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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-24-09 11:34 PM
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Rape Jokes are NOT FUNNY, especially when a rape victim can hear them.
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My friend got horrible flashbacks earlier this evening while we are at the bar because some assholes near us made some sick jokes about "getting some sluts drunk and raping them. :grr:
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-24-09 11:55 PM
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1. Not funny, period.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-24-09 11:58 PM
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2. Never funny.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 12:00 AM
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3. Hell YES, You Are Right, and...
...Hell NO, they are NOT Funny!
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 12:08 AM
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4. Never funny, at all, ever. n/t
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 12:11 AM
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5. I'm sorry about your friend...I can sympathize.
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 12:14 AM by whathehell
Someone here, not long ago argued that the term "slut" had lost it's sting as an insult. I disagreed.

Judging by the sound of those sick fucks (and much porn which verbally degrades the "sex object")..it's grounds for rape.

I guess it's like war. Dehumanize your victim with terms like "gook", "sand nigger", "slut" etc. It makes it easier to hurt them.


"Pity the Tender Sex because they have to deal with men who are at once their seducers and their judges"....Thomas Paine
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Mushroom Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 03:33 AM
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9. Yes, dehumanization
The "funny guys" in the OP: in their minds, lessers deserve less or no moral consideration.

:hi:


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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 12:17 AM
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6. I wonder if these "slutty" guys spent a few days in prison..
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 12:19 AM by whathehell
..How funny would their rapes be?
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 12:21 AM
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7. There are assholes everywhere ...........
How do you protect yourself and your loved ones from them?

I don't know..................
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genaldar Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 02:46 AM
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8. Sorry for you friend...
but anything can be funny. I've told some terrible jokes, but I haven't performed any terrible acts. There is a huge difference between words and actions. Having said that there is also a huge difference between telling terrible jokes with your friends in private and saying them loudly in public.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 11:17 AM
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10. If you want to be an asshole in private, fine. just don't say such shit...
...when a rape survivor can hear you. Your right to be an asshole ends when it traumatizes others.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:12 PM
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12. I fail to see how grown men suggesting...
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 08:13 PM by CoffeeCat
...that they find women and rape them---is AT ALL funny.

This shouldn't even be categorized as a "joke". They seem to be
stating their intentions for the rest of the evening.

I sure as hell didn't hear a joke anywhere.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 11:30 PM
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16. No, NOT everything can be funny.
Rape is NEVER funny. It's up there with jokes about lynching black people. Words hurt, too.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:11 PM
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11. Definitely NOT goddamned funny.
There's never been a short supply of assholes in the world, has there?

I'm sorry for your friend. I hope she can get the support she needs. :(
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:18 PM
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13. Thank you for saying this. I've been wondering where this came from.
I hang out on a singles site now, too, and there are many, many, many threads on their forums that use rape as a recurring punch line. When the hell did rape become such a joke to guys? Honestly, it's hard to tell when they're serious about getting a gal drunk and maybe drugged up so they can get laid or when they're joking--because rape isn't a fucking joke!!!

When a few of us point that out, they attack us for not being with it or hip enough to get the joke. Um, I've been sexually assaulted, assholes, and my STBX's sister was drugged, kidnapped, and raped, so, no, it's not a fucking joke!!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:28 PM
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14. It's from the same sick mindset that showed up in the date rape flamewar
that thread disgusted me...
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:18 PM
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15. We'll need to keep telling them this every time they tell those jokes.
x(

Over and over and over again we need to tell guys that wanting to rape someone isn't funny. Joking about it is little more than announcing their intent, and we won't put up with it.

:grr:
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backtoblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 09:35 AM
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17. What jerks
Rape is not to be joked at, laughed at, disregarded, or downplayed. Rape is sick and it is TORTURE. It is a perfect example that certain men think of women and children as second rate citizens. Prisons should be used for rapists and murderers, not drug abusers and poor folks who can't afford to make a parking ticket fine... K& R
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