‘Make America Rape Again’: Rape Culture is a Myth, Says LP Candidate

Watch What You Say Online!

By Darnyell Wint

Nick Bata is a Libertarian candidate for North Dakota’s Insurance Commissioner.

Photo courtesy of Nick Bata

Bata was in an online discussion that “got a little whacky,” according to him. He made a comment saying “Make America Rape Again” to show his disapproval of what he says is an “out of control obsession with rape culture.”

Jess Roscoe, Bata’s former Facebook friend, posted a Buzzfeed article about consent from the perspective of a woman. The article is basically about a Twitter thread that compares a person asking for $5.00 when you’re drunk, being unable to say yes or no, then that person decides to take your $5.00 anyway.

Jess Roscoe said it is a “very cool way to explain consent to people who might not understand it or understand why it’s such a big issue now…It was just a casual post.”

Photo courtesy of Jess Roscoe

After she posted the article, Bata was the first reply, in which he writes “Rape culture is a myth [social justice warriors] created.” To back up his assertion, he cited Duke Lacrosse and University of Virginia false rape cases, in which the accusers lied.

Bata was not trolling, but offering his opinion on a societal issue. He says “Gender activists created the Duke lacrosse, UVA, and other false rape scandals. Making it harder for actual rape victims to be heard. … How hard is it for some men. Do you really think the US, men or college campuses are pro-rape or promote immunity for rape?”

Although the two have discussed and disagreed on things before, this subject appears to be the last straw. Jess leans to the left and Bata identifies as a Libertarian. The two would engage in online debates and they both say that they’re open to other perspectives, but since Jess is running for office, Jess felt the need to go public about this typical type of debate, which happened among online friends.

Jess said she took offense to Bata’s dismissal of rape and that she has friends who are sexual assault victims who were also outraged. When her friends responded back to Bata on his position, he apparently replied with a sarcastic remark saying “Make America Rape Again.”

Looking back, Bata said that his sarcastic comment could’ve been placed a little better, but this didn’t stop his opponent for Insurance commissioner, Ruth Buffalo, seizing the opportunity to use this against Bata.

According to the Washington Post, Bata’s opponent [Ruth] released a statement saying “The people of North Dakota deserve an Insurance Commissioner who has an appropriate temperament for the office, and who is compassionate to victims of sexual assault. These comments are completely unacceptable. We call upon Mr. Bata and the Libertarian Party of North Dakota to apologize and recant these statements.”

Bata did not respond and for good reason, too. This entire election season we have seen attempts to silence opposition by using guilt and victimhood. There is no doubt that Bata and everyone else should try to be sensitive to sexual assault victims, but that shouldn’t include shaming someone for their opinion on a societal issue and silencing political discourse.

In doing so, they have proved Bata’s point that social justice warriors who scream the loudest and are unwilling to listen to a different point of view, are actually making it harder for actual victims to be heard. This can be said about many social justice movements going on throughout the U.S right now.

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