So Roman Polanski is in hot water, again – but this time it`s not at Jack Nicholson`s house. Instead, he`s in a Swiss jail, and Hollywood is desperately trying to come to his rescue. Woody Allen, Debra Winger and Whoopi Goldberg, among others, have come to his defense – in what can only be described as brave acts of selective anti-feminism.
What is a selective anti-feminist? It is a feminist who turns a blind eye to sexual abuse if it`s done by someone who shares their assumptions about the world (like a creepy film director or a left wing politician with a penchant for opening his front door without his pants on).
In other words, they`re “chickenhawk rapists.”
You must remember, during the Bush years, how places like the Huffington Post would call anyone a “chickenhawk” who strongly supported the Iraq war without ever seeing combat. How funny is it, now, that the Huffington Post is saturated with columns supporting Polanski – by people who I assume have never had their underage daughters sodomized by a ghoulish director in a hot tub. And that’s a chickenhawk rapist: a person who supports a scumbag, without actually experiencing the brutality caused by that scumbag.
Surely some of these sympathetic directors and actors must have a teenage daughter. So, to prove their belief that Roman is a truly gentle man exempt from stupid American ideals of justice, these supporters should feel confident enough to leave their daughter alone with the man, in a hot tub.
The upside is, Roman is in his seventies now, so maybe this time the girl will have a fighting chance.
And if you disagree with me, then you`re probably a racist.
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