Reddit, Take Down This Pro-Rape Group!

Right now, an online community exists where men post about how useful and good rape is. It's a subreddit group called The Philosophy of Rape. The user who created it has a manifesto in which he declares:

Rape served a very important function in mitigating female behavior and keeping it in check...Back in the time of prehistory, a woman couldn’t behave as shamelessly slutty as she can today, because of the risk of catching the eye of the wrong male...It’s not only morally justifiable to rape such a woman, it’s brave...We’re talking about filthy, unmitigated, sluts. Oblivious and loud. Shameless. Belligerent. Entitled. Selfie taking, Tindr-whoring, Teenage-walking-herpes-sores. We are talking about bad, bad, individuals. Unruly, neglicted [sic], children, run-amok. That badly need to be punished. Badly.

The user who wrote this manifesto, terrifyingly, has admitted to "correcting" seven women already. To be clear: This man is admitting that he raped seven women. And he is encouraging his "whole team of holy soldiers" to go out into the world and do the same.

The fact that this group was created in the first place is disturbing enough. But as David Edwards points out, just months after Elliott Rodger massacred his classmates at UC Santa Barbara - after writing a similarly violent, misogynist manifesto - for reddit to do nothing is beyond unacceptable.

It's not enough to take down the group. Each member needs to be reported to the police and taken into custody. Being a part of this online community is tantamount to admitting guilt.