The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Is the Mother of a Convicted Drug Dealer Running the #FreeKate Facebook Page?

It’s been nearly a month since I’ve written anything about accused sex offender Kaitlyn Hunt, whose supporters seem to think there should be a “lesbian loophole” in statutory rape laws. The “Free Kate” movement has undergone a substantial meltdown since the glory days of May, when Kaitlyn was featured on the Today show, before the facts […]

The #FreeKate Case Is Typical

There has been further Facebook ranting by Kaitlyn Hunt’s mother Kelley Hunt Smith this past week that I haven’t had the stomach to transcribe, but part of which involves her reiteration of some of her favorite themes: She feels her daughter is being “singled out” for prosecution; this prosecution is wrong because it is a […]

Why Do So Many #FreeKate Fanatics Remind Me of a Jethro Tull Song?

> @rachiez3 < The spiraling vortex of #FreeKate craziness https://t.co/4kae89Si8C | @Jeanette_Runyon @TomSeeman_VA — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) July 2, 2013 You probably thought the title reference was to “Aqualung” (“watching as the frilly panties run“) but it was actually the opening line of “Locomotive Breath” that I had in mind: “In the shuffling madness […]

Inside the #FreeKate Meltdown and Her Mother’s Self-Justifying Crazy-Talk Rant

About two weeks ago, I started hearing rumors of a meltdown inside the “Free Kate” universe. What seems to have happened is that the Hunts and/or their lawyer became paranoid about their Facebook group, because things that were supposed to be private kept leaking out to the public (including me, of course). Kaitlyn Hunt’s family […]

Evanescent Youth, Predatory Persistence

“Now there is what appears to be a concerted effort to lower, or even obliterate, the age of consent; but I suspect the culprits engaged therein are less interested in long-term relationships — children eventually grow up, after all — than in simply getting their hands into some poor kid’s Garanimals.” — Charles G. Hill, […]

Worst. Cartoon. Vagina. EVER.

Here’s the headline: Cartoon Vagina Fights ‘Cultural Stigma’ of Masturbation And I know your first question: “Is this NSFW?” It’s probably OK, unless you start laughing so hard that Diet Pepsi comes out of your nose and gets all over your computer screen. Your second question: “Stacy, how did you find that weird thing?” Well, […]

#FreeKate’s Mom: ‘I Will NOT Have Anyone Ruin This for Family!!!!’

#FreeKate So many screencaps of Kelley's batshit craziness, so little time …LOL. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 27, 2013 Some catastrophes are surprising and others are entirely predictable. When the parents of Kaitlyn Hunt launched the “Free Kate” campaign to make their daughter America’s Most Famous Sex Offender™ . . . Well, what part […]

Just Like Mandela: Has Banging Jailbait Become the New Civil Disobedience?

Meet Joshua Measroch, civil rights activist: Measroch was charged June 13 with four felonies — rape, aggravated child molestation, child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purpose — and a misdemeanor charge of interference with custody. Wait, did I say “civil rights activist”? Most people would probably call a guy who had sex with […]

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