It’s not just the gaffe, it’s the *subject matter.* Trying to draw a distinction between “legitimate rape” and just “rape” this close to an election poisons the atmosphere in a much larger area than MO. That’s why he needs to go.
You are correct. Expounding about rape in any context during an election season is playing Russian Roulette with no empty chambers.
You are denying that men aren’t falsely accused of rape? Or we should just avoiding saying it because it can be made into a political ad and therefore is dangerous ground to tread on?
Who makes these rules? What happens when we decide to control what we say and think to stay in conformance with the rules? Who wins in this this game of “rules”?
Why should it matter when it is said? What if he said it in May?