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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That "paraphrase" changes the meaning of the statement (which is presumably why it was paraphrased rather than directly quoted, given that they're both roughly the same length). What I meant when I say I doubt it represents his views is that if you were to sit him down and put to him this question: "true or false: sexual assault is a consequence of the decline of traditional marriage", his short answer would almost certainly be "false". If you're summarizing someone's position in a way they wouldn't sign on to, you're not treating them fairly or honestly.
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I think that's you being charitable and giving the guy the benefit of the doubt. If you want to distill that tweet down to its central thesis, then it is essentially that the rise in sexual assault is a result of sex not being enshrined within marriage. You and I both know that's complete hogwash.
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Again, I suspect that he would actually say "no, but", and have a longer answer about how societies where traditional marriage is stronger have less of this sort of thing, or that there's some link between people who don't get married and people who are more likely to be like Louis CK, and you could then take issue with those points and explain why you might disagree with them. But again, that's not what the author of the article is trying to do in this case.
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Again, what you suspect is irrelevant. What we have are the man's words, which he could have walked back at any time or chosen to elaborate on but did not. It's also a pretty absurd take considering more than a few of the men accused are or were married at the time the incidents occurred.