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Originally Posted by Locke
Its like The NHL 'Wheel of Justice.' The effect justifies the outrage.
If you tomahawk someone in the head and they dont get hurt then its fine, but they have a concussion then its evil.
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Well to some degree, shouldn't it? Should we not be more worried for those who are exposed to higher risks of harm?
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Hope Solo is much like Ray Rice, shes a professional athlete. I guarantee you that most men outweigh her significantly but she could likely still lay out an epic beatdown on most average Joes.
The Macro Worldview of this isnt all that relevant; Hope Solo, a female professional athlete committed the same crime that some male professional athletes have also recently committed.
But she is getting a free pass from her team, her sponsors, public opinion and the law.
Why?
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How are they the same crimes exactly? Adrian Peterson beat a four year-old with a tree branch. Ray Rice struck his fiancee twice and knocked her unconscious. Both were attacks against someone who wasn't fighting back and was at significant physical disadvantage. From the sounds of it, Solo got into a fistfight with her sister and something with her nephew. We still don't have all of the details. The equivalent would be an NFL player getting into a fight with their brother and 17 year-old nephew. I would certainly hope everyone's views on the matter would be a bit more nuanced than where they fall legally, or do we start lumping in pot dealers in the same category as meth dealers?