George Will: Sexual assault victims enjoy ‘coveted status’ on college campuses

[Brainstormy]

In a column published in both the Washington Post and New York Post, Fox News contributor George Will dismissed claims of college sexual assault –using ‘scare quotes’ around the term– while stating students see victimhood as a “coveted status.”

Writing that college administrators are being “educated by Washington,” Will writes, “they are learning that when they say campus victimizations are ubiquitous” they are promoting the idea that victimhood is “a coveted status that confers privileges, victims proliferate.”

Relating the story of a Swarthmore coed who was coerced into sex after saying “no,” Will dismissed her claim of “sexual assault” claiming it was part of the “hookup culture, this cocktail of hormones, alcohol and the faux sophistication of today’s prolonged adolescence of especially privileged young adults.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/09/george-will-sexual-assault-victims-enjoy-coveted-status-on-college-campuses/

[shenmue]

1. Whaaaaat?!

[trumad]

2. I cannot wait for this past generation of DC Bubble douchebags to die off.

[hlthe2b]

7. I have to admit thinking the same...

uggh...

[demigoddess]

12. but first we will have to

put up with all those years of their senile dementia.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. While I cannot and will not medically diagnose anyone

(since it's outside of my scope of practice), just as a regular person, I would suggest George Will's family look into getting him mental health treatments...

[GeorgeGist]

4. The weasel deserves a good ass kicking.

[randys1]

5. They all do, until those who need shaming, whether it be Will or Hannity or Scalia

or ANY republican or ANY teapartier, until they are shamed, this will go on

I like my idea of the opening night of the Cobert late show, Karl Rove agrees to be slapped on live tv for his favorite charity or candidate which we donate millions which we have raised

righty aint watchin this show no more anyway

[aikoaiko]

11. And the jury results are in...

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Really? As much of a jackass George Will is, isn't advocating rape beyond the pale?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:22 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

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Explanation: 1StrongBlackMan, it is not ok to advocate that rape is a just consequences for saying stupid things.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I am reluctantly voting to hide. Rape just isn't funny. I have no sympathy for that fuckhead Will, but still....

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[1StrongBlackMan]

15. I apologize for my inappropriate comment ...

My thought was conservatives only seem to learn compassion/empathy through experiencing the effects of that which they advocate.

But I agree, my comment crossed a line.

[FourScore]

17. I didn't see it, but thank you.

Sometimes, we can briefly lose perspective on DU, can't we? It's happened to all of us at some point.

Apology accepted.

[justhanginon]

8. They just keep coming at you. The stupidity never

seems to cease. I often wonder if they will have their tombstones engraved with some nasty sexist or racist remark as a fitting remembrance to their rotten lives. If there is a hell .........

[eShirl]

9. well if SOME people would stop RAPING them, there wouldn't be any problem

maybe Mr. Will should focus on THAT

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Can anybody explain why the Washington Post keeps George Will around?

[Crunchy Frog]

13. What I'd like to say about George Will

would get my post hidden.

[Enthusiast]

16. Me too.

[Arugula Latte]

21. Just had the same thought.

My thoughts about what should happen to him aren't pretty, but they are fitting.

[Paladin]

14. And Will used to be considered one of the "civilized" ones.

Just another indication---as if any were needed---that the conservative movement in this country has gone off the tracks and is now guided by extremist idiots.

[tosh]

27. I truly don't remember that.

Seems to me he's always been hateful and extreme.

[Paladin]

32. See Charlie Pierce's piece on Will, today (Esquire politics).

Pierce does an eloquent job of describing Will's slide away from respectability to his current status as right-wing hack.

[FourScore]

18. disgusting. n/t

[City Lights]

19. George Will is a warped little man.

Yuck.

[kelliekat44]

23. Hmmm....people who live in glass houses, George should just STFU. closets are full. nt

[Zorra]

20. Two reasons why the ingredients on a breakfast cereal box are better writing than George Will swill:

A) They're waaay more interesting to read.

B) They have some basis in reality.

[niyad]

22. this self-serving, woman-hating waste of oxygen needs to stick to commenting on baseball.

will, you are an utter disgrace.

[elehhhhna]

24. Yeah, it's a great resume builder, George.

He needs a workup. Senility is a bitch.

[dawg]

25. What a stupid thing to think.

Stupid *and* hateful.

[Blue Owl]

26. George himself is a platinum-level victim

In his own mind...

[kelliekat44]

29. Or platinum-level abuser...nt

[3catwoman3]

28. Coveted status?

Jesus H! Maybe George's bowties have been way too tight all these years, and he's suffering from chronic hypoxia. That statement is flat out nuts.

[theHandpuppet]

30. Despicable waste of flesh

[yellowcanine]

31. Will apparently doesn't think that "nonconsensual touching" should be sexual assault......

"Will asserts that making the leap from “forcible sexual penetration” to “nonconsensual touching” is too broad of a definition for sexual assault,"

Apparently George is not aware that there are different degrees of sexual assault and that yes, non-consensual touching of breasts or genitals has been classified as sexual assault for a long time - this is nothing new, even if George happens to be ignorant about it.

Also George apparently thinks a husband cannot rape his wife based on his anecdote about the Swarthmore coed.

“They’d now decided — mutually, she thought — just to be friends. When he ended up falling asleep on her bed, she changed into pajamas and climbed in next to him. Soon, he was putting his arm around her and taking off her clothes. ‘I basically said, “No, I don’t want to have sex with you.” And then he said, “OK, that’s fine” and stopped..?.?. And then he started again a few minutes later, taking off my panties, taking off his boxers. I just kind of laid there and didn’t do anything — I had already said no. I was just tired and wanted to go to bed. I let him finish. I pulled my panties back on and went to sleep.’”

Six weeks later, the woman reported that she had been raped. Now the Obama administration is riding to the rescue of “sexual assault” victims…

In other words, in Will's tiny little mind, when the coed got into the bed she was consenting to sex with him even though she told him straight out she did not want to have sex.

One can only hope that Will's wife straightens the little prick out on this one.

[redqueen]

34. Eugh. How many rapists like him are out there, believing they're nice guys who would never rape? nt

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[Arkana]

33. Can someone strangle George Will with his bow tie already?

God, the guy's like Bill Kristol--spent his entire career getting paid to be wrong.

[gerogie2]

35. Conservatives should not talk about rape...

ever. They are always sticking their foot in their mouth. G'sus!

[Scuba]

36. People are paid to be crazy in the country.

[mythology]

37. Words fail me

Not only should George be fired, but whatever editor allowed a columnist to support rape should also be fired.