

  Several came out while he was running, as far back as the primaries. Let's not pretend there were never allegations before that Boris. Trump has been the center of media attention as far back as I can remember, and that is a long time.

[Dashinka 24,994]

15 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   She is not the president so she won't be held to that standard. She also doesn't have the years of sleazy history that Trump came with, so less to hold against her in the first place. So in the end, the answer to your rhetorical question is still no.

How do you know? 

[90DayFinancier 910]

6 minutes ago, Boris Farage said:

So they say. Conveniently only coming forward when he became the president.

25 women have come forward alleging sexual assault and yet his base stands behind him. So no, he is not held to the same standards as the rest of us.  If this president falls, he will not be brought down by his zipper. 

[Dashinka 24,994]

15 minutes ago, laylalex said:

A throuple is a committed relationship with three people in it. Like a couple, but with one more person. It's a thing in polyamory, I'm told. Personally I have no experience with that. Love triangles, yes, throuples no.

Define "committed"?  In the case of this congresswoman, apparently the commitment did not mean much once she got to DC.  That being said, just like what @Nature Boy 2.0 said, I don't understand why she resigned.

[Boris Farage 353]

6 minutes ago, laylalex said:

If everyone is consenting, sure, none of my business. But I've yet to see one work out, so I reserve the right to judge. 

I disagree with your first sentence, but very much agree with the second. It is my business, because this type of behavior is corrosive to societal norms. Polygamy is illegal for a reason. Shagging in the middle of the pavement is illegal for a reason. These arrangements don't work out because they're abnormal, and they contribute to abnormal behavior in other areas of life.

[Boiler 46,405]

2 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

25 women have come forward alleging sexual assault and yet his base stands behind him. So no, he is not held to the same standards as the rest of us.  If this president falls, he will not be brought down by his zipper. 

The way it is supposed to work is that there has to be proof and not somebody taking one for the team with a false allegation.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

Just now, Bill & Katya said:

How do you know? 

 

   We are in the midst of the so called "information age". How would I not know? One would have to choose ignorance to not know anything about Trump before he became president. Trump didn't just show up in the media in 2016.

[Dashinka 24,994]

9 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

I'm not 100% sure what the issue was entirely about. It seems she was in a very open consenting relationship, with her husband and someone else. Then the husband got butthurt she took up with yet another person, and tried blackmailing her. I mean... if he wasn't butthurt by a threesome, why be butthurt about a foursome?

Is that a "fouple"?

2 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   We are in the midst of the so called "information age". How would I not know? One would have to choose ignorance to not know anything about Trump before he became president. Trump didn't just show up in the media in 2016.

Your assertion, not mine, or was it simply an assumption?

[Boris Farage 353]

2 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

25 women have come forward alleging sexual assault and yet his base stands behind him. So no, he is not held to the same standards as the rest of us.  If this president falls, he will not be brought down by his zipper. 

25 women have come forward with absolutely no evidence beyond hearsay.

 

As anecdotal evidence, I would consider myself a rather attractive man for my age. I work out, I am very physically fit, and I quite frankly come from good genes. So it's not difficult for me to pick up women if I want to. But it's fascinating to me how drastically easier it gets when they get a sense of my net worth. It's the same thing for Mr. Trump. These women are coming out of the woodwork NOW because they see a financial opportunity to do so. Oh, posed with Mr. Trump ten years ago? Rape allegation, easy payday.

[90DayFinancier 910]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

The way it is supposed to work is that there has to be proof and not somebody taking one for the team with a false allegation.

To support your theory, there would need to be 25 false allegations

[Steeleballz 7,550]

10 minutes ago, laylalex said:

If everyone is consenting, sure, none of my business. But I've yet to see one work out, so I reserve the right to judge. 

 

  I agree. Trying to make a relationship work with one other person is enough of a challenge at times. However If it works for people I don't have a moral issue with it. I do understand there are legal issues and the possibility of exploitation so I am reserved as well. I don't fully know what is going on in this case, but I don't object to the concept itself.