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Research shows anger is one of the four major responses to perpetrating sexual assault

 
 
 
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Interesting.....


Judge Kavanaugh’s opening statement yesterday was loud, emotional, and angry. It was essentially a love letter to Trump and his supporters and a warning to the rest of us who see him for who he truly is.


His behavior during the questioning remained odd. He was erratic, disrespectful, avoidant, and just plain cruel. It may seem out of the ordinary, but information from a Georgia State University study really puts his anger in perspective.


For “A Qualitative Analysis of Offenders’ Emotional Responses to Perpetrating Sexual Assault,” researchers studied the confessions of sexual assailants online and found four main responses to committing assault: shame, guilt, depression, and anger.


The researchers found that assailants got angry when they hold a hostility to women and are denying responsibility for their actions. Considering that Judge Kavanaugh’s judicial record alone is hostile to women, it is pretty reasonable to see how he fits the bill.
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And now, apparently, the rethugs are going to ask trumpo to allow an FBI investigation.....but of course, he won't....

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ajor-responses-to-perpetrating-sexual-assault
 
Do you think the wrongly accused are likely to be angry as well? The study also named guilt, depression, and shame. How much of those did he show?
 
I would think perplexed would be more appropriate.

For somebody truly innocent.

But the anger can also be a political show.

The right in general is angry.

They want people to suffer.

They are sadists.

Shows of righteous anger are appealing to these primitive apes.
 
Jolly_Penguin said:
Don't you think the wrongly accused are likely to be angry as well?
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Of course they might be angry, but Kavanaugh was a whiny little bitch, who hasn't yet been investigated as he should have been, and demonstrated conclusively that he doesn't have the temperament to be any kind of judge at all. I watched his behaviour yesterday, and he looked more like he was angry that his privileged little world got exposed. He also protested and dissembled too much, was evasive, had lapses into silence when cornered, and generally acted like a guilty schoolboy. His refusal to answer the questions about an FBI investigation were nothing short of pathetic.
 
Kavanaugh appeared guilty to me as well, he was very defensive. My guess is that he is still an alcoholic too. The Democratic members who questioned him were very impressive.
 
I tried to watch this unbiased, but his opening statement, his body language, and his whole demeanor told a whole different story. I hope more women come forward - because once a predator always a predator unless stopped.
 
Jolly_Penguin said:
Do you think the wrongly accused are likely to be angry as well? The study also named guilt, depression, and shame. How much of those did he show?
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For an innocent man? I think indignant, but not to the point of being as angry as he displayed. My impression was that he was not so much angered by being falsely accused of hurting this woman, but that his reputation was sullied, that he lost face.
 
Is Kavanaugh going to be another angel that flew too close to the sun? I don't understand why so many people with skeletons in their closet seek the most scrutinized positions of power in the country.
 
ZiprHead said:
Is Kavanaugh going to be another angel that flew too close to the sun? I don't understand why so many people with skeletons in their closet seek the most scrutinized positions of power in the country.
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We don't know yet if he has these particular skeletons in his closet.
 
I feel that with this nomination there needs to be symbolic logic and charts included for all suppositions and contingencies of the people's actual guilt or innocence and so on. Just to fill up all of the "phase space". It is getting crazy.

If Kavanaugh was not guilty of this act with Ford, and if he was a person who had more compassion than ego he would not have acted so fucking rude.
 
Any decent actor can feign emotion convincingly. For all I know, both people sincerely believe what they say. Memory is mutable.
So far the testimony is he said-she said. Further interviews and investigation might help clarify things.
 
Memory is mutable.

And evil acts are repressed.

Sometimes to the point the actor is convinced they never happened.
 
Watching the coverage of this by both Rachel Madow and Tucker Carlson, ideological opposites, I found it to be quite a fascinating study into both of their respective biases. It truly is a stark contrast what they both choose to focus on, both making some good points and avoiding most of what they other saw. Where you come from really does change what you see and how you report it. I don't think either of them were being dishonest in their reporting.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKAxoizOt2s[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p97WCZEtI4c[/youtube]

Key points that registered with me personally:

1. He didn't act maturely at his questioning. He was quite immature and snappy. He was very defensive. Does that mean he is guilty? No. It can just as easily be explained by him being very offended at a false accusation. But he didn't come across as a judge should. To what extent would others handle such hostility from senators questioning him and the accusation of something so bad, I can't say.

2. He noted that there was little to no corroboration of her story. If that's true, it is a good point. He claims this is an attack from the Democrats, putting her up to it. It definitely does benefit them at a very important time. Tucker notes that her name was leaked to the press against her wishes. Is that true?

3. Tucker notes how often people all over the media keep noting "old white men" about the senators, trying to make this a racial issue, when both of them are the same race.

4. Rachel notes that Kavanaugh tries to say the Clintons are behind this plotting revenge. I'm not a fan of Hillary, but this is completely baseless and slanderous lashing out by Kavanaugh.

5. Rachel points to Kavanaugh talking about beer, which is pretty funny how he goes on about it.

6. Tucker questions the Republicans for not standing up for Kavanaugh except for Lindsay Graham. That's interesting. Is Fox turning against the Republicans?

7. Rachel does a good job of tearing down Kavanaugh's use of a witness statement to defend himself. But she appears to be shifting the onus to him in doing so. "This what he is using to prove he is innocent". But it shouldn't be on him to do so. It should be on the senators and accusers to establish he is guilty.

8. Why can't they subpeona Mark Judge?

9. "Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter"... What? LOL Why would she phrase it like that? It is accurate. It is a weird way to put it.
 
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ZiprHead said:
Is Kavanaugh going to be another angel that flew too close to the sun? I don't understand why so many people with skeletons in their closet seek the most scrutinized positions of power in the country.
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Remember, the GOP tried to keep ~95% of his record and background confidential. That is utterly unprecedented. This accusation had to come from outside the senate, even though they likely knew about it. He was probably told that the senate would keep him safe from any real inquiries.
 
The Republicans who do nothing but lie and scheme and launch sick evil plans are always paranoid to the same.
 
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