Mmm, chocolate! Delicious gourmet rocks!

Sorry, there are a fuckton of incredibly talented rappers that don't condone violence, either. That's the culture of battle rapping? No, that's intellectual laziness. Culture is created by humans. It's not god-given and immutable.

I think we basically agree. Dude was using rape threats essentially as a crutch, because he's a shitty rapper. Understand that I'm not calling him a rapist—I'm saying that as a woman, there is no suspension of my lived reality as a woman. These are very different things, and this is important—I want you to get this,…

your opponent goes after your dead sister - threatening to rape *her*. not you.

I've participated in several and heard the whiney cries of people threatening to fuck my dead sister's corpse, or rip off my genitals with a razorblade.

"It's just a rap battle!" sounds disturbingly similar to "It's just a joke!" You can justify it however you want, that doesn't make rape acceptable.

I don't agree with your position that it's okay because they're in a battle. But even assuming it's true, he lost. He incorrectly gauged the attitude of the audience. He thought that line made him dope and he was way off. A rap battle is about winning the audience.

There is a major difference between insulting someone, and physically threatening them with bodily invasion and harm.

I'm going to jump in here and comment on this. I'm always fascinated by this type of response to situations like this. It's always "Well, this just what goes on," or "You have to understand, this is what it's like." I don't think there's a question of people not understanding that this is what goes on and this is…

Part of what men who threaten to rape need is to hear other men saying it's not okay. To not be supported by a crowd when they throw something like that out there (I really liked seeing men in the crowd doing the across-the-throat "cut it out" gesture). It's not about protecting the little wimmins, it's about standing…

While I sort of get your sentiment, I appreciate any and all genuine public shows of alliance and outrage, especially from men who aren't misogynists.

Holy shit. While I would have preferred that it didn't involve all the fat insults, that was amazing. It was so reassuring to see such an overwhelming reaction of "that is not okay" coming from the audience after the initial rape comments.

I do too! I can't imagine losing that feeling I got when I finally had "A Dance With Dragons" in my hands after waiting so long for it. It was just giddy beyond belief.

"But for readers? It's hard to see the downside."

The poem is bad, though.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! The same Juan Pablo who thought that the woman inviting him for a romp in the ocean SET A BAD EXAMPLE FOR HIS DAUGHTER?!?!?