tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547660567824808348.post3761122549324796704..comments2024-01-24T10:15:07.976-06:00Comments on The Moral and Ethical Voice of Reproductive Justice: Saint Louis University law students respond to rape apologist's inflammatory "false rape" eventBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11465923397912471092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547660567824808348.post-81512605505298604612013-03-20T15:15:26.447-05:002013-03-20T15:15:26.447-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Faith Aloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946606562499820864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547660567824808348.post-19508211428761017972013-03-20T14:51:22.846-05:002013-03-20T14:51:22.846-05:00I would just like to point out a couple of egregio...I would just like to point out a couple of egregious factual errors.<br /><br />1. MTLSA is NOT all-male, does not have any exclusions on membership eligibility and encourages all members of the SLU Law community to join them. It is true that they are dedicated primarily to men's causes, such as prostate and testicular cancer. I'm sure we could all agree that cancer awareness and research of all types is important and vital to our society. If men cannot raise awareness for cancer that is uniquely male, then women have no claim to right to do the same for cancers that are uniquely female.<br /><br />2. The speaker was not a rape apologist. It was expressly disclaimed REPEATEDLY prior to and during the event that the event was in no way, shape or form intended to demean, marginalize, trivialize or otherwise do injury to those who have to live through the disgusting thing that is rape. No one at the Federalist Society or MTLSA advocates for shielding actual rapists from the punishment they rightfully deserve. Violent crime of all sorts is repugnant and antithetical to a free society and we oppose it in all of its forms, especially sexual violence. The issue we were trying to bring light to is the stigma that attaches to those individuals who have been falsely accused of a heinous crime. Surely we would all agree that those wrongfully accused of murder and imprisoned despite their innocence deserve to have justice served if they were put there by the malfeasance of another.<br /><br />3. The LSRJ was not expressly invited originally, but the insinuation that it was not extended an explicit invitation because of some bad faith motive is ludicrous. The happy hour was always and will still be open to any and all SLU Law students. In fact, those who disagree with us (which would by definition include the LSRJ) have been greatly encouraged to join us. The entire purpose of the happy hour was to do this broad, important topic justice. The 50 minute window during the lunch break at the law school is nowhere near enough time to do this topic justice. So, the happy hour was thought up to afford some more time for the students to interact and discuss the issue over some good drinks and to hopefully educate each other on views they may not have fully considered before. Some may be surprised what happens when they actually talk, rather than employ straw men arguments, half-truths, and misleading snippets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com