I really should read fewer newspapers.
I really should not read the comments.
I was reading a new article about the latest "scandal" about a courageous rape victim who was betrayed by the sentencing judge (because the culprit, as a fellow star athlete, deserves to not be properly punished).
It's this New York Times article (it's good, and I've got nothing to say against the journalist).
No, my problem is with whichever plonker picked a victim-blaming comment as a NYT Picks:
There are other similar comments on the thread. Of course. Gosh! My Sarc font is on again!
It's not about showing both sides of an argument. There's NO argument; one does not betray a victim yet another time by giving "air time" to a caveman. Full stop.
Oh, and for good measure, here's the mug of the culprit's protector judge:
I could add something about the letter that the culprit's father wrote, but there's no point in risking my lovely brain cells. Go read about that other caveman; he's a piece of... something.
2 comments:
Read the victims statement today and ended up in tears, still moaning how it has destroyed a life, his! but not hers, ack makes me so angry and upset. how dare they run such double standards, her statement is well worth the read...
She is awesome, brave, and strong. Her statement is powerful.
Did you catch Joe Biden's open letter to her? It's also very good.
*hugs*
I've caught more victim-blaming online, and I wanted to yell at the boys doing that.
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