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"The owner of a bar in Spokane, Washington has told rape survivors that they aren't "smart enough to know" what the name "Date Grape Koolaid" means after the drink caused protests to erupt over the weekend.

In a recent Facebook posting, a Spokane bar called the Daiquiri Factory revealed that "Date Grape Koolaid" would be the name of one its new drinks. According to The Spokesman-Review, the bar promised the drink would be "super-sweet" and spiked with rum for on $6.

That name — an obviously play on the words "date rape" — did not sit well with rape survivors, who lashed out in the Facebook comments section."* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.

*Read more here from David Edwards / Raw Story:
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