Some Pervs Are More Equal Than Others

This is a fascinating study in contrasts: look at the way liberal bloggers who write for the Huffington Post are reacting to child rapist Roman Polanski's situation versus how they reacted back in 2006 to revelations that Republican House member Mark Foley had texted inappropriately to male pages.

From the Rhetorician:

Some sophisticrats are really desperate to appear cool by coming to the defense of a very talented artist: HuffPo writers are going all out to defend Roman Polanski.

That doesn’t surprise me. Appearing cool is of tremendous importance to the cultural elite. What surprises me is that all these sophisticrats know that the very talented man in question raped a 13-year old girl.

Strangely, Republican Congressman Mark Foley didn’t attract such sympathies on the HuffPo’s servers when he was caught IM’ing suggestive messages to a Congressional page. But unlike Foley, Polanski is not a Republican. He’s simply wanted in L.A. on a child rape charge conviction.