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| Anne Applebaum Plays (Get This) the Feminism CardCaught agitating for Roman Polanski's release without disclosing she's married to a Polish diplomat also agitating for his release, Applebaum decides that outrage is the best defense: The implication, in any case, that I am a spokesman for my husband -- while not quite as offensive as the implication that my daughter should be raped -- is offensive nevertheless.Offensive? This is Conflict of Interest 101. A Conflict of Interest charge does not, in fact, charge you are selling out to someone else. It states, rather, that you have, um, a conflict of interest, which is usually resolvable (for pundits at least) by simply disclosing the conflict. Applebaum didn't do that -- and here lays down what is clearly the Feminist License card. How dare you accuse me of being a spokesman for my husband! I am a woman! I think for myself! Well... sure. But the thing is, if a male senator just happens to have a wife who's a lobbyist for green energy, we accuse him of having a conflict of interest, too. And he is not permitted to get all offended and say "How dare you accuse me of letting a woman do my thinking for me!" How Applebaum imagines that simply by virtue of her sex she is entitled to get offended at a standard (and quite strong) charge of conflict of interest escapes me. In fairness, she offers another defense -- basically, "People who read me know all about this conflict (at which I bristle in offense at the mention of) and so I didn't think it necessary to mention." 1, she's wrong. She may have mentioned her husband in passing a week before, but her husband was of particular and direct importance in her Polanski post, and that conflict should have been disclosed. I say this even knowing I am exposed as an anti-woman hater for suggesting that a woman can ever have a conflict involving a man. 2, she points out that Patterico himself didn't mention his conflict -- he's an LA Prosecutor -- in his post, except in an update. Well, she's kinda right -- same rule, I guess -- except a) he did mention it when he thought of it, and b) Patterico is really, really, really known by anyone who's ever read him to be an LA prosecutor. This is not some passing reference like Applebaum casually mentioning her husband once in a while. Patterico is known, basically, as the "LA Prosecutor Blogger." In his case, it really is an example of "Well of course you know this, I say this twice a week." Her defense has evolved, by the way, into the claim that because (she says) the victim called her mom to get permission to be photographed in the jacuzzi, this is somehow proof it wasn't rape. Or something. Um... 1. A parent's letter of permission, even if secured, cannot change the law that you cannot rape 13 year old girls. In the Michael Jackson pedophile case, there was much talk that the parents "must have known" and perhaps facilitated the abuse. Okay, that is a possibility. That is not a defense against child rape; rather, that is a new charge of pandering and child endangerment against the parents. A parent cannot agree on behalf of a child to rape -- not with any legal effect. Or else the child-sex industry in America would be legal and flourishing, for any number of diseased parents would gladly sign over their children into prostitution. 2. The girl was there, she thought, for a modeling shoot. If the mother agreed that in a modeling shoot to let a professional lensman who offers the opinion that a jacuzzi-shot would be helpful -- well, one can object that the mother shouldn't have said yes, but I am damn sure she wasn't actually giving the secret wink-wink-nudge-nudge to go ahead and rape her daughter. Assume Appelbaum is right: Polanski suggested the jacuzzi, the daughter called the mom to say "Is that okay?" As far as the mom knew, Polanski was behaving within the confines of the law -- acting perfectly lawfully -- because he was diligently securing new permission from the mother to take a shot that wasn't already permitted by the signed waivers. This would tend, at least in many, to give the reassurance that He's following all the rules to the letter so I guess he's "safe." Either way I don't get how "Yes you may photograph my daughter, in a modeling shoot for a fashion magazine, in the jacuzzi" translates to "Go ahead and have sex with her, and if you're in the mood for a little ass-play, feel free to indulge that impulse as well." The fact that Applebaum is even suggesting such stupidity ought to be a red light flashing in her mind that maybe she really does have a conflict of interest, and maybe more than just a conflict, too. As offensive as that suggestion might be. She's also offended that some think that her defense of Polanski means she thinks it's okay to rape 13-year-olds. Where people could get that idea I can hardly even imagine. Maybe it has something to do with their constant implication that This is