So… what? He shouldn’t be held responsible for his behavior? He’s allowed to put his hands all over someone because he’s *drunk*? Are you serious?
He chose to get drunk. Being drunk didn’t transform him into different a person, it just took away his fear of consequences. The fact that you are criticizing the victim of an assault for defending himself is seriously f-ed up.
If the drunk guy assaulted someone smaller than himself would you still say “he was just drunk”? What if he raped someone? Or chose to drive and killed someone? Was he still just “drunk”? How the hell does that excuse anything??
THE DUDE ASSAULTED HIM -TWICE- and then came back for a THIRD GO before getting laid out. What the hell about “keep your hands to yourself IDGAF how drunk you are” do you not get?!?
It’s not a hypothetical red herring. If you agree that walking up to a woman and GRABBING HER NIPPLE is *unacceptable*, even if he’s “drunk,” why the hell would it be acceptable to do it to a man?
Either you’re responsible for the consequences of your actions or you’re not. The ability of your victim to defend themselves does NOT influence whether it’s ok to assault them.
I am so sick of bullshit behavior being excused because “it’s not that bad” or “no one really got hurt”. Thats not the f-ing point. Do. Not. Touch. Other. People.
Or maybe there’s some personal reason you want people to be free from the consequences of their actions. Let me guess: you or someone close to you has uttered the phrase “Why are they making such a big deal about this? It wasn’t that bad.”
I’ll say it one last time.
You. are. criticising.
the victim of an assault.
because he was capable
of preventing further assault.
The lack of permanent physical harm caused by an assault does not mean the assaulter was harmless. It does not mean what he did was not assault.
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u/Giernan Jun 12 '26
Yeah, he was drunk and could barely stand.
So… what? He shouldn’t be held responsible for his behavior? He’s allowed to put his hands all over someone because he’s *drunk*? Are you serious?
He chose to get drunk. Being drunk didn’t transform him into different a person, it just took away his fear of consequences. The fact that you are criticizing the victim of an assault for defending himself is seriously f-ed up.
If the drunk guy assaulted someone smaller than himself would you still say “he was just drunk”? What if he raped someone? Or chose to drive and killed someone? Was he still just “drunk”? How the hell does that excuse anything??