https://twitter.com/ArmedInTexas/status/563824082647388160
Leave it to Amanda Marcotte’s pals at Raw Story to pull crap like this:
West Virginia Republican says rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces a child http://t.co/XUroI5FIvh pic.twitter.com/dwmpc56qcU
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 6, 2015
Sounds pretty horrible, right? And indeed, Raw Story is counting on insta-outrage. If readers never bother to look past the headline, they’ll never know that Raw Story manipulated that “West Virginia Republican’s” words to suit their twisted ends.
Here’s what it says in their article:
According to Huffington Post, Charleston Gazette reporter David Gutman was on the scene when Delegate Brian Kurcaba (R) said, “Obviously rape is awful,” but “What is beautiful is the child is that could come from this.”
Sorry, but nowhere in there did Kurcaba say that “rape can be beautiful.”
Straight up false headline RT @RawStory: West Virginia Republican says rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces a child http://t.co/1iCKBpjFGF
— Sarah (@mamaswati) February 6, 2015
@mamaswati Duh. It’s @RawStory
— Jim Jamitis (@anthropocon) February 6, 2015
DON’T READ THE ARTICLE! JUST TWEET THE HEADLINE! RT @RawStory: WV Repub: Rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces child http://t.co/NVDD5YRJbn
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 6, 2015
Raw Story’s screw-context strategy worked perfectly:
What. The. Fuck. RT"@RawStory: West Virginia Republican says rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces a child http://t.co/qzowI7jrJh…"
— Jodie Griffin (@Jodie_Griffin) February 6, 2015
Sick Bastard!!! http://t.co/w2KJHpSDqj
— Marty Bevis ?? (@linuxrocks2013) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/RaidouKuzunogf/status/563793388395560962
Another dickhead conservative who will be going straight to hell: http://t.co/FNnr2jhozh
— BigCatMomma (@AtlanticCats) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/EKynett/status/563799069555195904
https://twitter.com/WelshSwimmer/status/563794052567805952
Are you fucking serious??? http://t.co/5wfPbAs5av
— Major E. Julian (@majorejulian) February 6, 2015
#Republican scum LOVES rape. http://t.co/wNnIeENkCc
— Progressive #AntiFascist T.I.O. (@coruscate) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/wakebakenbike/status/563784054714404864
Fuck him. His parents were probably brother and sister. http://t.co/nZA9KTQk8a
— CrazyAssBear (@CrazyAssBear) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/fortune500UFO/status/563803811249414144
Hope he gets raped..West Virginia Republican says rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces a child http://t.co/VuFrMGNMbL
— ☮?Sista Susan?☮ (@mariesuzy) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/scottandrewh/status/563792473756282881
Are you friggen kidding me!!! All these guys should be lined up in a row and raped repeatedly by some big fat… http://t.co/noJeiwcByB
— UbaChubAquaponics (@ubachubaqua) February 6, 2015
His parents should've aborted him: West Virginia Republican says rape can be ‘beautiful’ if it produces a child http://t.co/Yhf6Y5VBAo
— Andrea Miklasz (@AndreaMiklasz) February 6, 2015
Mission accomplished, Raw Story.
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