no big deal. One more thing. Applebaum claims: However, I will also note that at the time I wrote the blog item, I had no idea that the Polish government would or could lobby for Polanski's release...No idea? Really? The Poles and the French have long protected Polanski but you had "no idea" they would lobby for his release? None? Not even an inkling of a glimmer of a spark? I'm going to do Applebaum a favor and save her the time and go ahead and just mark this "A BIG FAT LIE" on her behalf. Just so she doesn't have to get out the red pen herself. Also in Ed's link: The French peasants are revolting. Well, they've always been revolting. Now they'e rebelling: fter two days of widespread expressions of support for jailed filmmaker Roman Polanski, from European political leaders as well as leading cultural figures there and in the United States, the mood was shifting among French politicians Tuesday about whether the government should have rushed to rally around the Oscar-winning director. ... The mood was even more hostile in blogs and e-mails to newspapers and news magazines. Of the 30,000 participants in an online poll by the French daily Le Figaro, more than 70 percent said Mr. Polanski, 76, should face justice. And in the magazine Le Point, more than 400 letter writers were almost universal in their disdain for Mr. Polanski. That contempt was not only directed at Mr. Polanski, but at the French class of celebrities — nicknamed Les People — who are part of Mr. Polanski’s rarefied Parisian world. Letter writers to Le Point scorned Les People as the “crypto-intelligentsia of our country” who deliver “eloquent phrases that defy common sense.”Credit the democratic power of the internet for that, which allows, finally, a public to talk back to its insular and insulated political class. A French schoolteacher blogged about the European Union Treaty and riled up public outrage about it -- outrage that was actually long present, but which no one had the power to express, as the only people allowed to speak publicly were of course part of the ruling class and shared all its assumptions. Comments1
Stupid cunt.
Posted by: Dang at September 30, 2009 01:51 PM (6L3mJ) Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2009 01:53 PM (m2CN7) 3
AAaaaa, blockquote!
No matter how they twist and turn and perform amazing feats of pretzel logic, the facts remain. Leftist love child-rape. Posted by: nnptcgrad at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (Opyrm) 4
I thank Annie Applebaum for officially taking date rape off the table. A true champion of women and children, insuring their sexual pleasure and stimulation for generations to come.
I would be happy to invite Annie over for a dip in my jacuzzi. I just filled it with horse dung. Posted by: George Orwell at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (AZGON) 5
Hey Ace you forgot to close the quote tag.
Posted by: The First Wookie at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (xVKXy) 6
It's offensive to me that Applebaum continues to breathe air on the same planet I do.
Keep speaking Applebaum! With every word, you become a bigger jackass for the Left! Posted by: bse5150 at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (hIOnV) 7
Clarence Thomas isn't black either. He could black if he believed the right things, like raping teens is all cool like. Funny how the libs just have these interesting standards about things. Posted by: Sen. Rev. Dr. E Buzz at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (dh7zu) 8
Posted by: nnptcgrad at September 30, 2009 01:54 PM (Opyrm)
To be fair, even the rank and file douchebags that comment at the HuffPo are in an uproar over this. I read about 20 comments in a thread this morning and not even one of them had Polanski's back. Posted by: Slow Joe at September 30, 2009 01:55 PM (xVKXy) Posted by: King Louis XVI at September 30, 2009 01:55 PM (Q1lie) Posted by: bse5150 at September 30, 2009 01:55 PM (hIOnV) 11
I said it yesterday and I repeat: Child rape is a liberal value.
Check a post from "entropy" on yesterday's thread, it was a bullseye. Liberals do literally think raping children is a matter open to interpretation, and probably not a bad thing. Posted by: George Orwell at September 30, 2009 01:56 PM (AZGON) 12
Perhaps the learned Ms Applebaum can point out the relevant section of Cal Penal Code Sec 261 which states:
"Kings X on the rape charge if the victim calls her Mom and says everything is okay". Perhaps Ms Applebaum can find and quote that section for us. Posted by: GarandFan at September 30, 2009 01:56 PM (ZQBnQ) Posted by: Rocks at September 30, 2009 01:57 PM (Q1lie) 14
The "intelligentsia" is a clique, like jocks and heads in high school. They don't care whether or not Polanski diddled a girl (well, except for the ones who have done it themselves and are interested in mainstreaming the practice), they care that one of their own is being attacked. Thus, they rally around him.
