Well, Vanity Fair finally did it. We knew that during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the Washington Post had gotten the scoop on the prep school lifestyle at Kavanaugh’s high school, Georgetown Prep, by having a reporter who attended a different school down the street report on what he saw there in the ’80s.
Because, you see, it was important to establish that every prep school boy then was steeped in rape culture, and therefore Brett Kavanaugh too was a rapist, drugging the punch and then coordinated gang rapes at parties that girls knowingly attended.
They’re a little late, but Vanity Fair has finally finished its deep-dive into what really goes on at Georgetown Prep.
After Brett Kavanaugh’s rocky confirmation to the Supreme Court, V.F. contributing editor Evgenia Peretz dug into the culture at Georgetown Prep. Here’s what she learned. https://t.co/I8eVB2Fscs
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018
But what’s up with this headline?
This headline inisinuates that Brett was found guilty… pic.twitter.com/F1f9cjM5bx
— RS (@rskar23) December 17, 2018
Just in case that image is obscured, here it is again:
“Other” disturbing secrets? And the Kavanaugh allegations were far from the only troubling behavior she found? Seems to us there’s a significant difference between allegations and actual troubling behavior.
This battle has been fought & you lost.
— Andrea Somerville (@asomer) December 17, 2018
— defaultuser (@defaultuserxyz) December 17, 2018
I do not condone the actions of sexual abuse, and I certainly do not support Trump. But what happened to honest, informative media? pic.twitter.com/7sjjvoucOD
— Christian Encinger (@YaBoiChristianE) December 18, 2018
Read the piece if you feel like it, but here’s one damning tidbit the contributor found:
After Christine Blasey Ford came forward, another woman from a nearby Catholic school recounted her own assault from the period. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT pic.twitter.com/powRJQwD7A
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018
So another woman from another school also doesn’t remember where or when she was sexually assaulted and can’t produce any witnesses, so that means … what? Kavanaugh sexually assaulted “Chrissy”?
And then there’s the story of a predator priest who is now a registered sex offender:
When Eric Ruyak alleged in 2003 that he had been sexually assaulted by Father Garrett Orr, the head of Georgetown Prep’s theater department, the teenager became the target of a smear campaign. https://t.co/Dy5o3h3rIT pic.twitter.com/SvAMtOIjV8
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 17, 2018
And sexual assault by a priest has what to do with the Kavanaugh allegations and the “other” disturbing secrets? This is almost as bad as Sports Illustrated tapping Christine Blasey Ford to present an award to the gymnast who first spoke out about convicted serial child molester Larry Nassar. Subtle.
Nice hit piece.
— LoveHateHULK??? (@Hulkalove) December 18, 2018
Who cares? ? https://t.co/RtzgS7sqg7
— Bunny The Christmas Foo (@PolitiBunny) December 18, 2018
Squeezing that very last drop of clickbait.
— Cranky Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) December 18, 2018
Maybe it’s past time to stop assuming without evidence (other than a snapshot of ’80s prep school culture) that Kavanaugh got away with something. That or produce some evidence.
Related:
No big deal, just Sports Illustrated linking Brett Kavanaugh to Dr. Larry Nassar https://t.co/puvMNt529T
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 12, 2018
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