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- Justice of the Peace Melanie Andress-Tobiasson’s challenge of the “discovery” process of the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission went before the Supreme Court of Nevada yesterday. [Nevada Current]
- Nye County District Attorney declined to pursue domestic battery charges against Judge Stefany Miley. [USNews]
- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is the midst of trying to decide whether Wynn deserves a gaming license there. The Commission’s report seems to indicate that everyone at Wynn knew of Steve Wynn’s bad behavior. This article mentions outside counsel who negotiated a settlement for the Company and Steve Wynn while allegedly not disclosing the settlement to the Board and perhaps running afoul of some of the Rules of Professional Conduct concerning communication and conflicts. [MassLive]
- Shocker! Low turnout in yesterday’s municipal primary elections. [LasVegasNow]
First. What judge is retiring? Besides Smith.
I have been pleasantly surprised that Lucy Flores' #MyHairToo movement has not been fully embraced, even by liberals. This kind of hit job and opportunism dilutes legitimacy of #MeToo.
Not only that, but defending Biden makes the hypocrisy of those supporting #MeToo against conservatives but defending Biden very transparent.
A lot of other women have been remarking that you just avoid creeps and I wonder if we're conditioned to just deal with it and we've normalized it that way.
His behavior is creepy at best and dismissing it as a "hit job" is gross.
I believe her. #metoo
Any Lucy Flores doubters need to go online and look at the dozen or more other videos that are out there of him inappropriately touching women, touching their hair, and invading their personal space. Those who can truly look at things without politics were aware of his creepy behavior for years. Many of his victims are young children. As a parent although it would’ve been awkward, I absolutely would have told him I don’t care if you were the vice president you’re not going to touch my child in that manner.
I heard about Wynn's conduct 30 years ago from cocktail waitresses at the Golden Nugget. You kept your job if you slept (euphemism) with him. If I knew, Wynn executives knew.
I grew up here. Wynn's appetites and on-property trysts were much discussed when I was a kid.
Miley escapes yet again. What happens when a single mom working in a supermarket slaps HER kid around?
Summerlin judicial soccer mom privilege. She will not get re-elected unless Craig Freidberg runs for an eleventh time.
I have heard about an incident with Stefany Miley at a children's soccer game. Does anyone know what happened?
It was a few years back. Apparently scuffled with another soccer mom at a youth soccer game.
It is so irritating when a changed value is used to judge past action that was appropriate at the time (big difference if it was always morally wrong). It is a tenet of hist1orical study (history major here) to not let present attitudes affect our look into the past. There was a day when hugging, etc. to say hello was not a sin. I am hardcore MAGA but c'mon with the Biden accusations Flores … really? Searching for relevance much?
Maybe those past actions were acceptable and appropriate in the eyes of ~men, but that doesn't necessarily mean the same from the perspective of women. And this is NOT an instance of being uncomfortable with a hug to say "hello," and for you to imply the opposite shows how disingenuous you are.
No 12:11 is totally right its unfair that we are judging someone by the crazy SJW standards of 2019 when the behavior in question happened way back in 2014 when it was totally appropriate to walk up to unsuspecting women, grab them, smell their hair, and kiss them without their knowledge or consent.
You know, I have introspectively wondered about this. I was in high school in the early 90s. At that time and place, certain language and behavior was considered fine. Nowadays, that kind of language/behavior would be "beyond the pale." I would never say/do such things now, not because I fear repercussions, but because I personally feel that it's inappropriate. But I wonder sometimes… if I were to become a public figure or run for office, would someone talk to my high school classmates and produce reports that I used to be this terrible person?
I'm sure we can agree that something that someone said when he was 40, 5 years ago, is fair game. But what about if he said it when he was 25, 20 years ago? 15, 30 years ago? At what point do we draw the line?
Absolutely right 12:11. I mean there is no reason to let present attitudes about ownership of an entire race of people cloud the fact that the owners were good, hard-working people.
Consensually hugging people is still not a sin. Non-consensually touching people was creepy when I was little and remains creepy. And by the way, I am MAGA also, just a MAGA who only wants people touching me who I want touching me.
To: 12:50. Okay, point well taken. If something is now considered wrong, it was wrong even several years ago even if such conduct tended to be ignored, or at least tolerated, at that time. We are all required and expected to exhibit acceptable human behavior, and we should not get a pass merely because something was a few years earlier when such conduct may not have been as clearly condemned as it is now.
I get all that, so, yes, 12:50 is right. But 12:50 seems to think that because they are right, that 12:11 must be totally wrong.
But I think 12:11 is also right to an extent. Sometimes there is conduct which was always considered rather innocuous, but we are now required to be offended because the rules, as to what is acceptable, have suddenly changed, as they often seem to. That is the part I am having a problem with. But 12:50 is correct that if the conduct is more of a blatant invasion, like Biden's conduct was, he should not get a free pass merely because some of his actions were at a time when such behavior was more tolerated.
This is 12:50. I was a little snarky above, but my issue with 12:11's post, and your defense, is it seems to ignore that often these changes are less about shifting norms and more about shifting power.
When I was a teenager in the 1990's, anything bad was "gay." I think most straight people would have considered casual homophobia innocuous in 1995, just like white people would have considered casual racism innocuous 50 years earlier.
I would be willing to bet that most members of the LGBT community in 1995, however, regarded casual homophobia as something less than innocuous, just as most African Americans would have regarded casual racism 50 years earlier.
The problem with this "shifting norms" critique is it ignores the views of marginalized people, who have always known oppressive conduct was wrong. Instead, it is a complaint that the people who were once allowed to ignore the preferences of members of less powerful groups with impunity can no longer do so. The fact that women historically could not complain when powerful men touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable as easily as today does not mean that that conduct did not bother them. It just means that people like Biden were allowed to ignore them.
What am I supposed to be outraged about today?
Nothing, you are a middle aged white male attorney who likes to be passive aggressive, borderline menacibg.
Ok. So while males. Consider me outraged.