It’s really hard to tell. Some may just be really angry and expressing their anger in violent or threatening ways, but the anger might come from real pain, in that they may be survivors of rape or abuse, or have a loved one who was raped. It would be interesting if they were interviewed about it. Also, let’s face it,…

The mandatory minimum was already there. It just didn’t apply to penetration with anything but a penis, so the judge could ignore it in this particular case. There’s a lot wrong with mandatory sentencing laws, but if we’re going to have them they should at least function as intended.

And his father actually defends the crime, not just his love for his son. There’s a difference. Let them stew in their slop pot of excuses for awhile with the publicity and protests from their neighbors and the rest of us.

Why would he mention the victim. To him she ruined his life.

The two aren’t mutually exclusive. And there’s already been a big push for legislative and sentencing reform, it will pick up momentum. And it’s very unfair to dictate how people should spend their time and money in support of a specific cause. People do what they can, not everyone has the luxury or education or time…

Article posted at 7:15 pm eastern time, it took the first rape apologist “he served his time” “leave poor Brocky alone” 53 minutes to post. What took you so long?

I dunno, people standing outside your house with openly displayed semi-automatic weapons and signs casually suggesting your brutal rape is probably pretty effective for some people in demotivating their behavior. In the age of Facebook, the slick surface packaging of a person’s life and social value based on a few…

As long as they stay non-violent, they aren’t taking the law into their own hands. If they stay non-violent, I support them posting signs/protesting/etc.

That’s the worst of it. His family doesn’t just expect people to get over it. They expect sympathy for him for the loss of his swimming potential, his college progress, and for him being yelled at and threatened (had to be in protective custody while serving his 3 month sentence).

If he was black he'd be in jail.

Every. Single. Time. This comes up I have to sigh, shake my head, and point the people who go on about Irish Slavery that even if it were true (I am not a historian, I honestly had no idea if it was true or not), the Irish were eventually able to assimilate and shuck the negative shit (even though some stereotypes I…

Exactly. Every time someone brings up this argument, I mention the fact that any Irish are now fully assimilated into the general population and indistinct in coloring from other white people. Whereas, POCs will never be able to physically assimilate because they will always stand out. My great grandparents came from…

As a historian and an Irishman, I thoroughly approve of this. I mean, yes, there are some famously awful things that the Irish people have gone through over the years (the aforementioned research from the article, Oliver Cromwell, the Irish Famine, etc.), but the important thing to remember is that the Irish were…