RoyGBiv wrote:After living 30 minutes south of there for nearly 20 years, I can tell you with certainty that that attitude does not represent the majority of Tarheels.
I'd guess the sentiment expressed by the t-shirts would not represent the attitude of the majority of Texans who live 30 minutes outside of Austin either, but that doesn't mean UT Austin isn't full of wacky liberals.
RoyGBiv wrote:That gunbuster is clearly a bad after-the-fact photoshop...
Yep, so clearly that absent other contrary information, I assumed it to be a statement rather than an attempt to convince people the sign is part of the t-shirt.
RoyGBiv wrote:ETA: The "Rape-Free-Zone" was from an awareness campaign started in 1997.
That image, and this thread, is a complete (and utterly nonconstructive) misrepresentation of that campaign.
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I don't know anything about the campaign you speak of, never heard of it, however, the shirts say what they say and express the liberal mindset. There is nothing with the photo to suggest that it is even aware of or referencing a 1997 campaign. Nor does it appear to me to make any comment about such as campaign. No matter, it's relevant in light of the recent testimony in Nevada by the woman with a CHL who was raped on a college campus because it was a gun free zone. The image is from Matt Bracken's Facebook page. I went back to see what comments follow the photo, and here's what Matt says:
Matt Bracken KK, the gun logo is photoshopped to make the point about the idiocy of a slogan or a sign actually stopping crime. The only person protected by a gun-free zone sign is the armed criminal, who is then a wolf among defenseless lambs. That's why 99% of shooting rampages take place in "gun free zones." In Colorado, the shooter passed 10 theaters that did not have "no gun" policies to attack the one that did.
And I read the article at the link you provided. Sorry, but the article is just as ludicrous as the sentiment expressed on the shirts. The article actually says this:
Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention organized last February to raise awareness and prevention of sexual assault though education and action. In promoting the "24 Hour Rape Free Zone,"
Varia said organizers hope that one day, each day will be free from rape and sexual assault.
"We really want people to think about what rape is -- and that it is not a stranger coming out of the darkness with a knife," she said.
That expresses just about every idiotic liberal belief about crime in 3 sentences: 1) They're going to prevent crime --sexual assault-- through eduction and action, the action apparently being having a "rape free zone," enforced by nothing. This is the silly liberal belief that bad people are bad just because they don't know any better. Show them how crime --rape-- is wrong, and they won't do it anymore; 2) as the photo says, free rainbows and unicorns, when "each day will be free from rape and sexual assault." IOW, once the liberal utopia is complete all the bad people will be educated out of their criminal ways; and 3) They want people to think about what rape is so they'll stop doing it....and yes, sometimes it is a stranger coming out of the darkness with a knife --and that is precisely what they are unprepared for and unwilling to cope with. Just like the woman testifying in Nevada today for campus carry who was raped by someone coming out of the dark with a gun because this very same mindset prevented her from defending herself. As a consequence, she was raped along with three other women, one of whom was murdered.
Edited to add this after following TxRVer's link:
The link provided by TxRVer makes it even more clear that these shirts are the expression of ninny liberalism. The article about rape comes complete with adds about sending him "flirty texts," and "scientific ways to make him fall for you" and "8 things no one ever told you about sex." The last one promotes a very casual attitude about sex. A lot of it I can't even post here, but how about this:
http://www.hercampus.com/health/sexual- ... sex?page=2
Maulding is right, it is so much more. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different positions or to get creative. “The sexier parts of sex often hushed about are all the kinks that can be brought into the bedroom,” Maulding says. “Exploring fetishes and the more taboo aspects of sex (bondage, orgasm withholding, feathers, dirty talk) can really open up the doors of sexual experiences.” Remember, the experience is about two people, so don’t forget each other and focus only on the act. Maulding suggests “laying in bed before the deed with your partner, fantasizing about all the kinky things you have heard people can do during sex.
Closing with this line....
Most importantly, though, keep Maulding’s advice in mind next time you go for a roll in the hay. But with any luck, you’ll be thinking of something else entirely…
But I'm sure none of this has anything to do with "date rape." Right?
Now, the rape article accompanied by the adds for the above.....pure liberal nonsense:
The young women that were passing out the shirts asked everyone to wear their shirts on Friday to take a stand against sexual violence. While I’m sure that a few of the t-shirt receivers were just excited to get a free shirt, to many students it was more than just another wardrobe addition.
On my walk to the pit I passed at least three people I knew by name, and many others that I didn’t know at all, that were wearing the shirts. I continued to be impressed by the success. And it also made me start to realize that just by wearing simple t-shirts, we were taking a stand against rape and other forms of sexual violence.
If that kind of empty symbolism over substance isn't part and parcel of liberal rainbow and unicorn promotion I don't know what is. So based on the evidence you provided (along with TxRver) I'm gonna have to say the photo is not only NOT a misrepresentation of the event, but a dead on synopsis, even if it intended no reference to that particular event at all.
