• velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneBanned from community
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    10 days ago

    Why are y’all giving this drunk driving cheater the benefit of doubt?

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      You’re right. In fact, I suspect Jaimee wanting to watch “desperate housewives” was her asking to watch secret footage Woods recorded of his wife Elin Nordegren whenever she was distressed. Utterly depraved.


      Edit: Joking aside, “the benefit of the doubt” implies there’s doubt, but you’re manufacturing the doubt. People in a normal, healthy headspace do not think this way about text messages.

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          Are you seriously just going to dodge these accusations of Woods recording his distraught wife for his mistress’ amusement? Is there something you’re not telling us about your own cruel voyeurism?

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            What? I’m not the one defending the guy here. I mused that giving a partner the silent treatment until they say the “correct” thing is unhealthy and you jumped down my throat to defend this cruel, drunk driving, cheating asshole.

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              No one is defending Tiger. They’re telling you your argument is flawed. Just because someone is a shitty person doesn’t give you blanket license to make every kind of strawman about them.

              That’s terrible logic, and resorting to “Oh, so you’re defending him?!!” any time someone disagrees with you is no more valid.

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              For what it’s worth, when I read into these texts I come away with them both being pretty much shitty.

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                10 days ago

                That was my read as well.

                I guess people are allowing their annoyance at me to justify defending shitty people like Tiger fucking Woods.

                But Lemmy doesn’t have a sexism problem lol

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                  10 days ago

                  So we can make up anything we want about Tiger Woods, and no one can disagree because then they would be defending a cheater?

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                    He’s an asshole in these texts. We’re just reading the situation differently.

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                  The people of Lemmy would like to believe they have an open mind but when you get down to it, they’re as open minded and progressive as any group of people online. You will get dog-piled here for “wrong-think” just as vehemently as you would on mainstream social media.

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                    Fallacious arguments aren’t “wrong-think,” and waiting an hour before responding to a text isn’t “silent treatment.”

                    Sometimes, a person is just wrong, and you don’t get to arbitrarily call people sexist just to defend a wrong position.

                    Nobody here is defending Tiger’s behavior, they’re just saying waiting an hour between texts isn’t silent treatment.

                    Critique him on any number of shitty behaviors, but not responding within an hour isn’t one.

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                    Thanks. Yeah I’ve gathered as much which is why I don’t let it bother me.

                    I’ve been on the Internet long enough, probably longer than most of these guys who have a grudge against me, so I’m not surprised by the group think or that it would turn against a vocal woman easily.

                    Appreciate you chiming in!

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        10 days ago

        They’re at the very least terrible texters who got verrrrry defensive lol