What is it with misogynists and child molestation/rape?

[hifiguy]

29. Wow.

That is truly one of the most incredible (in the literal sense of the word) things I have ever seen expressed in my life.

Let me try this again:

At Penn State,

1. Joe Paterno was the most powerful person on the PSU campus.
2. Jerry Sandusky worked directly under Paterno as an assistant for years, and maintained a close relationship with both Paterno and PSU football after he was no longer a coach.
3. Jerry Sandusky was a serial pedophile and child rapist.
4. Paterno was aware of Sandusky's criminal conduct and did nothing about it even though he was in a perfect position to act.
5. Paterno never reported Sandusky's criminal conduct to the police.
6. Paterno continued to grant Sandusky access to PSU facilities even after he became aware of Sandusky's criminality.
7. Paterno acted affirmatively to insure that Sandusky's conduct was not discovered by others, endangering more boys by exposing them to Sandusky.

Gore Vidal
Made one somewhat flippant statement in defense of a personal friend long after the fact of the incident.

Trying to find an equivalency between those situations is impossible.