Discussion: Court To Censure Montana Judge Over Rape Comments

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Both the judge and rapist are pieces of crap and perpetuate this mentality of “legitimate rape”. Because, you know, it “wasn’t this forcible, beat-up rape.”

Just pathetic. Time for this old clown to go. Maybe spend a day or two in prison, but not with “forcible, beat-up rape.” They can just ask him.

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“There is no place in the Montana judiciary for perpetuating the stereotype that women and girls are responsible for sexual crimes committed against them,” Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote.

Amen to that! Judges like G. Todd Baugh should be removed from the bench, but a censure is better than the tacit nod he would have received in a redder state.

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Doesn’t matter what a person wears, No means NO, NO consent means NO, a lawyer(PAID LIAR) can’t twist this unless the Judge lets them.

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That moron needs permanent termination.

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let me guess… he’s a conservative leaning judge…

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I don’t understand how censuring this man is going to change what he thinks internally. He was just stupid enough to voice his bias. He still is going to have the bias, but he’ll be more cautious about actually voicing it. This man doesn’t deserve to serve on the bench and should be removed permanently.

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What concerns me about this story is the larger issue that it represents, namely the widespread minimization of the significance of sexual interactions between adults and adolescents.

We place a lot of pressure in our society on our adolescents, and it shouldn’t be surprising that they want to join the adults as soon as possible, especially when they are not treated with respect by many of the adults in their life. So there’s a tendency for them to want to look, and act as adult like as possible.

Then when adults, who are having difficulty fitting in with peers, encounter these old adolescents who want to be accepted by adults, the mutual attraction is very strong, and sets up the opportunity for exploitation of an emotionally and socially immature adolescent by an emotionally and socially immature adult, neither of whom is very demanding of the other.

But too often all society seems to see is an adolescent dressing provocatively and fooling the adult, not an adult who is failing to take responsibility for protecting the young people who come to them for support and acceptance.

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Well said.