I've gotta say I'm on #TeamAidan with this one. Plenty of men have said 'I know you want it' to a woman, without raping her after she answered 'no I don't.'

I'm fucking sick of "quality" newspapers attacking Robin Thicke. "I know you want it" isn't any kind of misogynist creed …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… it's THE LANGUAGE OF FLIRTATION. Listen to the rest of the song – and if you've never said or never been told "I know you want it" …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… then you've either never had sex or you're a fucking liar. It's bold, it's cocky, it's confident, it's wanky, it's crass …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… but it in no way suggests, hints at, or endorses rape. He might be shite, but his career's been ruined by bullies who haven't …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… bothered to listen to the rest of one song. Real misogyny is everywhere and all around, and Robin Thicke's just a harmless tit who …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… wrote a song about trying to get off with someone in a club and said something anyone – male or female – who's ever tried to get off ...

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… with someone in a club would say. I'm not ashamed to say that I've said "I know you want it" to many girls in my life – or rather ...

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… "I know you want me" – and many girls have said the same to me too (when I was younger and thinner, I mean). THAT'S HOW PEOPLE SPEAK …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… AND FLIRT. Nothing more, nothing less. Man, woman, boy, girl – and everything in between – we all say daft things to get in someone …

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014

… else's pants. Fortune favours the bold. Confidence is sexy. I know you want it. Now fucking grow up and fight some real battles.

— Aidan John Moffat (@AidanJohnMoffat) July 8, 2014