Runner commits sexual assault in a race. Race is photo'd/video'd. He gets caught.

fine line wrote:

It's a fine line between bottom of back and top of butt. What if he was trying to smack her on the back and just his pinky crossed the line? Still shouldn't do it, but certainly not sexual assault. Everyone should slow down until there is proof that he actually groped her. There is a cop car with lights on right behind the reporter. Dash cam evidence?

Exactly my point about why Derek has not done his research before jumping to conclusions based on the word of a female sexist that posts sexualized photos of scantily clad men on Instagram.

Derek Forgot Where He Came From wrote:

Macdaddy wrote:

It’s pretty pathetic that your initial reaction to a woman being inappropriately touched is to find dirt and judge her.

You must also be one of those Derek Murphy jerk offs that loved his article where he doxxed the hobby jogger that legitimately ran a marathon. The hobby jogger's crime that Murphy was judge, jury, and executioner for? He picked up two finisher medals at the finish line instead of just one!

Derek Murphy is not a god. He has been wrong quite often and think he doesn't stink. He also has no sense of proportionality nor hypocrisy, and rushes to a conclusion before adequate research, like in this case.

Would love to see examples where Derek was wrong? I remember a story about a guy taking a medal for himself and his girlfriend at Boston - don't recall that he named the guy or shared other information.

In this case, it seems pretty clear. The guy slapped her. Its been reported nationally by multiple sites. None of them felt it was appropriate to post her Halloween Instagram photo or to blame her.

Why is the power difference not clear to so many people. The reason for the difference is that men have a long history of violence, sexual and otherwise, against women. They have subjugated them, treated them as property, denied them rights, basically treated them like sh-t since time immemorial. We are finally getting to the point where this is no longer acceptable, but there are still dinosaurs like this a$$hole. Be better, do better.

codaayyee wrote:

It's not ok, but this is being blown out of proportion.

If a woman slapped a man's behind, it would be funny...

If a man slapped another man's behind, it would be funny...

Greg wrote:

It also makes you wonder what else he may have done that hasn't been captured on camera.

He did that specifically because he WAS on camera. Very likely thought he was being silly and would make it on some news bloopers show and the American public would all have a good natured chuckle about it.

But this hobby jogger sorely miscalculated. That should be the headline:

Hobby Jogger Sorely Miscalculates

But you don't know if the slapper or slappee are male or female. You only know if you ask. If the slapper is smart, she is female.

Men rule wrote:

But you don't know if the slapper or slappee are male or female. You only know if you ask. If the slapper is smart, she is female.

I wonder if Derek's mind would implode if he found out that guy identifies as a female since Derek is all in for men competing as women whenever they choose.

codaayyee wrote:

If a woman slapped a man's behind, it would be funny...

If a man slapped another man's behind, it would be funny...

Analogy failure.

Your comparison fails to take into account how women are disproportionately the victims of men, and not vice versa.

Ask 1000 women if they have felt threatened or unsafe anytime in the past month, whether on a sidewalk, a parking lot, or somewhere else. Most women would say, yes. Ask 1000 men, completely opposite results.

unregistered user wrote:

Would love to see examples where Derek was wrong? I remember a story about a guy taking a medal for himself and his girlfriend at Boston - don't recall that he named the guy or shared other information.

In this case, it seems pretty clear. The guy slapped her. Its been reported nationally by multiple sites. None of them felt it was appropriate to post her Halloween Instagram photo or to blame her.

You don't recall Derek doxxing that charity runner by finding his Instagram account and sharing screenshots from it? Derek literally plastered photos of the guy and his wife over Facebook and then did the same on his website. Derek is being highly dishonest when he says he didn't doxx that guy that legitimately ran. And all this just because Derek thinks picking up two finisher medals is a crime worthy of outing you. Is this really the guy you want to have all the power outing people when he doesn't do adequate research or have common sense?

And just because other sites post the story does not mean they are correct. You are falling for the authority fallacy every single time. Ask yourself if rag mag writers like what Derek did here actually asked the other person for their side of the story? Did the video actually show hand to butt or did the guy slap her on the back? You are jumping to conclusions based on the a female sexist that openly posts photos degrading men on Instagram, something that Derek Murphy also wrote about in the past in Kelly Roberts.

Below is what someone wrote on Derek's MI FaceBook page and sums up my feelings about what Derek has done here without even doing any research. He is acting far worse now than how he acted with Frank Meza inciting hatred when he hasn't even gathered the other side of the story. There needs to be someone that opposes what Derek Murphy does to check his power orgies. Remember that saying that absolute power corrupts?

The way you are inciting an online mob in this story is starting to feel a whole lot like the previous online mob mentality you built up that eventually ended with a man committing suicide. The eagerness you show to continue doxxing this man and inciting others to do the same is really showing that you have a short memory of the damage your site caused not too long ago.

I want to see another camera angle to VERIFY his hand actually slapped her butt. It appears it did but there is no video proof.

