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people will presume the other partner shares those standards or tolerates them, no?
I really hope that this isn't the case. I certainly don't align my views with that of my partner.
Tolerates, maybe. But toleration doesn't make you guilty by association.
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But toleration doesn't make you guilty by association.
She works for him in an official role with tacit consent in addition to being his wife. He's one of the most public figures in the sport. He made no effort to distance himself from her remarks. You're deluding yourself if you think that doesn't mean anything.
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Damned by aßso iation? If a couple goes out an one party starts spouting offensive fundamentalist views or behaving inappropriately even without tacit public agreement people will presume the other partner shares those standards or tolerates them, no? I don't think that's exceptionally unfair or redolent of sexism.
Also should be pointed out that at the time in question Cound was his supposed PR manager and publicist...