We all put out a force field. We all attract people into our life, even internet trolls, even rapists, even murderers. There’s rarely a murder or a rape, I suspect, where the victim did not do something stupid to put herself at risk. <\/p>\n
From News.com.au<\/a>:<\/p>\n I pull out a specific example of one of his Tweets. It says: \u201cRape is always OK.\u201d We all put out a force field. We all attract people into our life, even internet trolls, even rapists, even murderers. There’s rarely a murder or a rape, I suspect, where the victim did not do something stupid to put … Continue reading
\n\u201cThat is not an acceptable thing to say in public life,\u201d I say to Mark.
\n\u201cYep, well that was because the discussion that was happening [online] was about defending rape victims and then someone actually said: \u2018Rape is never OK\u2019 so then I replied to that with \u2018Rape is always OK,\u2019 just to get a reaction,\u201d he responds.
\nMe: \u201cBut why? If you are someone who has suffered sexual assault, that is such a wounding thing to say. It\u2019s horrendous.\u201d
\nMark: \u201cBecause if you are a victim of sexual assault, you are open to it. You\u2019ve already got a weakness to that kind of stuff.\u201d
\nMe: \u201cSo you are targeting a person at their weakest point?\u201d
\nMark: \u201cYeah, pretty much.\u201d
\n…Not always, but often it is women that are under attack.
\n\u201cWell yeah it is because women are generally weaker,\u201d Mark says, \u201cthey are more easily offended and easier to anger and stuff like that.\u201d
\nMe: \u201cYou\u2019re not choosing them because of misogyny, you\u2019re choosing them because they are an easy target?\u201d
\nMark: \u201cYeah generally you can say something about their kids which is gonna set them off pretty quickly. Like you could post what school they go to and stuff like that. That\u2019s gonna get them really angry.\u201d
\n\u201cI don\u2019t actually have any problem with them being a woman. I\u2019m doing it because at that moment it time, I\u2019m going to get a better reaction out of them.\u201d
\n…Mark doesn\u2019t just hurt other people, he goes so far as to blame them for becoming a victim.
\n\u201cYou are not just going to go after a random person. You are going to go after a person you already know has a weakness. So people kind of, in some way, make themselves victims,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"