Comments on: A Rape By Any Other Name

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:09:19 +0000

Linda, please don’t draw a false equivalence between behaving like an @sshole in your private life and being so blinded by your faith that you legislate public government control over women’s bodies.

By: Iron Knee

Iron Knee — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:41:55 +0000

Linda, you attack me because I “probably” didn’t write about it? Give me a break. I sure as hell did write about it (although I’ve only been blogging for 4 1/2 years, so not much about Kennedy).

By: Arthanyel

Arthanyel — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:14:53 +0000

Linda: Being a misogynistic A#^%#^^ is unfortunately all too common among men of both parties. But this post, and this discussion, isn’t about “treating women like crap.” It’s about a belief, CLEARLY only on the Republican side, that women’s rights and equality need to be ROLLED BACK and that the social conservative MINORITY wants to dictate to all women how they are allowed to behave and what they are allowed to do with their bodies.

And that should be intolerable.

By: Linda Jackson

Linda Jackson — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:07:11 +0000

You write about what a few Republicans say, but I say actions speak louder than words. There were plenty of Democratic men who treat or treats women like crap and you probably didn’t write about it. For instance Clinton, Kennedy, Weiner and on and on.

By: Iron Knee

Iron Knee — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:02:43 +0000

If you know it’s inevitable that you’re going to be tortured, you might as well relax and enjoy it!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:23:27 +0000

Yudith, Oh, now I see the quote, sorry.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:21:13 +0000

Don, thanks for the interesting relevant story. The question, however, is what “our” in “our crook” means? Representative democracy is certainly about groups being represented, so having groups is not a problem per se. The point I was trying to make is that at some point the group you are supporting doesn’t even represent you anymore, but supporting the group is elevated to prime objective. Was ACP representing Harlem correctly? Just because he was a shyster, does not mean he did not present the better representation for his voters. Was he bad for Harlem? If not, then maybe the voters turn a blind eye to his indiscretions. If you are a libertarian and gay, then the GOP is very definitely bad for you. You have a tough choice.

I do think that a lot can be explained by such “lesser of evils” type choices. And, to be fair, I suspect there’s a lot that going on in the GOP camp: a financial conservative or libertarian member might very well be unhappy about the lunatic fringe, but might still believe it’s better to put up with that than switch to one of the very few alternatives. Just look at the friction between Ron Paul and the GOP (although it’s not exactly along the lines I just delineated).

Yudith, I don’t think I understand your comment.

By: Yudith

Yudith — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:03:05 +0000

Just for clarity purpose, let’s replace the word «rape» with the word «torture». Then watch the face of, for example, Clayton Williams when he’s being tortured and he hears «Relax! Enjoy it!»