Can we stop with the prison rape humor? [View All]

[jgraz]

I just heard yet another liberal talk show host make a joke about convicted conservatives being raped in prison. I've heard similar comments from Mike Malloy, Sam Seder, Mike Papantonio and others.

As much as I relish seeing Jack Abramoff, Bob Ney, Tom Noe and Randy Cunningham punished for their crimes, it just seems beyond the pale for people to be hoping that anyone be brutalized in this manner. Not because I care that much about these Rethug fuckheads, but because I'm pretty sure that most of the people being raped while we laugh about it are young non-violent offenders who are going to be horribly traumatized for the rest of their lives.

And before y'all hit me with calls of PC, let me just say that it's one thing to use an insensitive word or turn of phrase. It's quite another thing to advocate (and laugh about) this kind of institutionalized brutality.