{"id":19370,"date":"2018-10-09T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=19370"},"modified":"2018-10-09T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T05:46:10","slug":"witty-satirist-disses-men-presumption-of-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/witty-satirist-disses-men-presumption-of-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Witty Satirist Disses Men &#038; Presumption of Innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N34hehRgw9g\" width=\"640\" height=\"778\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynzy Lab, a dance teacher at Texas State University, created a political satire song titled \u201cA Scary Time\u201d in which she lampoons men, due process, fairness, the presumption of innocence, all while fully embracing the sexist notion white men are the new Black and the weaponization of victimhood in contemporary America.\u00a0 Today, bare assertions have become facts. Emmett Till, Salem witchcraft defendants, and the Wenatchee daycare scandal innocents deserved what they got. Contemporary high tech lynchings have the green light in the new order. Americans are witnessing the rebirth of the old Soviet system of denunciations devoid of evidence or corroboration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Witty?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Accurate?&#8230;<br \/>\nArtistic license knows no bounds&#8230;Due Process and fairness do.<br \/>\nIdentity politics abandon shame, but presumption of guilt IS shameful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lab published her performance on YouTube Saturday, and the song has since gone viral.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I CAN\u2019T WALK TO MY CAR LATE AT NIGHT WHILE ON THE PHONE<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T OPEN UP MY WINDOWS WHEN I\u2019M HOME ALONE<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T GO TO A BAR WITHOUT A CHAPERONE<br \/>\nAND I CAN\u2019T WEAR A MINI SKIRT IF ITS THE ONLY ONE I OWN<\/p>\n<p>I CAN\u2019T USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AFTER 7 PM<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T BE BRUTALLY HONEST WHEN YOU SLIDE INTO MY BM<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T GO TO THE CLUB JUST TO DANCE WITH MY FRIENDS<br \/>\nAND I CAN\u2019T EVER LEAVE MY DRINK UNATTENDED<\/p>\n<p>BUT IT SURE IS A SCARY TIME FOR BOYS<br \/>\nYEAH GENTLEMEN! BAND TOGETHER, MAKE SOME NOISE<br \/>\nITS REALLY TOUGH WHEN YOUR REPUTATION\u2019S ON THE LINE<br \/>\nAND ANY WOMAN YOU\u2019VE ASSAULTED COULD TURN UP ANYTIME<\/p>\n<p>YEAH, IT SURE IS A SCARY TIME FOR GUYS<br \/>\nCAN\u2019T SPEAK TO ANY WOMEN OR LOOK THEM IN THE EYES<br \/>\nITS SO CONFUSING, IS IT RAPE OR IS IT JUST BEING NICE?<br \/>\nSO INCONVENIENT THAT YOU EVEN HAVE TO THINK TWICE<\/p>\n<p>I CAN\u2019T LIVE IN AN APARTMENT IF IT&#8217;S ON THE FIRST FLOOR<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T BE WEARING SILK PAJAMAS WHEN I ANSWER THE DOOR<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T HAVE ANOTHER DRINK EVEN IF I WANT MORE<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T MAKE YOU FEEL INVALID, UNSEEN, OR IGNORED<\/p>\n<p>I CAN\u2019T JOG AROUND THE CITY WITH HEADPHONES ON MY EARS<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T SPEAK OUT AGAINST MY RAPIST AFTER 35 YEARS<br \/>\nI CAN\u2019T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IF I&#8217;M HOLDING BACK TEARS<br \/>\nAND I CAN\u2019T EVER SPEAK EARNESTLY ABOUT ALL MY FEARS<\/p>\n<p>BUT IT SURE IS A SCARY TIME FOR DUDES<br \/>\nCAN\u2019T TEXT A GIRL REPEATEDLY ASKING FOR NUDES<br \/>\nCAN\u2019T MAKE HER HAVE SEX WHEN SHE\u2019S NOT IN THE MOOD<br \/>\nAND WHAT GIVES HER THE RIGHT TO GIVE YOU ATTITUDE??<\/p>\n<p>YEAH, IT SURE IS A SCARY TIME FOR MEN<br \/>\nGIRLS LIKE TO ACT LIKE YOU\u2019RE TO BLAME AND THEY\u2019RE THE VICTIMS<br \/>\nHER DRESS WAS SHORT AND SHE WAS DRUNK, SHE\u2019S NOT SO INNOCENT<br \/>\nTHANK GOD YOUR DAD\u2019S THE JUDGE AND YOU WON\u2019T BE CONVICTED<\/p>\n<p>OH WAIT&#8230;THAT\u2019S RIGHT\u2026<\/p>\n<p>IT\u2019S NOT SUCH A SCARY TIME FOR BOYS<br \/>\nTHEY\u2019VE ALWAYS HAD THE UPPER HAND, THEY\u2019VE ALWAYS HAD A CHOICE<br \/>\nIT\u2019S TIME FOR WOMEN TO RISE UP, USE OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE<br \/>\nTHE DAY TO VOTE\u2019S NOVEMBER 6, SO LET\u2019S GO MAKE SOME NOISE<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFL6k5yOAFM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/duke-lacrosse-team-suspended-following-sexual-assault-allegations\"><strong>Duke lacrosse team suspended following false sexual assault allegations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff Lynzy Lab, a dance teacher at Texas State University, created a political satire song titled \u201cA Scary Time\u201d in which she lampoons men, due process, fairness, the presumption of innocence, all while fully embracing the sexist notion white men &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/witty-satirist-disses-men-presumption-of-innocence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19370"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19402,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19370\/revisions\/19402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}