Donald Trump has not been accused of paying for sex, but several supporters protesting outside of his trial on Monday wanted to make it clear that they have. It seems the crowds that come out to protest the persecution of the former president are getting smaller, and weirder

Today, however, the crowd had thinned to a handful of true believers and true characters – those who don’t leave their house without a giant flag, a bullhorn, and an offensive T-shirt they made themselves.

It’s not only that the crowds are getting smaller, it’s that they are getting significantly weirder.

Of the people willing to step up to a microphone outside the courthouse and defend Mr Trump for allegedly paying off a porn star to hide his alleged affair from prospective voters, two offered something of a wild defence: that they opposed the charges because they too had paid for sex on more than one occasion, and assumed most men had done the same

It didn’t matter to them that Mr Trump is not being accused of paying for sex, but rather accused of having embarked on several extra-marital affairs and falsifying business records over payments made to hide those affairs from the voting public in 2016.

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[–] 254 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (22 children)

Well, let’s legalize prostitution. Regulate it, tax it, legitimize it.

Conservatives: hell no, we can’t have that depravity and vice. We need to punish women for sex outside of marriage. Oh, yeah…and no abortions for them either. (Unless it’s my daughter or mistress)

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Also conservatives: Yeah, we still pay for sex. Rules only apply to other people.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They legitimately believe it should be fine to pay for sex, but should be illegal to be paid for sex.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It makes my head hurt how ridiculous conservatives are and how they spin things. They’re only making their lives harder. Imagine the amount of tax revenue that could be collected from legalizing prostitution.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Let's say it together: they don't actually care about fiscal responsibility.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    It's obvious that they don't because they only ever work one variable (spending) of the fucking equation:

    spending - income = deficit

    Even if you stop all of your spending entirely, you'll remain in debt forever if you never have any income, so it's a losing way to fix the problem, but that won't stop them or their idiot voters from insisting upon it.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh yeah, and make it more difficult for those trapped in their situation to get out of it.

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    [–] 134 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    FFS he is not in trouble for paying for sex. He is in trouble for paying hush money using campaign funds. Good lord, conservatives are so brainwashed

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Just like Clinton wasn't in trouble for the blowjob. He was in trouble for lying about it under oath. But everyone who talks about it now says he got impeached for a blowjob.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago*

    It's exactly why Republicans cried "purgery trap" when people wanted to have Trump testify as president. They knew what they did during the Clinton investigation and just assume Democrats would somehow "force" Trump to lie about something completely unrelated...

    The Clinton investigation was over real estate and somehow made it's way over to blow jobs.

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    Satire is dead, reality killed it.

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    [–] 52 points 2 years ago

    Chud Life Baby 😎

    Yes, let’s legalize and give protections to all the sex workers.

    Chuds: No, not like that!!

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Isn't that a crime in the US? Did these people just confess to crimes? But of course they're "conservatives" so it's OK.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    TBF, I wouldn't want people to be persecuted just for saying out loud that they did a crime. Imagine if I went outside today and shouted, "My house doesn't have a secondary fire escape and is therefore outside building regulations!". Should I then be investigated for committing a crime, or should someone just tell me to shut up and stop shouting in the middle of the road?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I would say it depends on the type of crime and the amount of detail. If you say out loud, "I murdered John Smith last Tuesday" and John Smith had been murdered last Tuesday, I think you should probably get investigated for the murder of John Smith.

    If you say "I've had sex with a prostitute" but don't go further than that in terms of any details, definitely not.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    Not a crime everywhere in the US, cat houses are still around in Nevada. I’m assuming the gentlemen making these statements frequented a couple cities in that state to come to this assumption.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just like Jesus from his pedestal... Let whoever amungst us hasn't paid for sex throw the first felony.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Melania pays and pays and pays...

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Ok but like we know you already have the incel vote on lock down.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Sex work is work. And if it's work, there are customers.

    There's probably a long list of reasons to criticize these Trump supporters, including not understanding what this case in particular is about, but being customers of sex work ain't it.

    Demonizing customers of sex work maintains the taboo and hurts the movement to legitimize, legalize, regulate, and provide normal employment benefits to sex work.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not so sure that the author wasn't taken in by a Yes Men style prank. Because honestly, that sounds like satire and the satire wasn't coming from the author of the article.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    🙋‍♂️

    I've only been paid for sex, never paid for it myself.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    That statement alone tells you all you need to know about his people

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