Letters to the Editor
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I'll Write You Off as an Ignorant Lazy Asshole Who Writes Like an Reactionary
Catherine Price writes "If this is anything involving your eye, then disregard the rest of this post and write me off as an asshole."
The third sentence in article Price links to says just that: "According to the lawsuit, as the dancer swung around, the heel of her shoe hit him in the eye, causing him 'serious injuries.'"
Price couldn't read three sentences before launching into a mocking rant starting: "I have a question: Are you stupid?"
If this was a male blogger, or anti-feminist woman, called an injured stripper stupid and clearly didn't the whole article, this would be written up in Broadsheet as blaming the victim. Broadsheet might dissect the ugly, prudish assumptions and entitlement indicated by such lazy reading.
Broadsheet would be correct. This post is so interested in mocking someone's sexual choices it ignores information which contradicts their attack.
Because it's a strip club, the guy deserves it and is presumed stupid. Price admits such an accident is highly unlikely, but still mocks the victim by equating his action with high risk sports.
How is this different from berating a female victim for wearing sexy clothes or being drunk? It's not.
If the guy sued over some clearly bogus claim like a boob blow, Price would be justified, but she knows this wasn't the case and wrote the post anyway - apparently the rules about honest rhetoric only work one way.