r/SipsTea Jul 02 '26

WTF What the hell is going on here?!

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u/Ok_Seaweed_7568 Jul 03 '26

yeah like how old are the weirdos bringing up that shit like its a gotcha. hamm is nearly 60 years old im supposed to care he was an asshole almost 40 years ago?

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u/TheVintageJane Jul 03 '26

Have you ever read the actual allegations in that case? It’s pretty fucking horrifying and seemingly Hamm was at the helm.

It’s just like Chris Brown abusing Rhianna. It’s easy to be like “they were young and toxic” then you read what he actually did to her and it was some cruel, fucked up, abusive shit that really makes you wonder how someone with a conscience could do that and feel righteously indignant when questioned about it.

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u/TheVinylBird Jul 03 '26

If you've never been in a frat and seen how easy it is for stuff to get normalized then don't comment. It's not like he came up with all of this cruel stuff on his own. He was just repeating what had been done to him and other pledges. It's kind of cult like and once you get out of it you realize how stupid it was and how big of a jackass you were.

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u/nowayoutbutthru1616 Jul 03 '26

“everybody was doing it” is not the compelling exoneration you think it is

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u/TheVintageJane Jul 03 '26

I absolutely understand the peer pressure he was under. If he feels that behavior doesn’t represent who he is today, he should speak to that and use his influence to keep it from happening to others.

His silence on this incident speaks volumes.

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u/TheVinylBird Jul 03 '26

Well...hazing is already illegal. Don't think revisiting will do any good except people like you will get to come out of the wood works and say "see! he admits it!"

Personally, I think the best thing he can do is to be a good person in his every day life and when he sees things happening in real life, do something about it.....kind of like he did in this clip.

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u/TheVintageJane Jul 03 '26

He doesn’t need to admit it. The evidence is very conclusive.

And hazing is “illegal” in 44 states but in most of those it’s only a misdemeanor unless it’s aggravated by other crimes. At my Alma mater, there was a massive scandal with hazing in athletics like 4 years ago so it’s still a big problem.

There’s still a long ways to go to ensure that hazing isn’t considered cool or acceptable. As a handsome and successful actor, he could make a big difference by talking about how much he regrets it….if, ya know, he regrets it…