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Nope, it’s rapey, and you are forgetting the fact that a person can only give consent when sober. If someone is drunk then they don’t have the power to say yes. According to that quote anyone who asks for sex from the intoxicated person should just do it. That is rape. Lawyered!

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I think you're taking it too literally, you can manipulate lots of quotes to turn them into something they weren't intended to be.

Pretty sure the quoted person wasn't promoting the rape of intoxicated people.

I think the intent was not wasting your time on being rejected by people who aren't even in a position to give you what you are asking for because they don't ever have the authority or power to grant it. That makes more sense than viewing it as an excuse to prey on people that are temporarily in a disadvantaged condition.

You can turn everything into something it's not intended to be if you want to. This is a quote by a woman who was the First Lady.

Intent matters legally to.

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