You can tell a lot about a person by what they try to defend by saying “it was just a joke/question!”

Jesus no wonder they had that clause saying you better be ok with harassment to work there.

The difference (which clearly Portnoy does not understand) is that, presumably, a prostitute is offering her services of her own volition in exchange for money. The situation these actresses are finding themselves in is forced rape and sexual extortion. It’s saying, you will give me your sexual services, or I will…

Man do you sound like a cunt.

Uh, not true. Every night I email my wife my deadspin comment history for the day. Depending on how many white knight comments I make, I get a number of “Good Hubby Points”. I can then trade in those “Good Hubby Points” for rewards, including sex.

I have said many times before, the devil doesn’t need an advocate.

The Portnoy system just doesn’t have the same success rate though.

Stop dude.

Devils Advocacy has given rise to the entire MRA movement and most terrible conservative thought experiments. “What is an entire state stopped charging taxes on businesses and quit funding the education department?” “What if we remove a woman’s right to choose but also don’t cover her birth control or properly educate…

Oh hey look! It’s the same guy who runs a company that has a “you cannot be offended by anything including up to sexual assault” clause. Not even a week since his last time in the news. Real high achiever here.

“I’m with an edgelord and a country who unleashed Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell on American society” is a bad bad hill to die on.

I was thinking about this exact thing this morning. Whether you’re running a movie studio, a “sports publication,” or a law firm, you want people working for you because they’re talented and make your company better, not because they were willing to sleep with you.

Yes. The guy who started Barstool is asking that question to one of his female employees.

Is he asking if the textbook quid pro quo sexual harrassment scenario should be OK, because Weinstein started the company?

Honestly characterizing this view as “prostitution” is pretty offensive to prostitutes. It’s a view in which every single woman is a prostitute and instead of treating them with human decency you just have to find out their price.

The implication is staggering.

I’m really tired of cowards hiding their bullshit within the context of “just asking questions” or pointless hypotheticals.

“I don’t owe this talented person anything.”

You’d think someone who founded a popular media company (albeit one that stands for BOOBS! SPORTS! BEER!) would understand that getting a talented individual to work for you isn’t a favor to said talented person, but a smart business investment...

He knows we can hear him, right?