2. Note the wording: "If you are drunk or high, to what degree can you say you are a victim when something bad happens to you."
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3. "Something bad happens to you" not "something bad is done to you": rapists have no agency in rape.
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4. "Something bad happens to you" -- because of course if you are drunk men will rape you. That's how men are. Can't act otherwise.
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5. Now men get drunk all the time. I'm reliably informed that Charles Murray sometimes enjoys a liquid lunch. More power to him.
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6. If after enjoying a liquid lunch Charles Murray were assaulted and raped it would be horrible. And not his fault at all. Honestly.
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7. But Charles Murray doesn't have to worry about getting raped. He's far removed from the world of men do get raped (the poor, prisoners).
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8. Having the luxury not to worry about being raped, Charles Murray can think about it in the abstract, as a thought experiment or question
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Charles Murray
9. When challenged, Murry responded that he was "asking people to take a question seriously"https://twitter.com/charlesmurray/status/542527839795306496 …
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10. That rhetoric of "hey, I'm just asking a question here, not making a substantive point" comes up in Murray's scientific racism as well.
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11. When challenged on racism and dubious science, Murray (and defenders like
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12. Now Charles Murray doesn't exist in the abstract, he's only worth thinking about because he's part of a powerful social network.
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13. The American Enterprise Institute has invested a lot of money -- millions -- over the years making Murray into a prominent intellectual.
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14. If a woman were drinking at an AEI event (they tend to be lavish) & raped, would she have only herself to blame? We should ask AEI.
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