Female here...clearly most responders here are males and the fact that you guys are justifying this or saying it’s no big deal is absurd and clearly don’t know what it’s like to be in that situation. Slapping a complete stranger’s butt in public is not okay. I would have been pissed too. It is sexual assault and I hope he does get in trouble for it. It is embarrassing and demeaning and it shows his lack of respect for women. If this had happened anywhere else in public (grocery store, airport, etc) it wouldn’t be considered ok, so this isn’t any different.

Dafuq??

Runr467 wrote:

Female here...clearly most responders here are males and the fact that you guys are justifying this or saying it’s no big deal is absurd and clearly don’t know what it’s like to be in that situation. Slapping a complete stranger’s butt in public is not okay. I would have been pissed too. It is sexual assault and I hope he does get in trouble for it. It is embarrassing and demeaning and it shows his lack of respect for women. If this had happened anywhere else in public (grocery store, airport, etc) it wouldn’t be considered ok, so this isn’t any different.

And clearly you haven't been reading the last few pages of this thread

Derek Forgot Where He Came From wrote:

Yikes ? wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WEoC5A9zb/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet

I think that is clear evidence she is highly sexist and degrade men as pieces of meat. You should send this to Derek to see what he thinks. He hasn't done his research before opening his big mouth

And just like clockwork, the female sexist has just deleted that photo of her degrading men off her Instagram. Incriminating, don't you think?

Ahhh, a little help here. I forgot to take a screenshot of her Instagram photo degrading scantily clad men in speedos. Would love to send this to Derek

That’s the article I remembered.. Do you know what doxing is? I don’t see where he posted that runner’s name.

The reporter posted a photo from Halloween and the men posed for those photos with her. How Does that have anything to do with what happened at the race?

Again I ask, when has Derek been wrong? When has he incorrectly labeled someone a cheater?

Runr467 wrote:

Female here...clearly most responders here are males and the fact that you guys are justifying this or saying it’s no big deal is absurd and clearly don’t know what it’s like to be in that situation. Slapping a complete stranger’s butt in public is not okay. I would have been pissed too. It is sexual assault and I hope he does get in trouble for it. It is embarrassing and demeaning and it shows his lack of respect for women. If this had happened anywhere else in public (grocery store, airport, etc) it wouldn’t be considered ok, so this isn’t any different.

Male here. Back in the day, before there was the Internet and all of these cameras and social media, I participated in an event called "The Naked Mile" at a local college. As I was running, naked as the day I was born, some big dude stepped out from the crowd and slapped my bare ass as I passed by.

One could argue that I was sexually assaulted on that day, but that's not how I see it. A slap on the ass is just a slap on the ass. No, it is not in good taste to rap upon someone's unsuspecting buttocks, but people do some stupid things sometimes in the heat of the moment. No doubt this guy, like the gentleman who smacked my behind, thought in the spur of the moment that it would be funny to those around him. This guy probably thought that he'd make the news and everyone would get a chuckle about it. I think everyone knows a clumsy, slack-jawed oaf like that.

I can't help but feel sorry for the guy because he is going to get absolutely crucified for this, and the magnitude of his persecution will be far greater than what he actually deserves.

Unregistered user wrote:

That’s the article I remembered.. Do you know what doxing is? I don’t see where he posted that runner’s name.

The reporter posted a photo from Halloween and the men posed for those photos with her. How Does that have anything to do with what happened at the race?

Again I ask, when has Derek been wrong? When has he incorrectly labeled someone a cheater?

Just like a typical Derek Murphy sheep. Posting Instagram photos of the legitimate charity runner and his wife on his Facebook and on his website for the "crime" of taking two medals instead of one is DOXXING. You really have your head in the sand if you want to try defending Derek on this DOXXING. But if you really want to go for it, then bring it on. Derek was most certainly wrong to out this guy and his wife for something he should have never wrote about.

And way to defend the female sexist and legitimize her degrading photos of men on her Instagram. She sure shows her innocence by deleting the photo after it got linked here.

Derek Forgot Where He Came From wrote:

Runr467 wrote:

Female here...clearly most responders here are males and the fact that you guys are justifying this or saying it’s no big deal is absurd and clearly don’t know what it’s like to be in that situation. Slapping a complete stranger’s butt in public is not okay. I would have been pissed too. It is sexual assault and I hope he does get in trouble for it. It is embarrassing and demeaning and it shows his lack of respect for women. If this had happened anywhere else in public (grocery store, airport, etc) it wouldn’t be considered ok, so this isn’t any different.

And clearly you haven't been reading the last few pages of this thread

I actually read the entire thread. There were maybe a handful of posts saying it was wrong, but most thought it was no big deal. It’s pointless to argue this on male dominated letsrun and I knew as soon as I posted this, people would get defensive. But until you have been in a situation where you have been taken advantage of or have been violated, you cannot pretend to know how she felt.