"I wouldn't even rape you!" - UKIP MP Carl benjamin unapologetic

[IrishGal21]

Another pathetic male trying to intimidate a strong woman

He definitely gets my vote ffs what a twat

towards end of clip

Well, that's UKIP done for, then. At least it'll keep him occupied and in plain sight for a bit, I suppose.

The BBC reporting of this had multiple pics of jess Phillips and none of the odious nob that said this

That irritated me as well although not sure why

I pity the women in his life.

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"I pity the women in his life"

There is always the optimism, that there aren't and there never will be - hopefully.

I do hope this leads to a split in the so called Brexit support for the upcoming EU elections.

I'm being somewhat devil's advocate in this.

I pity the people making snap judgments about BS they read in the paper.it really is one of those times when context matters!

Explain the context which turns that into an acceptable comment User.

UKIP were nearly over anyway. Hopefully this will finish them off.

It was Im Response to a tweet from the woman. It was a satirical answer. It was received as such. It was not an issue until politics became involved and was felt with from both sides.

I don't like the dude either but the whole witch hunt thing seems a bit pathetic. At least pull the guy up on things he has actually done instead of fabricating and pulling crap out a hat.

Didn't you see his 'comedy' routine about tape then? Context my arse.

Rape not tape

If you don't find it funny don't watch it. It's not a personal attack. People can tell the difference between comedy and threats surely? If not that's 99.9% of comedians out of a job as well as most TV presenters, chat show hosts ect. There's always going to be something offensive out there and I'm not saying this dude isn't but it's a total witch hunt same as every time an election comes around it's a new ukip target. Every one get so tied up in knots about how evil they are we always miss the bigger picture elsewhere.
He's a you tuber with a large following so he's always going to have something that rubs someone up the wrong way but I can't help but think in the grand scheme that if this is all they have on the guy he can't be the devil incarnate, a little screwy sure but you know.

Rape isn't funny. Rape threats aren't funny.

I suppose what he's actually saying is that there are lots of women he would rape, but not her.

So actually she's in a good place there, less so women he deems happy to rape.

So he might look at another woman and say,

I'd rape her

Hajahaha

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"if this is all they have on the guy"

It's quite a lot actually - talking about raping women. How bad does it have to get?

As to the background - that was totally twisted out of context by him
He is a liar and a thug. There is no acceptable context for joking about raping someone, or even not raping them, as if being raped by ugly ukippers is something women should be grateful for.

Loads of people use dark humour, it doesn't mean they really want to die, kill someone, rape people.
People make there entire living off joking about it.
Him posting a tweet saying he wouldn't even rape someone is not the biggest ever political scandal that's all I'm saying. if that's the only thing they have, we have people already in power who have done so much worse. Where's the out cry and dogged determination to create more scandal to prove how evil they are?
I just feel he's a scape goat for how crappy politics in general is looking right now.
I notice everyone ignore the fact he's sharing the platform with a guy who taught his dog Nazi salutes to gas the Jews. Is he not news worthy any more?
It just seems a very convenient target to try and make one comment fit how totally corrup he is.

It's been twisted out of context by the papers not him.

They're all appalling, but this is an internet board where women discuss feminism so obviously the misogyny of a man with a public profile will rate highly. Jess Phillips said the number of rape threats she receives online has gone through the roof since he said this.

Disguising hatred in a joke is a way of normalising it and making the unacceptable acceptable, which is exactly what Carl Benjamin has done.

Whatabouteru is a pretty poor argument. I'm surprised you can treat a rape joke with such equanimity. You seem more upset with the fact it's being discussed than the fact he said it.

And this. not envy.
twitter.com/HannahAlOthman/status/1126020745044418560

You and I obviously read quite different papers User

And no, I don’t think that people who are looking to be elected to run this country should be making “jokes” like that- it really isn’t humour to write something like that on a public platform.

In what way is the comment ‘satirical’? It isn’t satire or even close to it.

Rape jokes should be seen as utterly unacceptable and they should destroy a person’s political career. It’s not funny. It’s not excusable.