Runner commits sexual assault in a race. Race is photo'd/video'd. He gets caught.

They're just looking for a reaction by being inflammatory. No one actually thinks that.

TKTKTK wrote:

Why don't you tell me why this "moron" veered over to a TV news reporter in the middle of a race and smacked her on the ass? I'd love to hear all the "Maybe he..." statements from you; I'm sure they'll be super-compelling.

In the end, he did what he did: establish a professional woman as nothing more than an ass to be smacked for his own sh!ts and giggles. You can identify whatever feeble proximate cause you'd like (as others have), but there is no other ultimate rationale for his behavior than one or all of the three I provided.

Okboom wrote:

Thanks for repeatedly assuming this moron's intent and trivializing actual sexual assault.

It's far more likely that he saw other runners goofing around when they passed the camera and the "funniest" thing he could think of was a slap on the ass. He's a moron with bad manners, that's all.

Trying to spin that into a "evil man degrades successful women" story is ridiculous.

Conundrum wrote:

I am going to guess this wasn't his first time.

You think he goes from race to race, goosing sideline reporters?

Or do you think he does this in malls and subways, maybe?

What other times do you think he has done this?

The whole thing is hilarious. The fake outrage is comical.

I’m a fan of this guy.

49845165 wrote:

doubler wrote:

The criticism of the title is fair. I modified it.

I stand by my main point that the users that are blaming the reporter or justifying the actions of this guy are deplorable. We really should be past that point.

You should know better than using this kind of titles.

Remember this one?

https://nypost.com/2019/11/02/after-marathon-cheats-suicide-man-who-busted-him-said-he-would-do-it-again/

You owe a lot to LetsRun. A lot of your articles were based on the crowd sourced work done by the anonymous members of our community. Pretty low to go after that same community, just for some easy clicks.

You are overestimating how often I have used letsrun sourced material. When I have, I’ve always credited letsrun and linked back to the appropriate thread. In many cases I became aware of these threads only after letsrun users messaged me and asked that I consider writing on a topic.

The amount of support (and criticism) does not come into play at all. My opinions on

the comments in this thread aren’t influenced by the fact that some different posters found some photos that were used in articles on M.I.

Joker wrote:

It's far more likely that he saw other runners goofing around when they passed the camera and the "funniest" thing he could think of was a slap on the ass. He's a moron with bad manners, that's all.

Trying to spin that into a "evil man degrades successful women" story is ridiculous.

What if the "funniest" thing he could think of was to dry hump her ass on TV? Would he still be a "moron with bad manners", nothing worse?

At least he didnt punch her.

Not a "Joker" wrote:

Joker wrote:

It's far more likely that he saw other runners goofing around when they passed the camera and the "funniest" thing he could think of was a slap on the ass. He's a moron with bad manners, that's all.

Trying to spin that into a "evil man degrades successful women" story is ridiculous.

What if the "funniest" thing he could think of was to dry hump her ass on TV? Would he still be a "moron with bad manners", nothing worse?

He didn't do that, so your question is irrelevant.

You're so close! It's "moron with bad manners who sexually assaulted and humiliated a woman by spanking her on the ass while she was doing her job." You know, people can be both bad-mannered and sexual assaulters.

Also, I never said he was evil--that's on you, so the quotation marks are totally unwarranted.

How hilarious would it have been if this guy had been wearing a ‘Let’s Run’ singlet???

Brojos, I would write a troll comment on Derek's Facebook page.

According to Derek's logic, this means that you can then write an article with the title "Marathon Investigation Reacts" and claim that that comment represents MI.

I might be in the minority here... wrote:

The whole thing is hilarious. The fake outrage is comical.

I’m a fan of this guy.

Your mom is a fan of his ,too. Says he's better than your dad.

It was way wrong.

TKTKTK wrote:

Joker wrote:

It's far more likely that he saw other runners goofing around when they passed the camera and the "funniest" thing he could think of was a slap on the ass. He's a moron with bad manners, that's all.

Trying to spin that into a "evil man degrades successful women" story is ridiculous.

You're so close! It's "moron with bad manners who sexually assaulted and humiliated a woman by spanking her on the ass while she was doing her job." You know, people can be both bad-mannered and sexual assaulters.

Also, I never said he was evil--that's on you, so the quotation marks are totally unwarranted.

Well, I disagree with the sexual assault and humiliation part of your statement.

Okay, I extrapolated the "evil" from your lengthy post about that guys motivation. That whole post was absolutely bizarre for me, a totally twisted worldview.

I am not encouraging people to down-grade the severity of the incident. IfI am encouraging anything I am encouraging people to discuss the severity of it, there is a difference.

I think as a society we can learn from having discussion on topics including even this one. You apparently want everyone to automatically agree on your assessment of the severity of the crime.

We have deleted posts in this thread that were reported. If there are particular posts you take offense with please email me directly

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I would disagree that I am shrugging off misogyny . Just because I leave a post up does not mean I agree with it. Are people going to read posts on LetsRun that they or others consider misogynistic? Yes. Same thing on twitter, etc. Moderation is not easy, but if you read through this thread you see a lot of people saying this is not acceptable behavior.

Hi y'all. I'm a 34 year old mother of three and love running. I fail to see what the big deal is y'all is making over this. A playful slap on the butt is NOT a sexual assault. Certainly wouldn't bother me. She should be flattered if her rear was nice enough to the playful swat.

But my parents both would have laughed.

I just reported Wejo’s post.

Please just go away.