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(81,861 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:53 PM Dec 2015

NY Post Sparks Outrage With Jared Fogle ‘Enjoy a Foot Long’ Prison Rape Cover

Newspaper jokes about Subway spokesperson after he pleads guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with minors

Former Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle should “enjoy a foot long in jail,” according to the New York Post‘s Thursday cover, which features a photograph of Fogle leaving the courthouse amid child pornography charges.

The controversial cover comes a day after Fogle said he will plead guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography, as well as engaging in an unlawful sex act with a minor, but it did not sit well with all of the paper’s readers.

Joking about the sex scandal turned the Post into a top Twitter trend, sparking outrage from some users of the social media platform who thought it was insensitive to joke about the sensitive subject.
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http://www.thewrap.com/ny-post-sparks-outrage-with-jared-fogle-enjoy-a-foot-long-in-jail-cover

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NY Post Sparks Outrage With Jared Fogle ‘Enjoy a Foot Long’ Prison Rape Cover (Original Post) Renew Deal Dec 2015 OP

August 20, 2015 alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #1

america's true family values are always "timely" nt msongs Dec 2015 #2

There is no time limit on DU Renew Deal Dec 2015 #9

We ain't LBN but I hate this on GD, sorry OP but whats the point of this post, we all read it then. winstars Dec 2015 #19

I never saw that, I swear KamaAina Dec 2015 #3

Nice post Rupert! Renew Deal Dec 2015 #10

Busted! KamaAina Dec 2015 #12

That's four months ago Android3.14 Dec 2015 #4

This is the New York Post. EL34x4 Dec 2015 #5

Rupert Murdoch, keeping it classy... n/t backscatter712 Dec 2015 #6

I wish our culture was less sadistic. NobodyHere Dec 2015 #7

Someone thinks prison rape is rec-worthy... squeeeee! demmiblue Dec 2015 #8

Maybe they think that the criticism is rec-worthy Renew Deal Dec 2015 #11

more likely they agree with the outrage based on their post history JI7 Dec 2015 #13

Until not so long ago, that sentiment was fairly prevalent even on DU Orrex Dec 2015 #14

I was surprised at the backlash in general. Renew Deal Dec 2015 #15

I confess to making a few "don't drop the soap" jokes in my time. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #16

I don't think I've ever made that joke on DU Orrex Dec 2015 #17

I think it derives from the whole "an eye for an eye"... madinmaryland Dec 2015 #20

Yes, now they have to come up with creative, indirect ways of celebrating rape alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #18

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

1. August 20, 2015

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:54 PM

Dec 2015

Timely, dude.

msongs

(67,416 posts)

2. america's true family values are always "timely" nt

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:41 PM

Dec 2015

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

9. There is no time limit on DU

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:21 PM

Dec 2015

I just heard someone bring it up on TV. I actually though it was from a couple weeks ago when he was sentenced.

winstars

(4,220 posts)

19. We ain't LBN but I hate this on GD, sorry OP but whats the point of this post, we all read it then.

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 06:18 PM

Dec 2015

Everyday, the NYP cover is worthy of, at least amazement...

This one is one in a series of about 365 per year of stupidity.

Why this one now???

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. I never saw that, I swear

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:56 PM

Dec 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027362375#post1

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

10. Nice post Rupert!

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:22 PM

Dec 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

12. Busted!

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:23 PM

Dec 2015

Yup, it's me, Rupert Holmes, the guy who wrote The Pina Colada Song (Escape).

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

4. That's four months ago

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:05 PM

Dec 2015

Really? What is the point at this late a date?

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)

5. This is the New York Post.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:07 PM

Dec 2015

Were you expecting something different?

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

6. Rupert Murdoch, keeping it classy... n/t

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:08 PM

Dec 2015

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)

7. I wish our culture was less sadistic.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:08 PM

Dec 2015

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)

8. Someone thinks prison rape is rec-worthy... squeeeee!

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:08 PM

Dec 2015

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

11. Maybe they think that the criticism is rec-worthy

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:23 PM

Dec 2015

That's what the article is about.

JI7

(89,252 posts)

13. more likely they agree with the outrage based on their post history

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:26 PM

Dec 2015

On this issue

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

14. Until not so long ago, that sentiment was fairly prevalent even on DU

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:52 PM

Dec 2015

A search of DU's fairly recent history will reveal quite a few prison rape jokes, most of them masquerading as declarations of righteousness.

I'm glad that DU as a whole has moved away from this, but I suspect that the sentiment still lingers below the surface and simply isn't expressed.

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

15. I was surprised at the backlash in general.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:54 PM

Dec 2015

Seems like at least some of civilized society has moved on.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

16. I confess to making a few "don't drop the soap" jokes in my time.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:54 PM

Dec 2015

But now I understand the true horror of prison rape, and I am disgusted at myself for having done so. It's horrible that the Post is perpetuating this stuff.

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

17. I don't think I've ever made that joke on DU

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:13 PM

Dec 2015

But I'm certain that I made it at least once in real life, so I share your shame.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

20. I think it derives from the whole "an eye for an eye"...

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 07:03 PM

Dec 2015

Given what he did to the children, people want to him to feel the pain that he put the children through. I don't believe that we should be promoting state sanctioned sexual assault, but I do understand the people that feel that way.

Let him serve his fifteen years and then just go the fuck away.

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

18. Yes, now they have to come up with creative, indirect ways of celebrating rape