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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthere is no such thing as "underaged" women. if the female is underage, she is NOT a woman,
she is LEGALLY a MINOR CHILD (regardless of the age of consent in AL). if she is a woman, she is over the age of 18.
I absolutely despise this twisting of the language to make it seem like moore, for example, was actually involved with adults, not minors.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Adam Lanza and Dylann Roof were "20 year old kid" and "21 year old kid"s respectively.
niyad
(113,343 posts)at 17.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)I had forgotten her name but can't forget what happened to her or how the liberal media failed so hard when reporting how our brave honorable warfighters raped that little girl and murdered her family. They had plenty of excuses for the inexcusable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_rape_and_killings
niyad
(113,343 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)I screamed at my computer monitor at one point yesterday afternoon for precisely this.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)graduated from high school or have not reached the age of 18 to be girls. After that, they're women. That differentiation has worked pretty well over the years.
niyad
(113,343 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)We need to use it like a sledgehammer to the balls. Blunt force.
niyad
(113,343 posts)I point out that sloppy language is sloppy thought.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)My complaint is that Dem politicians wrap too many weasel-words and qualifiers around basic concepts.
"A possible alleged misstatement may possibly have unintentionally been spoken by President Trump."
vs
"Trump brazenly lied."
Both are technically correct (though passive voice is poor style). The first one tiptoes. The second one communicates.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Joseph was supposely 90-year-old widower, with six children, when given control of Mary, who was just 12!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph
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niyad
(113,343 posts)Kaleva
(36,309 posts)"Police video shows Oklahoma lawmaker getting busted in motel room with underage boy"
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article188197274.html#storylink=cpy