He was found by a court to have sexually abused a woman and was ordered to pay substantial damages. Those are the facts. If, knowing that, you still choose to defend him, then that says something about your moral compass, not mine. And you know who you are. You know why you do it. That, more than anything, truly terrifies me. What frightens me is not one individual, but the willingness of ordinary people to excuse, minimise or even celebrate behaviour they would once have condemned. History's darkest chapters were not written by monsters alone. They were written by countless people who looked the other way, made excuses, or decided that loyalty to their tribe mattered more than truth, decency or justice. Perhaps we flatter ourselves when we think civilisation is robust. It isn't. The distance between decency and barbarism is far shorter than we'd like to believe. The veneer of civilisation is paper-thin, and when enough people decide that principles no longer matter, history shows us exactly where that road can lead. Arbeit macht frei - choose your side carefully. They met by chance in the store and chatted playfully. Trump suggested they buy lingerie as a joke. They went into the lingerie department together. He followed her into a dressing room. She testified that he suddenly pushed her against the wall, pulled down her tights, digitally penetrated her, and then penetrated her with his penis before she managed to push him away and escape.
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