“He was a scared young man who had been a refugee since he was a small child, likely suffering from PTSD. He did something horrible, yes, but he was an individual and not a mysterious boogieman.”

My major problem is that it appears to normalize the action as routine, and in doing so may normalize the circumstances leading up to the action (i.e. domestic abuse). The matter-of-fact tone of the video definitely does not help.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say you visited an urban part of Egypt?

Bingo. I even disagree with the post that seems to excuse “punching up” by talking arbitrary shit about someone’s desirability, but this was two entertainers sparring, and one couldn’t take a joke.

I’d feel the same way if this came out of the clear blue, it seems she made a dumb joke (that honestly wasn’t all that offensive), he escalated by making a very personal implication regarding her sex life, and then she escalated even further by bringing up his desirability.

Dammit. With an infallible excuse like this one on tap, we’re bound to see athletes wearing helmets anywhere and everywhere in the future.

Gotcha, thanks.

Doesn’t acid fuck with your brain chemistry like MDMA? I’d like to take it, but it’s tough to sort horror story propaganda from reality.

I think a central issue is that he alleges gender discrimination where there may be none, despite his possibly getting fucked over by the University.

You’re apparently too dumb to connect this story to Trump’s tweet, huh? Nobody is surprised.

I think I got my favorite spam email today.

That’s great and all, but you have apparently missed that the tweet in question was referencing appropriation from the queer/BDSM angle (e.g. leather daddy), which is what the poster was referring to in this instance. If you’re going to call “appropriation,” you’d best have your P’s and Q’s in order. Otherwise you do…