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@soledadobrien @moorehn -now curious why the original tweet was deleted...

@soledadobrien I just tweeted Brock Turner is a rapist not a swimmer.

@soledadobrien How about "rapist?"

@soledadobrien because what's important about this story isn't his athletic ability but his #crime. He's a convicted sex offender. #SayThat!

@soledadobrien I suppose for the same reason that hardly any media outlets ever published his mug shot with their articles.

@soledadobrien Did they delete the tweet?

@soledadobrien b/c the media and america has to keep the vial of white innocence alive

@soledadobrien "RAPIST. Sexual offender". That is all. No other title fits for this

@soledadobrien Likely a subconscious preconception. Did we ever hear OJ referred to as "Former Bills/9'ers running back..." Definitely not

@soledadobrien also I think we need to start using "rape" when it was rape, rather than "nonconsensual sex" or "sexual assault," even.

@soledadobrien would it be bad if we just call him a POS that was convicted of sexual assault? #truth

@soledadobrien i haven't gotten past the good behavior is why his sentence has been shortened narrative yet

@soledadobrien mysoginistic white boy would work, too.

@soledadobrien 1Frmr Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner,who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman behind a dumpster on campus.