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drmeow

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5. If accusing someone of being

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:04 PM

Sep 26

selfish and thoughtless is not a subset of shaming them then what is it?

Shame: n A painful emotion caused by the awareness of having done something wrong or foolish. v To cause someone to feel shame.

When you call someone selfish you feel they should feel shame for what they did.

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RSVP to Ms LEWINSKI: Not-sorry, just responding will not join in re-litigating your event. [View all] UTUSN Sep 26 OP

Even at the time I thought Bill's behavior was gross and he should have known better. Ocelot II Sep 26 #1

Monica was young at the time, but she was not a child SheltieLover Sep 26 #2

Her behavior was stupidity, but Bill Clinton had the responsibility to be the adult in the room Justice Brandeis Sep 26 #3

Well, just about every incumbent pendulums the next one UTUSN Sep 26 #4

If accusing someone of being drmeow Sep 26 #5

There's always a twist, eh. You left out that it was my inner thought, not expressed UTUSN Sep 26 #6

I don't see it that way Mossfern Sep 26 #7