Wenatchee World Publisher Equates Sexual Assault to Blaming Someone for Lost Keys
On Monday The Wenatchee World's publisher, Jeff Ackerman, wrote the worst take on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination I have read to date.
Ackerman's headline is a jumble of dismissive cliches used to trivialize rape and sexual assault: Court of public opinion—Battle of the sexes: He said v. She said.
His argument is as dumb as it is familiar: "If the Senate does not confirm Brett Kavanaugh this week...we may as well do away with the Supreme Court and revert to the Court of Public Opinion." To support his thesis, he dusts off a bunch of old takes from last week. He complains about the lack of "due process" in a job interview, falsely claims the whole thing is a "he said/she said," questions the amount of time that has passed since the alleged incidents, expresses sympathy for "a great man" but none for the women Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted, offers up several "who among us hasn't done x" excuses, and bemoans the "lack of evidence" while simultaneously arguing that calls for an FBI investigation are really just a conspiracy to delay the nomination. "It’s about Donald Trump and it wouldn’t matter if his nominee was Jesus," Ackerman writes. All of that, of course, is complete bullshit.
But then Ackerman goes a step further by adding a "humorous" list of 10 questions he thinks we'll need to screen the next person nominated to serve on the Supreme Court if Kavanaugh withdraws or doesn't get confirmed. The joke rests on the premise that shoving your dick in someone's face or attempting to rape someone is the same as opening a present before Christmas, losing keys and blaming someone else, and drinking alcohol underage.
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/09/25/32884531/wenatchee-world-publisher-equates-sexual-assault-to-blaming-someone-for-lost-keys
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