Comments by "Robert Morgan" (@RobertMorgan) on "One of the most WORST Feminist Rants I Have Ever Seen" video.
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I tried to stand up for a woman in trouble once. Here's how that worked out:
Junior year of high school, homecoming dance. I'm leaving, and down a hallway I see the following scene playing out, young woman I've known since preschool being held against a wall by her throat by her boyfriend, she's begging to leave, he's telling her she's not leaving, she's crying. [She is white, he is black, this is relevant only later].
I "do the right thing" and walk to them, put a hand in his shoulder and tell him to let her leave if she wants to leave. He grabs me and throws me down. I get up and tell him again to back off. He lets her go and she leaves. I leave.
Fast forward to the follow Monday, I'm called into the superintendents office, with the police there, I'm expelled and being charged with assault for grabbing the guy. It's his word against mine, he's a star basketball player and I'm just a regular fuckup, so no one cares what I say. Of course she refuses to say anything. He even accused me of 'attacking' him for being black'
I ended up going to court, getting probation and community service, being expelled for a full half of Junior year and having to make that up to graduate on time, and learning the strong lesson of doing the right thing is often a bad idea.
I hate to say it, but I wish for my well-being I'd just walked away and thought oh well, she choos to be with him, that's what she gets, and she stayed with him through senior year BTW.
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