It's time for another evil shout out. This time, Malevolent Genius would like to acknowledge an evil threesome: Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, who raped a young woman over the course of several hours; their classmates, who stood around and watched; and the American media, for lamenting the lost sports careers of rapists instead of grieving the ruination of a young woman's life.
Remember, evil is that which diminishes or deprives people and things of value and potential, regardless of intent, or gain. In light of that definition, let us celebrate these dastardly fiends.
Mays and Richmond are recognized for diminishing and depriving a whole slew of people.
First, they diminished themselves. People have a tremendous capacity for compassion and nobility. We are capable of caring for those who are weak and vulnerable without need for so much as a "thank you." These boys obviously recognized this potential; they told the girl's father the following morning that she got drunk, they took her back to Mays' place, and they looked after her. So, instead of being noble, they took advantage of someone who was vulnerable, and became rapists, and then lied to her dad about it in such a way that would make then seem heroes.
Second, instead of keeping their savagery quiet, they paraded the young woman around like a trophy. They raped her repeatedly over the course of six hours in front of dozens of witnesses , many of whom filmed it, took pictures of it, and tweeted about it, and none of whom stopped it. Rather than take action against these emerging villains, their classmates became spectators, some silent, some cheering. This is the single greatest act of corruption this town has probably ever seen. Well done, dastardly fiends.
This leads to shout out number two, the spectators. The Boston Marathon bombing provides a great contrast. In Steubenville, the crowds watched and remained silent about the victimization of their classmate for six hours. The following day, none of them reported it to the police, and only one person told the girls parents. (That kid is exempt from this shout out. You don't get an evil shout out for doing the right thing. )
In Boston, the crowds immediately ran to help, despite a risk of danger to themselves. They did everything they could to help the police, they raised funds for victims' medical bills, and even helped capture the assailants.
The kids in Steubenville all missed out on their chance to be heroes, and gave up their chance to be counted as decent friends as well. They lived up to the old adage that silence is all that is required for evil to thrive. Well done minions.
Finally, the American media gets a tip of the evil fedora. This case presented the perfect opportunity for the media to step up in defense of young women. It was the perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the issue of rape in a society where one in three women are sexually assaulted each year. It was moment that could have been used to teach young men to be better men, or at least not to rape.
Instead, they lamented the ruined sports careers of two rapists. They also used the opportunity to argue that America's rape epidemic demonstrates a need for broader distribution of firearms, and less gun regulation. Given that most rape victims are raped by people, generally men, they know, this means that they are advocating women killing people they go to school with, or work with, go to church with, or are related to.
It takes a special kind of black heart to ask young women to kill people they know in one breath, and defend and lament the very people you say they should kill in the next. Well done, minions of evil. Well done.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steubenville_High_School_rape_case#section_3
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-ungemah/friends-belong-to-each-ot_b_2974818.html?utm_hp_ref=steubenville-rape
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/professor-steven-landsburg-rape-_n_2984755.html?utm_hp_ref=steubenville-rape
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/03/exclusive-steubenville-teens-on-tape-describe-night-of-sexual-assault/
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