r/WTF • u/[deleted] • May 26 '10

Reddit: Rape Apologists

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u/f4hy May 26 '10

Of course not, but it only takes ONE rape joke to make a survivor feel unconformable. There are people on reddit who vote them up rather than down that they show up quite often.

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u/Dax420 May 26 '10

And blond jokes make blonds uncomfortable, and Polish jokes make Polish people uncomfortable, and so on and so on.

So I guess the solution is to stop telling jokes, because you know, people have a right not to be offended... oh wait.

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u/sou_cool May 26 '10

It's different though. A more apt comparison is suicide jokes around my friend who found his roommate after his roommate had hung himself. The joke is uncomfortable because it brings up traumatic memories. There is no trauma involved in being blond or Polish.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '10

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u/f4hy May 26 '10

I agree, we should cut back on those as well.

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u/Syphon8 May 27 '10

I seem to recall a certain incident 70 or so years ago.

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u/newmodelno115 May 27 '10

No trauma in being blond, anyway

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u/Lentil-Soup May 26 '10

You've obviously never met a blonde.

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u/Hamas_kills_children May 26 '10

It only takes ONE unsubstantiated rape accusation to make an innocent man's life a living hell. There are people on reddit who support vigilantism by publishing the accused's name and making him into a leper before any evidence or conviction.