I’ve always maintained that the best thing about Phantom Menace was inspiring the Mr. Plinkett Phantom Menace review. And that’s meant only partially snarky — the YouTube reviewing community still displays the influence of the Red Letter Media magnum opus. I’ve heard “what is wrong with your FACE” in the Plinkett…

Huh. And here I thought someone had just stumbled upon an old VHS tape of “Herman’s Head”.

I guess Anna thinks that people should just shut up about the rape in this context. I disagree.

I agree with you.

I have to disagree. I think they were calling out a fucking rapist who has been gloating and getting put on a goddamn pedestal because he is (usually) good at a stupid game. They handed said rapist his head in the game and then told him karma is a bitch. That's okay by me.

I'd agree but I don't think they're getting suspended because what they did trivialized rape and was disrespectful to victims out there, I think they're getting suspended because Oregon thinks it was disrespectful to Winston and FSU.

As someone who has been involved in anti-sexual violence work for over 20 years and was seriously dismayed at the circus that FSU turned their "investigation" (cough, cough) into in order to protect a football player and someone who will earn millions of dollars for the university . . . I actually think that shaming…

Why? because they might have hurt the feelings of the quarterback accused of rape?

I have to say, it's shitty that the Oregon players are receiving more punishment than the rapist in this situation.

yea, I agree the authors position seems unclear. Or at least confusing. Why is it bad that the team and the fans are openly condemning rape? Isn't this exactly what jezebel has been crusading for? Campus wide support for the victim and campus wide condemnation of the rapist?

The whole game was a trivialization of sexual assault. The announcers were hammering on the fact that FSU had a chip on their shoulders because they felt the country was against them, and against Winston in particular, and they never, EVER mentioned why.