Twitter Has More Don Lemon Style Suggestions With #DonLemonReporting

CNN’s Don Lemon added another derp moment to his list of many on Tuesday, when he asked a woman who accused Bill Cosby of raping her why she didn’t bite her alleged rapist’s penis, prompting us to sideye Lemon like everyone in the picture above is doing. We shouldn’t even have to say this, but here’s why it’s an absurdly stupid question: if you do anything to a rapist that enrages them without instantly killing them or knocking them unconscious, you’ll probably get murdered.

Twitter didn’t let the gaffe slide. Soon #DonLemonReporting was trending, a hashtag chock-full of snark and cringe humor as people tweeted other questions and helpful suggestions about avoiding abuse and tragedies. We’ve collected our favorite tweets below.

To be fair, Lemon later apologized, but, you know, if you don’t want to become a Twitter joke, there are ways to avoid that.

https://twitter.com/richrdhernandez/status/535060749303836672

https://twitter.com/NotAllBhas/status/535134982248083456

https://twitter.com/thecajunboy/status/535061462645891072

https://twitter.com/tedge20/status/535132080934764544

https://twitter.com/elonjames/status/534944498766200832

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/534942797544316928

https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/535140859956588544

https://twitter.com/dvnix/status/534943667153555456

https://twitter.com/IowaPeg/status/534945116582989825

https://twitter.com/HalpernAlex/status/535113611392192514

https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/534948055716335616

https://twitter.com/elonjames/status/534945432342769664

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/534944501841014784