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tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece

franzen
2013-07-12 10:04 pm UTC (link)

"I’ve never given Roman Polanski any of my money, even though I think he’s unlikely to commit sexual assault again, because I have no interested in financing his ongoing mockery of the American justice system"

Oh, okay. Because drugging and sodomizing one fourteen year old is exactly the kind of thing guys do only once. And Polanski never, ever was involved with anyone while they were suspiciously young. Natasha Kinski? Who's that? And his wife being 30+ years younger? Nope, not relevant at all. Polanski just assaulted one person; he's not a predator.

Fuck that logic. If you want to make the comparison to Polanski, don't give him a pass. He and Card have both tangibly harmed people. Whether or not you think Polanski only "assaulted" someone once is goddamn irrelevant and completely minimizes what that fucker actually did.

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	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece sepiamagpie 2013-07-12 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, a lot of that article bugged me but that one stood out particularly as a pile of steaming bullshit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece rosehiptea 2013-07-13 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Seconded. Being a fan of stuff produced by horrible people is something that needs to be addressed, but that article did a really poor job of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece spawn_of_kong 2013-07-15 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Out of curiosity, what else about the article bugged you? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece sepiamagpie 2013-07-15 02:07 am UTC (link)
	before I dig it out, do you want a point by point reply or just a general answer? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece spawn_of_kong 2013-07-15 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Just the general will do. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: tw: rape apologism in the think progress piece sepiamagpie 2013-07-15 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Upon reflection, it was where she started talking about 'but what about the other people in the moovie' (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Reposted to clarify spawn_of_kong 2013-07-15 04:51 am UTC (link)
	To be fair, that is sort of a dilemma for me as well, especially as far as the younger actors are concerned -- I would love to see them go on to have successful careers; it's just a shame that they're doing it through the adaptation of a work by such a hateful person. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Reposted to clarify spawn_of_kong 2013-07-15 04:52 am UTC (link)
	Er, perhaps that should be "continue* to have successful careers." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Reposted to clarify sepiamagpie 2013-07-15 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Aye. I mean, if the author was a different person or wasn't actively funding hate, I'd probably go see. But he is who he is and it feels like a diversion tactic, right? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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