Glenn Greenwald is currently taking the heat on Twitter after suggesting that Matt Gaetz is legally allowed to have sex with the “consenting” 17-year-old girl he likes.
As you’ve probably heard by now, the Florida lawmaker is currently trapped in a teen sex / prostitution scandal involving a 17 year old girl and $ 900 transferred on Venmo to an accused child sex trafficker who is currently sitting in a prison cell.
None of Gaetz’s Republican colleagues are defending him, with the exception of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan, who is currently trapped in his own scandal against gay sex abuse. And even Fox News doesn’t want anything to do with Gaetz.
But for some reason Greenwald, who is openly gay, decided to come to the defense of the anti-gay MP.
“If you don’t think it should be legal for 17 year olds to have sex with whomever they want, write to the governors and legislatures of 37 states and the District of Columbia which made it legal Greenwald recently tweeted defending. Gaetz.
There is only one tiny problem with that. And by “a tiny bit of a problem” we mean a glaring omission of some pretty important details about the age of consent laws.
Raw Story Notes:
[Greenwald] failed to note that many states that allow 16- or 17-year-olds to have sex require both consenting partners to be the same age. For example, Virginia has a near-age exemption that allows teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 to have sex with each other. At 38, Gaetz could not legally have sex with a 17-year-old girl in Virginia because the de facto age of consent is 18.
Another important detail Greenwald neglected to mention is that the age of consent in Florida is 18, meaning a 38-year-old man having sex with a 17-year-old girl would be considered statutory rape. under state law.
In a follow-up tweet, a provocative Greenwald wrote: “I think consenting adults should be able to do whatever they want in their privacy and those who try to control them or restrict their choices or impose judgments for moral reasons are frightening, the police of sexual morality is similar. to the moral majority and to Pat Robertson of the 1980s. “
And we would tend to agree. There is absolutely nothing wrong with consenting adults having sex with each other. It happens all the time and sex is a beautiful thing. The problem is, in Gaetz’s case, that doesn’t seem to be what happened.
Gaetz’s defense by Greenwald was also missing any mention of the sex trafficking charges against him or the allegations of illicit drug use.
Gaetz insists he is not guilty of any wrongdoing and claims to be the victim of a $ 25 million extortion plot.
Here’s what the folxes on Twitter are saying about Greenwald’s deeply flawed defense against Gaetz …
I have passed the stage of arguing with or about Glenn Greenwald and now I marvel at the determination he is determined to stumble over and then vehemently defend as many unforced errors as possible.
– Lauren L Walker (@ActNormalOrElse) April 12, 2021
Age of consent laws do more harm than good.
by Glenn Greenwald
– New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) April 12, 2021
And yet pic.twitter.com/KQc3wx09st
– Miguel (@The_One_Lopez) April 12, 2021
People who defend Matt Gaetz:
– Marjorie Taylor Greene
– Jim Jordan
– Alan Dershowitz
– Glenn Greenwald
– * you are (@ RKJ65) April 12, 2021
Wow I thought they were joking when they said Glenn Greenwald actively defends sex with teens
– Goat Chompsky Official ™? (@ChompskyGoat) April 12, 2021
And crossing state borders makes this logic “it’s legal in 37 states” completely absurd.
– Michael Paulauski (@ mike10010100) April 12, 2021
I’m glad someone is finally brave enough to stand up for politicians
– Having fun online (@centralbanksuck) April 11, 2021
just scroll through a few jokes and see the occasional Glenn Greenwald defending the ability to fuck a 17 year old
– Charlie Kirk’s black nephew (@farnerbocken) April 12, 2021
Sex work is good. Sex trafficking in a minor is not.
It wasn’t hard to reconcile at all, you fucking nutty.
– Colin Fesser (@MrFesser) April 12, 2021
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
