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Originally Posted by getbak
Statement from Ward 7 Councilor-elect Terry Wong...
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I have 2 beefs with this statement:
1) (I have this same issue with every statement that uses language like this) "This type of behavior is abhorrent to me as a father of three daughters"
This should be abhorrent to you as someone who cares about other human beings. If you need to have a personal connection, to someone similar to a victim to have empathy for that person or to think it shouldn't have happened to them, then you don't really have empathy at all, you're just worried that something similar could happen that would affect you.
2) You had to consult with your community? Were you actually wondering if there was a large swath of your ward who would think "Yeah, that's okay". I suppose there are probably quite a few constituents who don't have daughters, so probably best to see what they think.
3) (Bonus) "If the allegations are true"....THEY ARE TRUE. Sean Chu has admitted to having sexual contact with an underage girl, who he met while in uniform, that isn't up for debate. Even if we give him the benefit of the doubt that none of the other allegations are true, that should be enough. And you add that he has lied about the details/circumstances for both incidents, lies that are also worth resigning over, and suddenly giving him the benefit of the doubt doesn't seem so reasonable.