Posted by: joncelli at September 30, 2009 01:58 PM (RD7QR) 15
The thing is Applebaum is really not a leftist. She is liberal in the way that the media class is liberal -- they are steeped in liberalism all day long -- but she's generally been regarded (including by me) as in the center, often leaning to the right, and usually a sensible enough voice. As sensible, at least, as anyone with good standing with the leftwing media can be.
Posted by: ace at September 30, 2009 01:58 PM (d6tLI) 16
Again....
The same people that have told us for years that America is a terrible place now want us to believe that being "exiled" is punishment enough. Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at September 30, 2009 01:59 PM (iQFPz) 17
I've heard Applebaum enjoys rape-rape, but not rape-rape-rape. She is also open to duck-duck-goose.
Posted by: George Orwell at September 30, 2009 01:59 PM (AZGON) 18
I'll say that so far, all my leftie friends that I've heard from want to see Polansky do time. I find this very encouraging.
Posted by: Farmer Joe at September 30, 2009 02:02 PM (z4es9) 19
The thing is Applebaum is really not a leftist. She is liberal in the way that the media class is liberal -- they are steeped in liberalism all day long -- but she's generally been regarded (including by me) as in the center, often leaning to the right, and usually a sensible enough voice. As sensible, at least, as anyone with good standing with the leftwing media can be.
True. She wrote a pretty devastating work about the gulags, for example. But she does want to be with "our kind of people" (the intelligentsia) so she's willing to carry Polanski's water. Don't try to imagine that around lunchtime, though. Posted by: joncelli at September 30, 2009 02:03 PM (RD7QR) Posted by: Dang at September 30, 2009 02:03 PM (6L3mJ) 21
What an idiot. I have to say this though, the parents of the victims are beyond stupid or maybe just plain greedy. What kind of parent would let their 13 year old go on a private photo shoot without a chaperon?
Posted by: IC at September 30, 2009 02:03 PM (jZNCU) 22
A couple of quick thoughts:
1 - Roman Polanski was sleeping with the then 15yo Natassja Kinski back in the late 70s. 2 - Mike Tyson was an artist in the ring. Plus, boxing is "the Sweet Science" so he was a scientist, too. Given the circumstances involved - can the Hollywood Elite give Mike Tyson a retroactive pass for quote raping unquote Robin Givhan. 3 - Could any moron here with production equipment make a parody: "The Accused - Roman Polanski's Director's Cut" . Overdub the speeches to show that Jodie Foster did, indeed, deserve to get raped. Add a courtroom scene where Jodie has to pay for the damage to the pinball machine. . Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 30, 2009 02:04 PM (ruzrP) 23
Maybe the Polish foreign minister is acting on his wife's opinion, not the other way around. I doubt the people of Poland are any more OK with child rape than the French or Americans are.
Posted by: zmdavid at September 30, 2009 02:04 PM (QuJZz) 24
Les People as the “crypto-intelligentsia of our country” who deliver “eloquent phrases that defy common sense.” And in America, we call that "The Obama Administration". Posted by: Mallamutt at September 30, 2009 02:06 PM (V9SYy) 25
You should go read the comments at the Washington Post to her latest piece. Holy crap, they're tearing her a new one (without the benefit of quaaludes and soft jazz music).
Posted by: DelD at September 30, 2009 02:07 PM (rC+/c) 26
#19
Also, irrelevant to this item is where, on the whole, Applebaum's execrable frame lies on the political spectrum. The point is her interpretation of this crime can only be seen as a left-wing interpretation. She has adopted the far left point of view here. Posted by: George Orwell at September 30, 2009 02:07 PM (AZGON) 27
The really scary thing about the concept of "rape-rape"? Rape-rape-rape. DAMMIT! I was gonna be so witty with my 'Rape3' comment. Posted by: Dang Straights at September 30, 2009 02:08 PM (Haq+B) 28
Holy crap, they're tearing her a new one (without the benefit of quaaludes and soft jazz music). But they're not tearing-tearing her a new one, so it's ok! Posted by: That foo from the view at September 30, 2009 02:08 PM (pEaV5) 29
DAMMIT! I was gonna be so witty with my 'Rape3' comment. Could the rape-cube beat the rape tunnel in armed combat? Posted by: Dr. Crabington (not a real doctor, or crab) at September 30, 2009 02:09 PM (pEaV5) 30
I love when Ace latches on to someone or something (preferably both) to attack.
