I don't care what Grind or the other guys think. I said it before, their comments about babies dying for the Second Amendment trumps everything else in my book. The crap about Adam Lanza, the pictures etc. were as ugly to me as the rape threads are to you. This doesn't mean I'm downplaying rape, just that you and I have different opinions on what's the worst of the worst. I still talk to Grind and Billy besides Tom, and try to navigate through the minefield of their conflicts and opinions that differ from mine.
You said "if it posts like a rapist, if it talks like a rapist, it will always be a rapist to me'', does that apply to the 2nd Amendment supporters and will those guys always be baby killers to you? Call me crazy but if I'm going to accuse somebody of a felony I want solid proof before making such an accusation.
I brought up what Grind has said, along with what pretty much every man on this board has said at one time or the other - that tom is fucked up about rape, because you asked who decides what is egregious. And my answer is that when even most of the men smell something wrong, then you kinda know...it's egregious.
As for the baby stuff, I told grind numerous times to stfu and that what he said was inhuman, so again, no comparison. Even though Grind and I are tight, I say something...that's the difference. Also, the shooting babies thing is a distraction. Grind says fucked up things about Sandy Hook and that has nothing to do with Tom's continuing pro-rape campaign...it's a diversion and one that Tom has played repeatedly. I don't find it that distracting, but again, our opinions differ on this.
Finally, most importantly about the rape accusation Christie: too bad.
Tom posts like a rapist. Tom talks like a rapist. Tom sounds like a rapist. Tom has repeatedly and over a period of years demonstrated he DOES NOT KNOW what consent is, that he lacks any respect for women, that he does not take rape seriously, that unless it involves a stranger, a knife, and a fight to the death with a sober women, he doesn't even recognize rape. Tom is really a microcosm of rape culture, of why women get raped, of why rapists get away with it, of why women's lives sometimes get ruined when they are raped. I'm sorry if that offends your sensibilities, but I can assure you of two things, mine are as well and have been for some time, and neither your sensibilities or mine matter at all.
Standing up to rape culture and the animals who enforce is what is important. I don't give a shit for your hurt feelings or delicate sensibilities about Tommy, anymore than I do about mine. Even when I feel sick and dirty and like I can't shower enough, I come back. I come back Christie. My sensibilities don't matter.