"This doesn’t make you a man – it makes you a coward. A flat-out coward."

Yes, I realize our Vice President said this a little while ago now, so it's no longer breaking news. I also realize that Biden is no stranger to the topic of violence against women.

"Look guys – all you guys in the audience – no matter what a girl does, no matter how she's dressed, no matter how much she's had to drink – it's never, never, never, never, never okay to touch her without her consent. This doesn't make you a man – it makes you a coward. A flat-out coward."

Because the hour groweth very late and things have gotten a lot darker for us, I felt it important to pay more attention to the few bright spots in the wilderness.

It's rare that I have anything good to post about Biden, or most politicians generally, so I was happy to hear him say these words. It isn't too hard to embrace these sentiments, as I'm sure everyone here does, and yet I hear so few authority figures take this stance. I think it's an important and positive development for the second highest political official in our nation to make anti-rape statements publicly. Every man who wants to be a role model should do the same.