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• Monday, February 19, 2007 12:18 AM

  I just read excerpts from Marcotte's blog, and she says some crazy, immature stuff.

  She says things that are for more than a slip of the tounge, or rough comments made in haste. She's made a series of comments on a number of topics that show an ideological zeal and frankly the kind of seething animosity towards her perceived enemies indicative of a shallow intellect.

  Her unnecessary and unhelpful enthusiasm for insulting Catholics has already been mentioned so I won't.

  But another thing contributing to her firing was criticism of her from liberal sites concerning her irrational zealousness on issues like the Duke lacrosse case. For anyone who hasn't followed the case, there was an accusation of rape against the white affluent players from a black and poor stripper. as the case has unfolded it's become apparent that the accuser changed her story a few times, her DA hid exculpatory DNA evidence, and it's very probable this was a false accusation motivated by a grudge or perhaps monetary gain. The DA was fired and could be even be disbarred for unethical practices. Anyways, there is little to no evidence of rape, the accuser is unreliable, has changed her testimony, and has a history of accusation, and the case doesn't even come close to meeting guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

  But that didn't stop Marcotte from using the case as a feminist platform (her seething interpretation of feminism anyways) and accusing any and all doubters of being 'rape apologists' and 'misogynists.'

  And if the accusation's veracity can't be questioned, that's a defacto guilty until proven innocent outlook on rape cases. Marcotte describes herself as a feminist, which can mean many things, but in this case seems to relate to an extremely radical feminist, even militant, opinion stemming from the 60-70's that rape accusers are always 'victims' and functionally never lie. Therefore they should always be treated by the courts and the press thusly and the accused treated functionally as guilty until proven innocent.

  Is that how the left, not to mention Edwards, wants to portray themselves and feminism? I hope not. Certainly not Edward's wife, who is herself an accomplished lawyer with great respect for basic principles like a right to trial!

  I say good riddance to Marcotte until she grows up. The only mistake was hiring her in the first place.

  —No Name Given
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