To A.J. Delgado: You Might Be Dumb Like a Fox. Or Just Dumb. But Wow, Are You Wrong.

A..J.,  I get it.You're attractive by Western standards (white, thin, pleasing bone structure, etc). You speak well on camera. But of course, so do plenty of us.So maybe you've been clever enough to realize that your best bet as an aspiring media star is as an iconoclast. That's great- we need them. The problem, though- assuming you see it as one- is that iconoclasts aren't always the voices of reason, or the till-now ignored prophets from the wilderness, screaming the truth in hopes of overcoming a cacophony of nonsense.Sometimes, with their slick, favorable, TV features, they're just cynical charlatans. Or perhaps worse, they're sincere but mis-informed, useful idiots.You're one or the other, AJ; either deeply cynical or grossly, happily misinformed. It really is that simple. I read your National Review piece on what you seem to believe is an imaginary "rape epidemic" on American college campuses. Typically, and within 60 words of your opening, you echo this oft-quoted and infantile meme: "...the term “rape” or “sexual assault” is thrown around almost effortlessly, accusations easily made [emphasis added] and lives easily ruined."Utter. Nonsense.Your characterization of the terms "effortlessly" and "easily," as applied to the disclosure of sexual violence, might be sardonically funny were it not so dangerously stupid. I'm a former prosecutor who spent a career working with the rare woman (or man) who took the almost unimaginable step of actually reporting a sexual assault or a pattern of abuse.  I'd be happy to give you a long, sad list- with their permission- of the tiny minority of people who did report to some authority that they were sexually violated, and who were ripped apart like meat left for wolves as a result. Nevertheless, people like you are always ready to claim- on baseless grounds- that women will regularly "cry rape" to avoid whatever consequences sexual congress might bring.  Since you're admittedly "not a scientist," I can point you to the research of some actual scientists who can demonstrate with a strong foundation that very few complaints of sexual violence are false, and that the usual person the victim of sexual violence points the finger at is herself or himself.Still, to flesh out this silly piece, you spewed examples that should shame you as a lawyer with any training in logical argumentation. The example you give of a defendant who was mis-identified in a rape case (i.e., a rape did happen- the wrong guy just got convicted)? That's a tragedy of course, but what does it have to do with your completely unrelated claim that the straw-man "Left" is creating a rape myth?Oh yeah. Nothing.And then there's your attempt to draw some connection between the decline of traditionally defined violent crime in the U.S. over the last 20 years and the (finally) growing intolerance of rape on college campuses. This isn't even clever. It merely exposes remarkable ignorance with regard to the reality of sexual violence as it usually plays out, both on and off college campuses.  Sexual violence has always been a sickeningly, ever-present aspect of college life- and indeed life everywhere. Yes, we're more aware of it now, and some of us are fighting back. But why should you? Armed with your one dubious anecdote and your ambition, why look behind the curtain at all?Instead, A.J., continue your rise to stardom within the morally scolding circles promoted by the National Review that will, among other things, insist that rape in the college environment is the inevitable result of promiscuity and intoxicants.Goodness me, if only women would behave.Never mind those who are raped after a study group meeting in the light of day, or by a church-going friend on a religious retreat.And certainly, A.J., never mind the effect of the insidious and arbitrary rules you're imposing on the young women and men who will be victimized with even more impunity because of your finger-wagging nonsense. I'm talking about the ones who may or may not break your rules, but who will be damned to either silence or shame because of ignorant hawkers like you who give them 1) unfair standards to uphold, and 2) false senses of security to boot.We're lawyers, A.J. We never had to professionally take the "first, do no harm" oath that physicians do. But seriously? You should consider it.