If righteous snark were weaponizable, Obama would want to talk to Ace and have him disarmed. Posted by: DrewM. at September 30, 2009 02:10 PM (ur6Ar) 31
Few things in life - thankfully - can demonstrate just how sick, depraved, and twisted is the mental disorder that is liberalism than has this.
Posted by: DocJ at September 30, 2009 02:12 PM (dt6br) Posted by: Mouse at September 30, 2009 02:13 PM (5cUJG) 33
Gee whiz, child-rape is all the rage these days. First ACORN, now this. Next, it'll be kids being mind-raped into singing songs about Obam, what? Huh? Oh, never mind. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2009 02:14 PM (ZGhSv) 34
Really, what's with the shock? Modern "feminists" like Anne have had absolutely no problem with sexual abuse of their own gender (Bill Clinton, their total silence on the appalling treatment of women in Muslim lands, etc.)
After all, it's not like Polanski ever came out against abortion. THAT would be indefensible! Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at September 30, 2009 02:14 PM (KWhJd) 35
So she is opposed to her daughter being raped but doesn't have a problem with someone else having their daughter raped. Nuance!! Is there anything it can't do? These big brained hoi polloi are so deucedly clever.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at September 30, 2009 02:15 PM (6BgmB) 36
Personally, I think the mom of that girl should be in jail or should have at least lost custody of her daughter. What the heck was she thinking? If I had a kid, no matter who wanted to take pictures of her, I would not let her go unless I was present at the photo shoot. And gee, what a shocker, the French aren't as "enlightened" (read depraved) and as laissez faire (read morality free) as we thought as displayed by this poll: Of the 30,000 participants in an online poll by the French daily Le Figaro, more than 70 percent said Mr. Polanski, 76, should face justice. And in the magazine Le Point, more than 400 letter writers were almost universal in their disdain for Mr. Polanski.
Posted by: runningrn at September 30, 2009 02:16 PM (D2il9) 37
Let her eat cake!
Posted by: dfbaskwill at September 30, 2009 02:17 PM (7Gs5S) 38
Ace, you are a Misoooooooogynist!
When I visited Switzerland a few years ago, we toured the Chateau de Chillon, where Byron (another hedonistic artist who probably slept with his half sister!) wrote his "Prisoner of Chillon." So every time I think of Polanski in a Swiss prison, I picture him languishing in Chillon in manacles. Not accurate of course but highly amusing. Tentative request: do any morons want to change the words of the Prisoner of Chillon to fit Polanski's predicament? Don't feel you have to do the whole thing, yikes that would be death, but just a stanza or so. I would love the LOLs. A bit of the poem here: My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,1 As men's have grown from sudden fears: 5 My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air 10 Are bann'd, and barr'd -- forbidden fare; But this was for my father's faith I suffer'd chains and courted death; That father perish'd at the stake For tenets he would not forsake; 15 And for the same his lineal race In darkness found a dwelling-place; We were seven - who now are one, Six in youth and one in age, Finish'd as they had begun, 20 Proud of Persecution's rage; One in fire, and two in field, Their belief with blood have seal'd: Dying as their father died, For the God their foes denied; -- 25 Three were in a dungeon cast, Of whom this wreck is left the last. Poem in full here: http://tinyurl.com/ycbr283 Posted by: Liz Lemon at September 30, 2009 02:18 PM (lSuMX) 39
The implication, in any case, that I am a spokesman for my husband -- while not quite as offensive as the implication that my daughter should be raped -- is offensive nevertheless. I bet that spousal immunity really ticks her off, too. Posted by: progressoverpeace at September 30, 2009 02:18 PM (A46hP) 40
If righteous snark were weaponizable, Obama would want to talk to Ace and have him disarmed. Oh trust me, DrewM, we're working on that. Posted by: Cass Sunstein at September 30, 2009 02:19 PM (D2il9) 41
Either way I don't get how "Yes you may photograph my daughter, in a
modeling shoot for a fashion magazine, in the jacuzzi" translates to
"Go ahead and have sex with her, and if you're in the mood for a little
ass-play, feel free to indulge that impulse as well."
