Not my fight, but....

[sigma7]

God, which part of this sentence do you want to tear apart first? Via Romenesko:

Alex Knepper, 20, a gay liberal Republican, wrote that a woman who attends a frat party, drinks more than five glasses of alcohol and follows a guy to his room is indicating that she's willing to have sex and shouldn't "cry date rape" the next morning.

Incidentally, the first three spell-check suggestions for "Romenesko" are eerily accurate in this case: "irksomeness, gruesomeness, tiresomeness." It's like some sort of douchebag Olympic motto.

Comments

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

You had me at "gay liberal Republican".

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

This.

[redmonster.livejournal.com]

Alex Knepper hates women. Duly noted.

[chaobell]

I'm going to need a bigger angry dome.

[rewil.livejournal.com]

...

Ugh.

[dexfarkin.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of an old standup bit.

"What the hell is a gay Republican? Some group of guys standing around saying 'we disapprove of our own lifestyle. We beat ourselves up in parking lots."

[gloomchen.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm not blinking an eye at that today. I spent two hours editing directions written by techs. My brain is just happy to see punctuation being used.

[samson-of-5.livejournal.com]

Proper punctuation: Brain candy :D

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Ok,

so if a gay man attends a frat party, drinks more than 5 glasses of alcohol, and follows a guy to his room - is he also indicating he's willing to have sex and not cry date rape the next morning?

And what if said-same gay man was under the influence of roofies in those alcoholic drinks?

Yes.

My uterus of justice is really offended.

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

Indeed--my immediate reaction to this is 'Okay, does this also hold true if it's a guy at a sorority party doing the same thing?'

[glumpish.livejournal.com]

Knepper, who is openly gay, often writes on topics that infuriate students and hopes to someday be a political commentator. [...] "I have a fun time stirring the pot," Knepper said in an interview Monday. "I don't mind being hated for my views."

Translation: Knepper is an amateur troll who hopes to make it in the majors. And he's using shtick that's twenty years old for his tryout.

[samson-of-5.livejournal.com]

Maybe not the wisest article to put into a college paper. I hope he actually stands by these convictions because the paper would look all the worse for supporting him if he really is just making up crap to flame.