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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:34 PM Jun 2014

Major Newspaper Dumps George Will, Apologizes For ‘Offensive’ Rape Column

Major Newspaper Dumps George Will, Apologizes For ‘Offensive’ Rape Column

Early this month, Washington Post columnist George Will wrote a column claiming that being a rape victim is now a “coveted status” that college women seek out. Will argued that complaints of rape and sexual assualt on college campus were overblown. He also suggested that women claiming to be raped were “delusional.”

Will’s column is syndicated in newspapers across the country by the Washington Post, which bills him as “the most influential writer in America.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which has published Will’s column for a number of years, has had enough. In a message today to readers, the paper announced they were dropping Will from their paper and apologized for running his column on sexual assault:

The change has been under consideration for several months, but a column published June 5, in which Mr. Will suggested that sexual assault victims on college campuses enjoy a privileged status, made the decision easier. The column was offensive and inaccurate; we apologize for publishing it.


Will will be replaced in the Post-Dispatch by another Washington Post columnist, Michael Gerson.




http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/06/18/3450722/st-louis-post-dispatch-drops-george-will-rape-victims/
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Major Newspaper Dumps George Will, Apologizes For ‘Offensive’ Rape Column (Original Post) kpete Jun 2014 OP
Good. I hope more follow suit. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #1
Looks like Will has reached the grumpy old man stage. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2014 #2
His thinking has been grumpy old man ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #4
yeah NewJeffCT Jun 2014 #11
I think he was born a grumpy old man. betsuni Jun 2014 #10
Let the dumping begin..... TheNutcracker Jun 2014 #3
May this be the first of many to follow liberalla Jun 2014 #5
George Won't Zambero Jun 2014 #6
The nasty dirty remarks made by different people down playing rape and its affect on the victims Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #7
Free at last! Free at last! Demeter Jun 2014 #8
Do you normally babble incoherently ... tabasco Jun 2014 #43
Great! I signed a petition to get his ass fired from the Washington Post! CTyankee Jun 2014 #9
Excellent (nt) malokvale77 Jun 2014 #12
George Will, you been dispatched! Blue Owl Jun 2014 #13
Ha! I saw that! Hey, kpete! babylonsister Jun 2014 #14
Yippitey Yip Yip Hooray, Tra La La, May this be the start of something big! nt tea and oranges Jun 2014 #15
K/R!!! LovingA2andMI Jun 2014 #16
Gerson is an ass, too DFW Jun 2014 #17
Triumph over the Will betsuni Jun 2014 #18
Will's still has fake new who like other gopers Iliyah Jun 2014 #19
What about every single editor between him and the printing press? AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #20
Wow!!! He should stick to writing about baseball. What a schmuck. n/t adigal Jun 2014 #21
Oh he'll just stay on Fox news..they support the rhetoric and disgusting comments. SummerSnow Jun 2014 #22
The seek out and encourage this kind of rancid rhetoric. FoxNoise has done so much damage Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #38
I'm amazed and appalled that they're the only newspaper that has taken this step. DesertDiamond Jun 2014 #23
It is appalling. LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #45
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2014 #24
Right. They replace George Will with Michael Gerson. delrem Jun 2014 #25
Is that smell still coming from the Washington Post? DeSwiss Jun 2014 #26
K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Jun 2014 #27
Bird Droppings for the Four Eyed Will MISHMASH77 Jun 2014 #28
Will WaPo dump his idiot ass? thanks kpete Cha Jun 2014 #29
Good news. Thanks for posting, WillyT. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #30
That's a great start. Behind that smug face... Hekate Jun 2014 #31
About damn time, really. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #32
Happy. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #33
Best news I 've heard all day hope more follow. trublu992 Jun 2014 #34
Way past time for this dino - TBF Jun 2014 #35
Will isn't "Dino," he's more like a "GOP establishment". One of Krauthammer's "very serious people" Erose999 Jun 2014 #39
Excellent news NastyRiffraff Jun 2014 #36
Never appologize Turbineguy Jun 2014 #37
WaPo has been horrible since Katherine Graham died. lark Jun 2014 #40
Well, ok. Good. But why was it allowed to go to print in the first place? 2banon Jun 2014 #41
Will might have more power than most of the editors in question. nt tblue37 Jun 2014 #42
Hmm. Well, apparently that dynamic changed, and it's about damn time. n/t 2banon Jun 2014 #44

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,106 posts)
2. Looks like Will has reached the grumpy old man stage.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:42 PM
Jun 2014

Of course his column won't be on the lawn of St. Louis area residents any longer.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
11. yeah
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:22 PM
Jun 2014

he looked pretty old back in the 80s - I remember watching Will & Sam Donaldson on Sunday mornings.

betsuni

(25,128 posts)
10. I think he was born a grumpy old man.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:18 PM
Jun 2014

St. Louis must be glad he finally got off their lawns. Lawns around the rest of the country are envious.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. The nasty dirty remarks made by different people down playing rape and its affect on the victims
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:10 PM
Jun 2014

needs to stop. It is not funny but a very serious matter and this should not be just thrown over one's shoulder and forgotten.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
8. Free at last! Free at last!
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:14 PM
Jun 2014

Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Martin Luther King's female relations.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
43. Do you normally babble incoherently ...
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:35 PM
Jun 2014

or do you have some kind of point you're trying to make?

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
16. K/R!!!
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:37 PM
Jun 2014

Kicking REAL DARN HIGH!!!



Now can he be removed from ABC Sunday Morning George Stephanopoulos show also?

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
19. Will's still has fake new who like other gopers
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:45 PM
Jun 2014

truly believe RAPE is another way for baby making.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
20. What about every single editor between him and the printing press?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:45 PM
Jun 2014

Seems like they should be looking for gainful employment elsewhere too.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
38. The seek out and encourage this kind of rancid rhetoric. FoxNoise has done so much damage
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:10 AM
Jun 2014

to this country that I'm not sure we can ever recover.

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
45. It is appalling.
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 06:48 AM
Jun 2014

The Dispatch probably didn't do this until they received a shitload of thoroughly disgusting letters from rape victims. If they were, then probably every newspaper that carried the column was. So why didn't all the rest of the papers drop the column? Why, indeed?

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
26. Is that smell still coming from the Washington Post?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:54 PM
Jun 2014


- It's what Pompous Prick smells like when it goes rancid.

K&R
 

MISHMASH77

(5 posts)
28. Bird Droppings for the Four Eyed Will
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:14 AM
Jun 2014

Damn, Will was my favorite column of sheet for lining the bottom of my bird cage... my birdies ain't gonna like this..

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
32. About damn time, really.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:51 AM
Jun 2014

Really? Rape victims having "privileges"? Are you fucking kidding me? Still chaps my ass.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
39. Will isn't "Dino," he's more like a "GOP establishment". One of Krauthammer's "very serious people"
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:58 PM
Jun 2014

A cut-rate William F. Buckley impersonator who was forced on America by the Nixon administration intimidating the media into adding more right-wing talking heads.

Turbineguy

(37,212 posts)
37. Never appologize
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:19 AM
Jun 2014

unless of course it's starting to cost you money.

It's never the principle, it's always the money.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
41. Well, ok. Good. But why was it allowed to go to print in the first place?
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 03:03 PM
Jun 2014

The editor's decision to approve that piece to go to print is just as egregious. Is he/she fired too?

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