Feminists not happy with Michael Moore for scoffing at Assange rape allegations

Tigerbeatdown takes the full measure of Moore’s misstatement with some revolting statistics about the rate at which rapes are reported, and successfully punished, while condemning Moore for contributing to an environment already hostile to rape victims. They have created a Twitter hashtag, #MooreAndMe, devoted to delivering this message to the documentarian, and getting him to find a better use for his money.

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Moore’s outrage at Assange’s arrest as pretext is probably accurate, but misplaced. As Feministe’s Jill Filipovic points out (regarding Naomi Wolf, not Moore), the problem isn’t that Interpol is pursuing Assange, but that they’re not pursuing more accused rapists…

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