You learn a lot by following progressives on Twitter. When Vice President Joe Biden was dispatched to the University of Illinois to speak to students about the “It’s On Us” campaign, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan specifically requested of the audience, “If somebody tells you they’ve been a victim of sexual assault, I want you to believe them.”

This directive came just months after the (falsified) account of the horrifying gang rape of “Jackie” that was published in Rolling Stone led writer Zerlina Maxwell to offer similar advice via the Washington Post:

Not to mention that the TSA has been accused of sexual assault plenty of times: Mythbuster Adam Savage complained about being fondled every time he flies.

@RepStickland Who in the heck would sexually harass you? And why on earth would you complain? Dude!! #TxLege — David Jennings (@dpjennings) July 22, 2015

@RepStickland @deprangy @TSA sorry, but unless there was a twisted agent on duty, this doesn't sound credible. — Volatility Smile (@volatilitysmile) July 22, 2015

. @RepStickland @jaketapper I get why people don't like @TSA, but to use "sexually harassed" to describe the experience is wrong. — Heather Poole (@Heather_Poole) July 22, 2015

Author, radio and TV host Dana Loesch might disagree vigorously with that assessment, as would others.

.@RepStickland @TSA you had a @TSA agent make unwelcome sexual advances towards you? I don't believe you, or you don't know the definition — Papa Hambrick (@dhambrick63) July 22, 2015

.@RepStickland if you're not a fan of the government harassing you about your private business, get in line behind us Texans with uteri. — andrea grimes (@andreagrimes) July 22, 2015

@RepStickland Did you "opt out" of the AIT? Did that once. Strange experience. — Forrest Wilder (@Forrest4Trees) July 22, 2015

.@RepStickland @TSA Need to know what happened that you think was sexual harassment. Can't just do a broadside & expect us to believe. — Doug McBride (@mcbride_doug) July 23, 2015

@RepStickland @jaketapper @TSA Oh puLEASE – you WISH! He musta been horny for a white Aunt Jemima-type. — MaineRandy (@mainerandy) July 22, 2015

Spotted in House: @charliegeren is dragging cookie on a string along floor to tempt @RepStickland away from back mic #txlege #nottheonion — Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) April 9, 2015

Big boy? Are we body shaming too now? Even Stickland’s fellow legislators have gotten in on that one.

Spotted in House: @charliegeren is dragging cookie on a string along floor to tempt @RepStickland away from back mic #txlege #nottheonion — Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) April 9, 2015

Assuming it is all a joke, rape jokes can be funny in the right context, according to the experts. Until we learn more, though, we present Stickland and his jokester followers with the That’s Not Funny award.