george will, moron

[mclem0822]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/09/geor...rs_privileges/


Washington Post columnist George Will doesn’t believe the statistic that one in five women is sexually assaulted while in college. Instead he believes that liberals, feminists and other nefarious forces have conspired to turn being a rape survivor into a “coveted status that confers privileges.” As a result of this plot, “victims proliferate,” Will wrote in a weekend editorial that ran in the Washington Post and New York Post.


...now, i'm not sure what he considers a 'privilege'. i know i have nightmares and the like that are pretty tough, i guess i'm privileged to have those?

Reprehensible comments, typical of the right-wing war on women and their rights. Just disgusting!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by mclem0822

Reprehensible comments, typical of the right-wing war on women and their rights. Just disgusting!

i didn't realize it was a 'coveted status' either....unbelievable.

[dellinger63]

Dismissing or doubting the claims of women alleging abuse serves nothing but to perpetuate and worse, abet the abuse.

In fairness I found and read Will's piece and also found it disgusting. I've known not one or two but dozens of women who were abused and although they each are affected in a different way and to different degrees, not one of them would as Will would say 'even in a delusional state' have considered it any sort of privilege.

I now have to wonder what kind of self-absorbed or delusional state Mr. Will is living in that he has never encountered 'victims' in the snow globe of his personal life?

I also like to ask him what sort of privilege he would reap if he had been a victim? Or don't male sexual abuse victims exist in that snow globe he lives in?

[dellinger63]

I'd also like to add if 'nonconsensual touching' is included, I'd put the number of victims closer to 4 out of 5 rather than the 1 out of 5 he is doubting.

[GenuineRisk]

Unsurprisingly, The Onion does it better than George:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/col...s-to-re,36129/

I got involved in a discussion on Facebook with someone who said he didn't think the numbers on how many women are assaulted, etc., could possibly be right, therefore, they weren't true. Sigh. As they say, you cannot reason a man out of something he did not reason himself into.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Unsurprisingly, The Onion does it better than George:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/col...s-to-re,36129/

I got involved in a discussion on Facebook with someone who said he didn't think the numbers on how many women are assaulted, etc., could possibly be right, therefore, they weren't true. Sigh. As they say, you cannot reason a man out of something he did not reason himself into.

yeah, actual assaults are actually higher, since so many women don't report them.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, actual assaults are actually higher, since so many women don't report them.

The Washington Post ran another offensive op-ed about how if more women would just get married, they would lessen their chance of being assaulted by a
partner. One of the most bone-headed things I've ever read in that paper. I'll post the link if I can find it again.