Women like rape?


I didn't see this discussed, I apologize if I missed it, but is there context to this that I'm not aware of? Hopefully..

https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/368826468203122689

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It was part of a series of jokes in which a longer statement would be broken up over two Tweets, without a (1/2) or the any other kind of signifier.

So "These idiots who deny that clumsy change is real, and a pressing threat are no different from misogynists who claim that women enjoy rape. Grow the *beep* up, all of you." became "These idiots who deny that clumsy change is real, and a pressing threat are no different from misogynists who claim that " and "women enjoy rape. Grow the *beep* up, all of you."

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Wow.. thank you. Totally out of context I realize after searching the quote you provided. But maybe he should stick to instagram or something where he has more than x characters or just be more aware that people are listening to him..

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No, man, that was the point of the jokes - the sentences were deliberately and carefully worded to break up that way. It's like Tim Minchin's song Con(text).

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Intentional or not it came across poorly. Rape just isn't funny in any context. I am glad it was taken out of context.

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I have a feeling it was people like you who were the intended target of those type of statements. Reacting to inflammatory words such as 'rape' like a dog whistle, without exploring the background to the comment, but instead relying on other people to provide you with the context.

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Your little screed and rationalization might not quite have sounded like such BS were we not discussing a miserable cretin who thinks not seeing the new Ghostbusters makes one a rapist.

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He never said that.

Also I saw the movie and it unfortunately wasn't that great. But that's just my opinion.

"It's not your looks that keep me here, Peg. It's mine." -Al Bundy

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Aren't you the same pile of assh_les who spent years attacking George Carlin and Bill Hicks?

You hate standup comedians in general. I remember you, specifically because you're such an insufferable, humorless, arrogant little chav of a c_nt.

Read the whole page from that day, my dear moron-of-biblical-proportions. You're absolutely f_cking wrong, and quite stupid for assuming you knew what you were talking about.

For a guy who hates comics so much, you sure are a f_cking joke.

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