re: Teen arrested at Hooter's for reported inappropriate touching of woman in bathroom (BR)

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Without Sullivan's, that entire place would be a ghost town.

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How's the talent at that Corporate location...?



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sexually explode them

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This will probably be TL;DR for most of you, as it is a tangential anecdote that relates me to the OP.

I was guilty of the same crime, yet because I was a white boy, no disturbance was made.

As a toddler, for whatever reason, I loved the feel of silk. My grandfather had a collection of silk handkerchiefs that I loved to rub between my figures, and I eventually was given part of it. If my mother had me in my stroller while she was out shopping, I would always reach for anything that looked like silk.

I can't recall now what Gulf Coast destination we were in, but my family took the annual Redneck Riviera trip. One of these nights, we ate at the local Hooter's.

All was going well. The (probably) attractive waitress made her rotation around the table, taking orders. Until, fatefully, she came within reach of my high-chair.

3 year old HempHead could not resist. A fine female figure in silk-like shorts? It had to me mine. I shoved my baby arm (no apple) up her uniform bottoms, started rubbing the material, and sucked my thumb. Probably looked like the smuggest little cracker in the world.

Unfortunately, due to the systemic privilege structure in America, especially in the halycon days of the end of the 1980's, I was not reproached for my aggression. Instead, my family and even the victim simply laughed about it, and continued upon their evening at the terribly misogynistic wing establishment.

We can't fix these problems if we don't talk about them.

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