"Oh, and pleeeeease give her drugs and alcohol." Posted by: Tami at September 30, 2009 02:19 PM (VuLos) 42
Defending Polanski is a position of the liberal intelligentsia only. It grows out of the twin concepts of "victimless" crime and the idea that sex is a beautiful loving act which can never truly be a crime. Sex can never be a violation. The violation is mental or physical born of the force part of rape, not the sex. In their minds since there was no physical damage done to Polanski's victim and the victim has overcome any metal damage, or there never was any, there is now at this point no victim. In their minds this is the equivalent of locking someone up for a hit and run of a parked car 30 years later after the person has already made restitution monetarily for any damages. It's a sick mindset which suggests that people should just "get over it" and look forward to the cash. Money makes things all better.
Posted by: Rocks at September 30, 2009 02:20 PM (Q1lie) 43
I was supposed to read the prisoner of Chillon in college. If it was short, maybe I did.
I was supposed to read a lot of Byron, but didn't. Some of his 'poems" like Don Juan are friggin' books. Boring books. Posted by: ace at September 30, 2009 02:20 PM (d6tLI) 44
bite me.
Posted by: Zombie Don Juan at September 30, 2009 02:23 PM (ruzrP) 45
Anne is fond of fallacies in analysis and phalluses in analuses.
Posted by: Komissar Vladimir at September 30, 2009 02:26 PM (otoZm) 46
was supposed to read a lot of Byron, but didn't. Some of his 'poems" like Don Juan are friggin' books. Boring books.
Posted by: ace at September 30, 2009 02:20 PM (d6tLI) Hey, if you have to prop up the corner of the couch they're great. Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at September 30, 2009 02:26 PM (6BgmB) 47
From this idiotic piece at WaPo: But to them, and to all who imagine that the original incident at the heart of this story was a straightforward and simple criminal case... Gee--like Roman Polanski? Who, you know, plead guilty? What the hell is wrong with these people? Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 30, 2009 02:27 PM (B+qrE) 48
Irony is not dead -
Polanski's US attorneys made a point recently of mentioning that the ass-raping a child charges should be dropped as the LA prosecutors had not made any serious attempts to have Polanski arrested and extradited lo these many years. As they say1: heh. - 1 - "they" being Glenn Reynolds Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 30, 2009 02:28 PM (ruzrP) 49
Remember when the WaPo got caught selling access to Administration officials and members of congress? Good times, good times. Posted by: Dang Straights at September 30, 2009 02:29 PM (Haq+B) 50
But the thing is, if a male senator just happens to have a wife who's a lobbyist for green energy, we accuse him of having a conflict of interest, too. No we don't. Posted by: the MSM again at September 30, 2009 02:30 PM (3wl7s) 51
many of us have known for a while the feminism card was fake. You must Fit Their ideology And You must live your life as they dictate. Only some women are worthy, haven't we seen their justifying horror of other womens experiences in other countries as Cultural so excusable? we see at a moments notice they will shrilly shriek at a young girl getting pregnant while unwed if she is On the wrong side (not a lefty or dem). there seem to be a hierchy of worthiness, an artistic man that could benefit them in some wa Joan Z. Shore Posted: September 27, 2009 09:41 AMher gripe was with the swiss not the suffering of a young girl,
Posted by: willow at September 30, 2009 02:30 PM (GkYyh) 52
I just didn't know, Ace. Am I my husband's keeper? He could be raping 13-year old children and I'd be none the wiser. I only demand that he respects me... as a womyn. I don't demand a sign-out sheet. Your tone really upsets me. Don't make me roar.
Posted by: Anne Applebaum, Bra Burner at September 30, 2009 02:31 PM (C3uAX) 53
If the mother wasn't up to snuff, that makes it all the more incumbent on the other adults to behave responsibly. So that's not a mitigating factor, but the opposite.
