I can’t find anything about him that makes him more sympathetic. In fact, the more I search for him, the more certain I am that he feels no remorse whatsoever.

His lawyer’s statements after his release do not mention his crime at all, nor hinted that he might feel sorry for what he did. It instead praised him for…

Good. I’m really happy that you’re life hasn’t been ruined.

But I am also sad that happened to you, that you were forced to overcome it, that you have to continue to prove the “eternal victim trope” wrong, and that you feel the need to defend yourself to other rape victims that think rape is a life-altering crime…

He’s trying to use patriotism and support of the military to earn sympathy for the confederates. It’s actually quite clever, when you consider his audience is made up of racist mouth-breathers that are too proud and ignorant to realize that patriotism and support of the confederacy are mutually exclusive.

You’re engaging in some circular logic here: eating meat made us smart enough to create the tools necessary to hunt animals and eat meat.

Humans are not biologically equipped to hunt. We did not start hunting until after our brains had developed to the point where we could make weapons and traps. Up until that point,…

I find it funny that people reduce vegan and vegetarian diets to bowls of leaves and “rabbit food.” All of the professional cooks I know have agreed that vegetarian customers are harder to please because they generally know how to cook for themselves, so more thought has to be put into creating dishes for them.…

I get what you’re trying to say, but avocado toast is delicious, and if you’re steaming your cauliflower, you’re doing it wrong.

He cried during his sentencing, saying his “life was over.” That’s not remorse, that’s self-pity.

Local man compares removing violent criminal from society to misogynistic practice of ostracizing menstruating women, honestly thinks it was an insightful comment.

No, they don’t. Students with a history of violence should not be allowed to serve as a public face of their university, and they should not be allowed to benefit from the perks of playing on the football team.

This guy should have his life forever altered, which is exactly what he did to someone else. He’s going to…

I’m leading a healthy, happy life. But I will never be the same. And there’s no way to know what my life would have been like if I were never raped. I will never get those years of darkness back.

I understand what you’re saying. Smiling and hanging out with friends and wearing revealing clothes and having sex doesn’t…

Because they don’t do background checks.

Yes, and for most other crimes, I would maybe be more sympathetic. But he’s a fucking rapist. He ruined someone’s life. And I have no sympathy.

He deserved more jail time, or at the very least, to serve his full sentence. And now he deserves to be treated like the kind of person that decided to treat another human…

Did you not understand what I said, or are you trying to derail? Because, to quote myself: “no one deserves to be stuck with those shitty jobs more than this fucker.”

People spend more time in jail for smoking pot, so the whole “he served time” thing doesn’t really hold ground.

And gee, maybe he should have thought of that before he fucking raped someone? I don’t give a shit if it’s his best chance at getting rich; he should not be the public face of a university or a team, and he…

I am living a happy and fulfilling life, but with the PTSD, anxiety, and depression that resulting from my rape. And even if I could “recover,” I will always live with the memory, and the fear, and the knowledge that the legal system, my peers, and my school all failed me.

No, I’m advocating we take violent crime seriously, and properly punish violent offenders instead of giving them a measly 10 months and then letting them go back to their lives completely unfazed.

And, yes, he should absolutely suffer a lifetime of crippling guilt. The fact he shows no remorse and doesn’t feel guilty…

More likely to create someone who will commit more crimes is giving criminals a slap on the wrist and allowing them to go about their lives. Treating violent offenders like any normal student does nothing to rehabilitate them.

He served the time that the court gave him (actually, not even...he got out early), but I don’t think 10 months is nearly enough compared to the life time of pain he inflicted on his victim.

I’m usually a big fan of second chances, and I do believe in forgiveness, but when it comes to violent crimes, especially rape, I…

Yes. I do believe she is a hero in more ways than just the one :)

Being banned from a platform is not the same as being censored. A museum or gallery refusing to show your work is not censorship. A university cancelling your speech on their campus is not censorship. Someone refusing to retweet your comment is not censorship.

Destroying someone’s work is, but no one is doing that. And…