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kpete

(72,901 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:21 AM Mar 2015

DISGUSTING: T-Shirt Shows How Blind We Still Are To Rape Culture [View all]

A bar near Creighton University in Nebraska found itself in unintentional hot water last week when one of the shirts was spotted at a CU Blue Jay basketball game. The women who spotted it were drop-jawed. So they took to social media: they posted this picture:

Video & lots of reaction:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/17/omaha-bars-t-shirt-shows-how-blind-we-still-are-to-rape-culture-video/

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DISGUSTING: T-Shirt Shows How Blind We Still Are To Rape Culture [View all] kpete Mar 2015 OP

"stolen virginity" *facepalm* DetlefK Mar 2015 #1

Guys who wear T-shirts like this... Archae Mar 2015 #2

No, they're not... bobclark86 Mar 2015 #50

Really? I think it shows the opposite dumbcat Mar 2015 #3

But the bar didn't see it mythology Mar 2015 #10

the fact that the bar owner, or whoever approved that disgusting shirt, did not understand niyad Mar 2015 #18

But the fact that it's glaringly offensive suggests that "we" are *not* blind to the issue Orrex Mar 2015 #41

What do you think the bar owner's objective was? dumbcat Mar 2015 #44

It's possible the bartender never saw it lunatica Mar 2015 #62

Bartender? What bartender? dumbcat Mar 2015 #66

My bad!!!! lunatica Mar 2015 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author L0oniX Mar 2015 #4

So rape is okay with gay people !? GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #5

Context is everything. Try it sometime. L0oniX Mar 2015 #6

What's the context of hoping he's gay? bettyellen Mar 2015 #7

I'm trying it right now. You wrote "he better be gay..." GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #8

It's a very poor choice of wording, but I can see the ideal behind it. Lancero Mar 2015 #9

so, bar owners came up with this? saying THEY are not responsible for the rapes.... seabeyond Mar 2015 #11

I think it says being drunk isn't a excuse to rape. Lancero Mar 2015 #20

right dude. good argument. possible i would argue drunk rape is fine.! seabeyond Mar 2015 #22

I see you taking offense to my statement... Lancero Mar 2015 #26

derailing. intent matters. it is the foundation of the argument. that is what you are ignoring. seabeyond Mar 2015 #27

I already have - The shirt is poorly worded, but the ideal behind it... Lancero Mar 2015 #30

the shirt was worded in order to get a laugh for the boys at victims expense seabeyond Mar 2015 #31

that is indeed a very creative rationalize you've constructed. LanternWaste Mar 2015 #12

Yeah, creative. The thought that drunkenness doesn't justify rape. Lancero Mar 2015 #21

what the owner says is they wil not take responsibility for rape. seabeyond Mar 2015 #24

Wow, those are some mental gymnastics. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #14

The point is that drunkeness isn't a excuse for rape. Lancero Mar 2015 #23

no. the message is. the owners will not be responsible for rape. yea them! seabeyond Mar 2015 #25

Exactly - Because the fault for rape belongs to the rapist. Lancero Mar 2015 #28

i am done. seabeyond Mar 2015 #29

I can't..I just...I don't even.... NuclearDem Mar 2015 #34

ya know...... nt seabeyond Mar 2015 #35

You're assuming that shirt's message was written as to be said with a straight face NuclearDem Mar 2015 #32

"wink-wink-nudge-nudge." thank you that is exactly what it is. ty. nt seabeyond Mar 2015 #33

nice bit of pretzeling there. niyad Mar 2015 #17

I sincerely doubt it. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #54

That's quite a stretch. cyberswede Mar 2015 #57

I don't think so. yardwork Mar 2015 #64

Well then�. piss on the shirt MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #13

I like your thinking. niyad Mar 2015 #16

GMTA, niyad! MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #19

disgusting, but, sadly, hardly surprising. niyad Mar 2015 #15

wouldnt it be grand, if someone tapped on that kids shoulder, explained why it was so very seabeyond Mar 2015 #36

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ah.... those lyin' girls. right? seabeyond Mar 2015 #38

so it would seem fizzgig Mar 2015 #39

..... seabeyond Mar 2015 #40

i'm just bumping along fizzgig Mar 2015 #42

i knew seabeyond Mar 2015 #43

good to hear you're doing well fizzgig Mar 2015 #45

so, we got a warm day, what i deem hot... lol. i said to son, man.... i am ready for fall. seabeyond Mar 2015 #46

we got hot this weekend fizzgig Mar 2015 #47

i do not think we will get so lucky, but i could go for a summer like last year. seabeyond Mar 2015 #49

last summer wasn't bad fizzgig Mar 2015 #52

last one on this talk, but three or so summers ago. so dry. so hot. miserable. seabeyond Mar 2015 #53

i should be shocked that there are people defending this shirt fizzgig Mar 2015 #48

I'm not shocked either gollygee Mar 2015 #51

JURY RESULTS on a post up there A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #55

I was juror #4. I don't understand those who voted not to hide. nt stevenleser Mar 2015 #56

See, I figured, 5-2 is pretty good, even with something this blatant. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #58

I thought it was obvious that this person was deliberately trolling. See this other post by them stevenleser Mar 2015 #59

Ah. 2009. Under the radar. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #60

Yup, posting every now and then, trying to be inconspicuous. stevenleser Mar 2015 #61

I believe MIRT's only for under a hundred posts. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #63

I used to think rape culture was a vile sales pitch for products olddots Mar 2015 #65