Posted by: Noel at September 30, 2009 02:31 PM (Hh13R) 54
Anne is fond of fallacies in analysis and phalluses in analuses. It's comments like this that make Ace the Place! We're talking glittery, golden wordsmithing, people! Thread winnah, Kommisar! Posted by: runningrn at September 30, 2009 02:32 PM (D2il9) 55
Say what you want about the mother, some justifiably, but she is the one who reported the rape the first she heard about it.
Posted by: Rocks at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM (Q1lie) 56
OT: Wow, just wow. Any other morons here listen to Rush? The female caller (Susan from Glendale, CA) he just had on his show the last 10 minutes... just wow. She was amazing. Her passion in her call. She was on the brink of tears the entire time. I certainly hope someone posts the audio of that call later today or tomorrow.
(I'll be posting the transcript of her call on my blog later, but her call needs to be heard. I was on the brink of tears to hear a fellow American speak with such passion about her frustration with this government and her desire to get our country back from the Marxists and get back to representative republican governing.) And I hope it represents the anger, frustration, disgust and PASSION of people all across this nation. I gotta say, her impassioned 10 minute speech/call reminded me of the moronettes here. You women are amazing. I'm so glad you are out there. I have too many rabid liberal woman in my life, so it's such an utter joy to hear the passion and emotion of you conservative, patriotic ladies. Posted by: Michael in MI at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM (ObTcs) Posted by: Sharkman at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM (prBaA) Posted by: Anne Applebaum at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM (xVKXy) 59
many of us have known for a while the feminism card was fake. You must Fit Their ideology And You must live your life as they dictate. Only some women are worthy, haven't we seen their justifying horror of other womens experiences in other countries as Cultural so excusable? we see at a moments notice they will shrilly shriek at a young girl getting pregnant while unwed if she is On the wrong side (not a lefty or dem). there seem to be a hierchy of worthiness, an artistic man that could benefit them in some way/// as with this woman below// Joan Z. Shore Posted: September 27, 2009 09:41 AM her gripe was with the swiss not the suffering of a young girl As a Woman for Equality of women corrected dumb post above Posted by: willow at September 30, 2009 02:35 PM (GkYyh) 60
Posted by: Michael in MI at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM
He kept her on after the 2:30 break and she is still on now. Posted by: Michael in MI at September 30, 2009 02:36 PM (ObTcs) Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 30, 2009 02:39 PM (C3uAX) 62
That contempt was not only directed at Mr. Polanski, but at the French
class of celebrities — nicknamed Les People — who are part of Mr.
Polanski’s rarefied Parisian world. Letter writers to Le Point scorned
Les People as the “crypto-intelligentsia of our country” who deliver
“eloquent phrases that defy common sense.”
Ball-dippingly good: First, "Les People", mocking the pseudointellectual international Marxists. Second, was the last phrase. I have never seen anything that defines Obama and his crowd of worshipers more than crypto-intelligentsia who deliver eloquent phrases that defy common sense. Posted by: AmishDude at September 30, 2009 02:40 PM (T0NGe) 63
Posted by: Michael in MI at September 30, 2009 02:34 PM (ObTcs)
I heard it too. He let her go for 10 minutes without interruption. She's still on with him. Posted by: Tami at September 30, 2009 02:41 PM (VuLos) 64
hmm. Lets, blame the mother, let's blame the victim, but heck let's defend the rapist, these apologists have lost their minds. there is no excuse at all, indefensible, and makes them look complicite in desiring to hide a crime. so there. Ann. Posted by: willow at September 30, 2009 02:41 PM (GkYyh) 65
Does anyone have any Laudanum? Roman, maybe you?
