Mitt Romney’s campaign calls gay teen bullying report ‘exaggerated’

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_Abyssinia said:
it is fascinating that an alleged assault, with many witnesses, generated no reports to authority or discipline at a school where smoking a cigarette is sufficient to get a student thrown out of school. If the victim’s hair was such a topic of attention and conversation, it is impossible no one noticed his hair had been cut. Is it possible that the Post sources’ memory of events 47 years ago is not perfectly reliable, and that they paint a more vivid or cruel portrait of Romney than actually occurred? Oh, all of the men said their politics didn’t color their recollection. Strange that they decide to talk about this event now, instead of during Romney’s 1994 campaign for Senate or 2002 campaign for governor or 2008 campaign for president.
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Several interesting points here, all worth consideration.
 
Birdpreacher said:
GOod question: Romney did seem a little to obsessed with another boy’s hair…

The point is that one’s prior bad acts may be reflective of their present character.
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A point that could be made about every person, ever. That isn’t exactly groundbreaking psychology. Has there been a candidate who did make a mistake (allegedly) as a teenager?

You are reaching so far now your arms must be tired. Contract those muscles.
 
Birdpreacher said:
1000s of years ago men were taught not to attack the weak and vulnerable.
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That would mean women, children, the elderly and infirm. Not teasing a man who refuses to act like a man. If Mitt Romney had beat up granny to steal her ribbon candy or pushed a cripple into a fountain you might have a point. This is some mewling sourpuss who is not big enough to laugh it off or forgive something completely inane that he thinks happened to him 40+ years ago. That is the smallest of small men.
 
BernardM said:
That would mean women, children, the elderly and infirm. Not teasing a man who refuses to act like a man. If Mitt Romney had beat up granny to steal her ribbon candy or pushed a cripple into a fountain you might have a point. This is some mewling sourpuss who is not big enough to laugh it off or forgive something completely inane that he thinks happened to him 40+ years ago. That is the smallest of small men.
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Lol how is long hair unmanly?! Jesus had long hair.
 
He_Man said:
A point that could be made about every person, ever. That isn’t exactly groundbreaking psychology. Has there been a candidate who did make a mistake (allegedly) as a teenager?

You are reaching so far now your arms must be tired. Contract those muscles.
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I agree with you completely, one is free to make whatever inference they wnat as to how this incident reflects ROmney’s character. Surely you agree that it is not unsound for one to draw a negative inference from this episode.
 
He_Man said:
Whining about an incident in high school is unmanly. The dude needs to grow up and act like a man. It’s pathetic.
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LOL attacking a lone kid with a group is unmanly. Picking on a kid because he is different is the ultimate sign of weakness.
 
Birdpreacher said:
Lol how is long hair unmanly?! Jesus had long hair.
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This is a topic for a whole other thread, but that depends on your definition of long hair. It’s pretty well-established that although Jewish men of that time had long hair compared to the Roman styles, they did (intentionally) keep their hair short in comparison to Jewish women.
 
Birdpreacher said:
In this case there is some evidence that the attack was sexually motivated and there is a motive for Romney not to be honest: he is running for election. (He probably cant remember the reasons he was pro-choice)
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And that evidence is…
 
Jerry_Miah said:
Romney’s victim isn’t whining; he’s dead.
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That’s even more pathetic.

And who said anything about Romney’s victim? Anyone who whines about an incident from high school like this 40 years later is pathetic, and unmanly.
 
Birdpreacher said:
LOL attacking a lone kid with a group is unmanly. Picking on a kid because he is different is the ultimate sign of weakness.
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Yeah, Romney should at least do some public engagements where he talks about being former bully and to urge young people not to do what he did.
 
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