Where are the women pundits? redux

Oh dearie me. We've got another scandal about people with titties daring to be political in public. Or have, dear god! feminist opinions. Or, uh oh, summarizing her position on something she said that people have been misrepresenting.* And, oh my god, she's angry!

Look. If you're going to accuse someone of doctoring evidence, best you make sure you yourself know what you're talking about (see the end of that last post, where Danny admits that (1) the 'deleted' posts seem to have been lost due to technical snafus; and (2) he didn't actually bother to ask Amanda about this before accusing her of being a liar. If you're going to accuse someone of being a slut, don't pretend that doing so is a feminist argument. If you're going to be a dick about intellectual honesty (hello, Professor Johnson), then demonstrate some yourself--the Duke rape case *was* "inspiring to rape apologists," the more so as it seems to have ended up being one of those rare situations where a false rape accusation actually leads to an attempted prosecution--and be careful about enabling commenters who say things like "were Obama Hussein a white person I'm 100% sure he wouldn't be a senator or presidential candidate" and Another strident feminist". These folks don't really help your case that those who were concerned about the racial/feminist repercussions of the Duke case were wrong.

Finally, if you're going to jump all over the shit of someone who's a feminist, and therefore "controversial," think about why you're doing that before you say something stupid.

*Personally, I think pulling the post was a mistake. But based on the snippets KC Johnson is quoting, nothing Amanda said (except leaving out the "alleged" in front of rapists) is actually out of line. The Duke case *did* raise a bunch of issues about credibility and race and feminism, and those things were worth talking about.