Posted by: zombie lord byron at September 30, 2009 02:41 PM (3wl7s) 66
>> The thing is Applebaum is really not a leftist. She is liberal in the way that the media class is liberal -- they are steeped in liberalism all day long -- but she's generally been regarded (including by me) as in the center, often leaning to the right, and usually a sensible enough voice. I agree with that, which makes her faux outrage even more suspect. Posted by: Dave in Texas at September 30, 2009 02:42 PM (WvXvd) 67
To be fair, Anne's argument is that Polanski should skate because he's "one of us" (the rich cultural elite). Her husband wants him freed because he's "one of them" (the Poles). Completely different facts and logic. Hell, her reasoning is the exact opposite of his. It's sheer coincidence that both reach the same conclusion. No conflict here at all. Except the essence of modern liberal thought versus simple human decency.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at September 30, 2009 02:42 PM (xqhoO) 68
I am sickened and shocked by Ann Applebaum, Whoopi Goldberg and all these other mothers who are Polanski apologists. What type of moral contortions do they need to twist themselves into to excuse the rape of another woman's child because that woman is not a member of their elite group. And these women call themselves feminists?? And yet blame the young victim. It makes me puke.
Part of Applebaum's pathetic defense of Polanski was that he wasn't sure how old she was. One of the WaPo commenters torpedoed that excuse by providing this snippet from the court transcript. Mr. Gunson (Prosecutor): On March 10th, 1977, the day you had sexual intercourse with the complaining witness, how old did you believe her to be? (Pause in the proceedings while a discussion off the record ensued at teh counsel table between the defendant and his counsel.) The Defendant (Polanski): She was 13. Mr. Gunson: Did you understand that she was 13 on March 10th, 1977, when you had sexual intercourse with her? (Pause in the proceedings while a discussion off the record ensued at the counsel table between the defendant and his counsel.) The defendant: Yes. Posted by: Smurfette at September 30, 2009 02:42 PM (D5pp0) 69
Michael in MI, thank you.
This shouldn't be a left vs right issue, but the fact remains, that even though most leftists probably don't support this pervert, all of his supporters are on the left, the side that falsely claims to support women's rights. They won't protect us, and they want to disarm us. All this crap is giving me the skeeves and makes me want to go out and add to the gun collection. Posted by: stace at September 30, 2009 02:46 PM (g/wgk) 70
Someone needs to come out with a deck of pathetic defense cards. There'd be:
The Marriage Card The Race Card The Sexism Card The Islam Card The Poverty Card The "I gots 6 kids and no hubband" Card The "My wife was murdered and I'm a film director so I get to asspound a 13-year old" Card The Illegal Alien Undocumented Worker Card The Kennedy Card The Obama Joker Card The "This isn't the _____ I knew" Card The "He's a guy in the neighborhood" Implausible Deniability Card Posted by: Crusty at September 30, 2009 02:46 PM (GvSpB) 71
I dunno where this fascination with 13 year old girls is coming for. I much prefer grown men myself.
Posted by: Charles "Grand Lizard" Johnson at September 30, 2009 02:46 PM (xVKXy) 72
Send Polanski over to my place. These well sculpted arms aren't just for twisting the heads off chicken. I'll grind the little fucker's bones into flour and make Barrack's baby porridge with it.
Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 30, 2009 02:50 PM (xVKXy) 73
It is almost funny seeing all the contortions these idiots are doing to try to justify their idiot support for a child raping asshole. Posted by: Vic at September 30, 2009 02:50 PM (CDUiN) 74
Sooner or later, the mask slips from ALL of these "liberals" and people get to see the true insanity and utter depravity in their souls.
Leftism is truly a mental disease. Posted by: LogicalSC at September 30, 2009 02:50 PM (inlU5) 75
Does anyone have any Laudanum? Roman, maybe you?
Posted by: zombie lord byron at September 30, 2009 02:41 PM (3wl7s) Coke Zero up the nose has to be one of those enhanced interrogation techniques. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 30, 2009 02:51 PM (B+qrE) 76
Polanski raped, Applebaum scraped.
Posted by: libbyt at September 30, 2009 02:52 PM (J9drT) 77
I've said it before ... the most anti-woman (and anti-girl) people out there are liberals. They just bury it beneath a bunch of happy horse shit about feminism.
