# Recreational Outrage Time: Texas Jailers Run A Rape Camp **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189 "2013-06-17T16:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/81 "2013-06-24T22:27:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And for the record, it would be seventh degree. I bet the 12 year olds you train with at the outlet mall are very impressed. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/82 "2013-06-24T23:15:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So you’re saying it’s wrong to call somebody a cracker but it’s okay to call them a festering pustule? > > I think I’m missing where you drew that line. > > I’d be happier if everyone dialed it down a notch on the personal comments. I draw the line at slurs based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. Granted, “cracker” doesn’t have a lot of force behind it (there’s no institutional racism against whites) but that doesn’t make it ok, because when you insult people based on their race, gender, or sexual orientation you aren’t insulting one person, you’re insulting everyone in that group. And that is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/83 "2013-06-24T23:39:42Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I draw the line at slurs based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. Granted, “cracker” doesn’t have a lot of force behind it (there’s no institutional racism against whites) but that doesn’t make it ok, because when you insult people based on their race, gender, or sexual orientation you aren’t insulting one person, you’re insulting everyone in that group. And that is wrong. Say it with your chest, lil’ ass cracka! ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/84 "2013-07-09T12:11:27Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I draw the line at slurs based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. Granted, “cracker” doesn’t have a lot of force behind it (there’s no institutional racism against whites) but that doesn’t make it ok, because when you insult people based on their race, gender, or sexual orientation you aren’t insulting one person, you’re insulting everyone in that group. And that is wrong. I get it. Calling **Clothahump** a cracker is an insult to the entire group of crackers. Seems a bit harsh but I understand the logic. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/85 "2013-07-10T00:53:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So you’re saying it’s wrong to call somebody a cracker but it’s okay to call them a festering pustule? > > I think I’m missing where you drew that line. > > I’d be happier if everyone dialed it down a notch on the personal comments. Fuck THAT, you festering cockbag on the verge of a syphilitic rot-off. I mean… I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/86 "2013-07-10T01:04:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Melon, fuck you and the horse you rode in on. [Moderating] It’s against the board rules to say “fuck you” to another poster. Please do not do this again. You are free to say whatever you like about his horse. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/87 "2013-07-10T02:29:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Is it really any different in other countries? I don’t know if the reality is different, but what is strikingly peculiar in the USA is the public perception of it. People seem to take as granted that rape is essentially a common part of life in prison (and I’m pretty sure they’re mostly wrong about this), they mention it a lot (it appears in almost every single thread about a sex crime, for instance), and they often unashamedly rejoice about this supposed state of affairs (despite how emphatized the issue of rape is nowadays, and weirdly enough totally ignoring that it could be the “bad guy” who will do the raping in prison, rather than being raped). It’s completely foreign to what I witness around here. I’ve no reason to assume there are more or less rapes in French than in American prisons, but people just don’t mention this issue, nor to blame it nor to rejoice when some very bad guy is arrested. If you hear about it, it will be in some documentary about the situation in prisons or something like that, and it could be discussed in this context. But there isn’t all this clamouring about prison rape following every crime report you seem to enjoy over there. It’s weird (and even offensive), really, especially, to repeat myself, in a context where rape is normally seen as about the worst thing one could do. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/88 "2013-07-10T03:06:21Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Yep, got it. Replace “cracker” with another racial slur and you’ll soon understand. Noodle twister? Banana head? Dart chucker? Asphalt llama? Truffle huffer? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/89 "2013-07-10T03:38:39Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Noodle twister? Banana head? Dart chucker? Asphalt llama? Truffle huffer? [Nerf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UawSjQxqbfE) [herder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfIyBd-9sc)? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189/90 "2013-07-10T04:00:17Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I don’t know if the reality is different, but what is strikingly peculiar in the USA is the public perception of it. > > People seem to take as granted that rape is essentially a common part of life in prison (and I’m pretty sure they’re mostly wrong about this), they mention it a lot (it appears in almost every single thread about a sex crime, for instance), and they often unashamedly rejoice about this supposed state of affairs (despite how emphatized the issue of rape is nowadays, and weirdly enough totally ignoring that it could be the “bad guy” who will do the raping in prison, rather than being raped). > > It’s completely foreign to what I witness around here. I’ve no reason to assume there are more or less rapes in French than in American prisons, but people just don’t mention this issue, nor to blame it nor to rejoice when some very bad guy is arrested. If you hear about it, it will be in some documentary about the situation in prisons or something like that, and it could be discussed in this context. But there isn’t all this clamouring about prison rape following every crime report you seem to enjoy over there. > > It’s weird (and even offensive), really, especially, to repeat myself, in a context where rape is normally seen as about the worst thing one could do. Well, yeah, America has always been kind of weird when it comes to anything having to do with sex, and anything having to do with crime. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-time-texas-jailers-run-a-rape-camp/661189.md?page=4)