I am not calling rape a mistake, Tyrant37.

*sigh*

*shrugs*

Maybe the last sentence shows up in the same colour as the background on your system? I'm really just spitballing here, but you might want to have a computer guy take a look at it.

All right, buddy. You win. You figured me out. You've won the most important battle that never existed. The one where you take on a person who believes more or less the same things about rape and rape culture that you do, because you think he doesn't, and because you misunderstood a joke, which you then doubled and…

That's not the joke, no.

Yes. My humour is very self-defecating.

Brian, this is starting to sound unoriginal by now, but please read the whole goddamn comment first.

Here's the thing, though. My comment does not equate violent anal rape to "a mistake to grow from." Anyone who thinks that is at worst an idiot, or at best wilfully blind to the existence of non-idiots.

All right, so let's get this clear. You read the comment (got to the end of it, you did) and you believe that the captioned quote that you're talking about is meant to refer to rape. Am I right so far?

The important thing is we didn't learn anything.

So, a part of me is annoyed that you turned a serious (and good) article into a long string of misplaced righteous indignation at your "rape apologism", even though I know that's the Deadspin way...

Here's the thing: if you read to the end of every internet comment, you'll find out that the butler did it.

How much shame would you expect for not being able to read an entire paragraph?

You know what else people used to do in this country? Read to the end of fucking paragraphs.

You clearly read your Bible, but do you know how it ends?

What about reading comprehension trolls? Where do they rank?

Have you ever made a mistake, Joe? Think hard about this one.

Are you going to admit that you didn't read the whole comment or are you going to pretend that didn't happen?

The problem with the people that keep pointing out Lueke's history is that it ignores the possibility for redemption despite a checkered past. People make mistakes and they grow as a result of it. Yes, it's an ugly truth. Nobody is going to deny it. But the fact remains: many people have gone on from being members of…