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<i>But to them, and to all who imagine that the original incident at the
heart of this story was a straightforward and simple criminal case, I
recommend reading the transcript of the victim's testimony (here in two parts)
-- including her descriptions of the telephone conversation she had
with her mother from Polanski's house, asking permission to be
photographed in Jack Nicholson's jacuzzi -- and not just the salacious
bits.</i>
How anyone could read the transcript of the trial that Ms. Applebaum has on her website and not be disgusted and appalled beyond belief at what Polanski did to that girl is beyond comprehension. Posted by: b at September 30, 2009 02:56 PM (jSbKY) 79
Even the crazed academic at Salon, Camille Paglia [?], wrote that Sarah Palin's treatment by the left proved that feminism is indeed a rules-based game. As for Applebaum, the feigned "virtuous outrage" is just another 'strong offense is the best defense' stance. I've used it in business occasionally and once against an HR officer when I'd been caught out for un-PC comment. Note to gearheads: "Rice-grinder" or "Rice-burner" is actually a racist term. And, don't talk hobbies in front of HR officers.
Finally, without this blog I wouldn't have known who Applebaum is. It was a preferable condition.
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ITA. If America is such a horrible place in most of their minds, isn't being forced to stay away a blessing not a curse? Therefore he has not truly been punished, and should come back to this rotten, godforsaken country to serve his time. 59 I like to think of myself as a feminist with a lower-case f; more in the mold of Anthony and Stanton than Steinem. I never understood why in order to love being a woman I had to learn to hate men, and all the rest of that nonsense. "Feminism" is yet another noble term that has been hijacked by the far left and twisted into something truly bizarre and alienating. Another "I do not think that word means what you think it means" kind of thing. Posted by: Liz Lemon at September 30, 2009 03:00 PM (lSuMX) Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at September 30, 2009 03:02 PM (m4hZ+) 82
Hey, let's keep this all in perspective. I mean, it's not like he raped a defenseless black child.
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Thing is, Ms Applebaum, women who defend middle aged perverts who drug, rape and sodomise 13 year old girls, then state that the drugging, raping and sodomising of the child wasn't a "straightforward and simple criminal case" and basically imply she was a little tart who was asking for it have kind of forfeited the right to play the outraged feminist card. Oh, and if you want to be offended by "the implication that my daughter should be raped", try not defending people who have actually raped children. Or implying they had it coming. Posted by: Smorfia48 at September 30, 2009 03:25 PM (UmIVC) 84
"they've always been revolting. Now they're rebelling:"
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As if we needed any more proof, Liberalism (TM): justifying the unjustifiable while still maintaining the higher moral ground, somehow.
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I can't believe that anyone attempting to defend or excuse Polanski would link to the court transcripts. The girl's testimony, his guilty plea, and the question and answer process by which that plea was entered into the record is utterly damning to every argument they make.
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Yeah, how dare you people accuse me of defending Polanski just because my husband is lobbying for the guy's release. I'll have you know that i came to the conclusion that it's fine for famous directors to assrape underage girls all by myself.
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Law firm friends of Eric Holder hired by Polanski. What would Whoopi do?
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Credit the democratic power of the internet for that, which allows, finally, a public to talk back to its insular and insulated political class. Read an article in Huffington Post defending Polanski. In the comments, there was unanimous* condemnation of Polanski. The people have more common sense than *didn't read EVERY comment. About 10. Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 30, 2009 07:26 PM (Zsawn) 92
Come on, Ace--read the testimony over at Smoking Gun. The girl's mother didn't, according to the grand jury transcript, discuss the hot tub. Polanski just told the mother that they'd be home late because the sun had gone down. (I infer that that meant to the mother that indoor lighting had to be set up.)
And you're right that the mother didn't have license to sell her daughter to Polanski for an evening, but beyond that, the reason the crime came to light is that her mother found out (Samantha told her boyfriend about it over the phone, and her sister overheard and told her mom), and, as Samantha put it in an interview later, "all hell broke loose." Hardly the actions of a woman who figured a little sex with her underaged kid on the side was a reasonable price to pay for a brush with greatness (or a career for her daughter, or for herself, or whatever smear they are using this week). Posted by: Little Miss Attila at September 30, 2009 07:43 PM (saBHO) 93
What I find interesting is the disconnect between the political-academic class and 'the people'. The internet brought that division to the surface. All a wily populist has to do is champion the interests of 'the people' against the 'intelligentsia' and you got your next western european fascist movement on the cheap. Posted by: Mikey NTH at September 30, 2009 08:32 PM (TUWci) 94
How can I feel any more disgust for these people than I do?
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