Author Topic: derby378 finally pays protection money to the Rape Mafia (Read 893 times)

BannedFromDU · « **on:** March 21, 2014, 12:54:08 PM »

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derby378 (29,166 posts)

It's very hard to admit you've overlooked something SO SIMPLE for so long, but I must do this

And I have to give major respect to redqueen for helping me see the light.

Most folks on DU, including some that I've just been having a heated debate with, called rape a crime of violence. I called it a crime of power, while still acknowledging violence was often a component in rape.

And this is the point where I get to tell my fellow DUers that, in fact, I am a dumbass. And that you were right all along.

It all revolves around the situation of a woman who is passed out drunk and the stupid frat boy who takes advantage of her while she's unconscious. This is rape, I asserted, but is it violent? And in my private conversation with redqueen, she made some very simple observations that have humbled me.

I approached the concept of violence in rape from the perspective of the acts that accompanied the rape, but failed to see the forest because I was too busy looking at the trees. If I were to stumble upon you while you were passed out unconscious and, for the hell of it, delivered a swift kick to your ass, you might wake up later and not feel a thing, much less remember the ass-kicking. But it doesn't change the fact that I committed a violent act.

If ass-kicking is a violent act, then why is inserting an unwanted body part into you not? The answer: it is.

And that's why I feel like a chump. But apparently I needed to, and that's why I offer a heartfelt mea culpa.

When women get raped, they are hurt, even if there are no bruises or marks left, even if they feel no actual physical discomfort afterwards. I have always realized this. But severity of the attack does not make it any less of an attack, which is why rape is violence even if you're passed out and can't feel a thing.

There, I said it. Rape is violence. And now suddenly I have a twinge of PC in me. Damn you, DUers!

And thank you.

Translation: "I hereby relinquish all rights to my opinion, along with my dick and balls, to the cadre of nasty harpies and fancy boys known as the Rape Mafia."

And there you have it. You just better hope, derby, that you're kicking up to the right crew. I hear it gets expensive, being a eunuch.

USA4ME · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2014, 01:05:48 PM »

Look primitives, if you need a list of names of the Ku Klux Klams we can give you one. Best thing any of you can do is to ignore anything they say and say whatever you want. Ignoring them will make them madder than anything you could possibly say to them, because all they are is a group of harpies just clamoring for attention.

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