tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post4721095862519686291..comments2024-03-27T11:26:52.574-04:00Comments on Litbrit: Ron Paul's offensive and the War on WomenDeborah Newellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527317477388626268noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-16592567170654857332012-05-05T18:24:59.771-04:002012-05-05T18:24:59.771-04:00Dr Paul said "that individual" because h...Dr Paul said "that individual" because he views everyone as individuals!!! He doesn't group people together by silly things like gender. Paul is the biggest believer in individual liberty and he views all women as people, not just a women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-37291414641752581002012-02-11T09:41:07.610-05:002012-02-11T09:41:07.610-05:00If you're sending out positive thoughts for Ob...If you're sending out positive thoughts for Obama's re-election, then, with all due respect, you're part of the problem. <b>Obama is a hypocrite. Obama has betrayed us. Obama has not only continued, but expanded, the worst abuses of the Bush administration.</b><br /><br />These are facts.<br /><br />Facts.<br /><br />It's stunning to me how so-called liberals are willing to twist themselves into knots to defend the indefensible. Back when Bush was in office, they were (rightly) screaming bloody murder at everything he did. Now that Obama is in office, doing the same things and worse, suddenly it's all okay.<br /><br /><i>"But he got rid of Don't Ask Don't Tell!"</i><br /><br />Oh, stop the presses!! Now gay people can get slaughtered in wars just like straight people! Wow, what an accomplishment! While the true meaning of war -- the murder, maiming, and torture of millions of people for corporate profit -- all that goes unquestioned, unexamined, and certainly unreported by the mainstream media.<br /><br />Mr. Transparency is prosecuting more whistleblowers than did all other presidents combined. He's sucking up to Wall Street just as much as any Republican. He's bombing civilians in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and did so in Libya. He's continuing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (leaving 20,000 mercenaries in Iraq isn't ending the war; it's just putting it in the hands of corporations). He doesn't give a shit about the environment, is merely holding off approving the Keystone Pipeline until after the election, because he knows his lock-step bots will vote for him no matter what. He could personally dump oil or radioactive waste into people's backyards, and the faithful would still vote for him. On and on.<br /><br />Unbelievable.Lisa Simeonehttp://tsanewsblog.com/214/news/history-repeats-itself-with-tsas-strip-search-tactics/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-22499283214658103722012-02-10T21:52:30.522-05:002012-02-10T21:52:30.522-05:00what are we going to do? the thought of a republi...what are we going to do? the thought of a republican presidential victory is more than i can think about...<br />reproductive rights, human rights, worker's rights, immigration, oil and gas exploration, loss of parkland and loss of environmental regulation, the supreme court, the rolling back of the affordable health care act, the empowering of the zealots in their party, citizen's united, gun control, war with iran....it is all too much to even consider. <br /> every night, i send every possible good thought into the universe, for president obama, and his re-election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-80375502401904277552012-02-08T15:06:38.217-05:002012-02-08T15:06:38.217-05:00That is not what she said or implied.
Thank you, ...<i>That is not what she said or implied.</i><br /><br />Thank you, Lisa; indeed, it was not what I said or implied. As brave Anon surely knows. I quoted official statistics from the RAINN website, namely, that nine of every ten rape victims was female. Not ten out of ten.<br /><br />Nor did I deny that false rape charges or fabricated rape stories exist. Of course they exist. And have nothing to do with what I wrote. I was calling attention to the raw, delusional egotism -- and the magnitude of Paul's grandiosity, given that he thinks he would have both the power and the right to treat a rape victim this way -- on display in Paul's statement. He clearly asserts that he'd rely on his personal judgement of a woman's truthfulness in determining whether or not she may receive the medical attention she needs and to which she is legally entitled.<br /><br />Learn to fucking read.Deborah Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527317477388626268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-38209445472652301962012-02-08T10:07:34.967-05:002012-02-08T10:07:34.967-05:00"Perhaps we should look at one of your assump...<i>"Perhaps we should look at one of your assumptions that only women can be raped."</i><br /><br />That is not what she said or implied.<br /><br /><i>"Biologically this is accurate"</i><br /><br />No, it's not. I can't believe you're saying this. Do I have to spell it out??<br /><br />Okay, I will.<br /><br />Anal rape. That's rape.<br /><br />Oral rape. That's rape.<br /><br />And whether or not you want to believe it, even the fricking FBI defines rape as penetration: "any kind of penetration of another person, regardless of gender, without the victim's consent. It also includes a broad range of rapes involving both males and females in which attackers use objects to penetrate their victims."Lisa Simeonehttp://tsanewsblog.com/214/news/history-repeats-itself-with-tsas-strip-search-tactics/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-39987966618889315842012-02-07T18:19:11.177-05:002012-02-07T18:19:11.177-05:00You delve too deeply into the semantics of a short...You delve too deeply into the semantics of a short quote without looking at the broader context and you assume that Paul's words mean the absolute worst thing possible. Perhaps we should look at one of your assumptions that only women can be raped. Biologically this is accurate, yet you seem to miss the possibility that a biological woman who gender identifies as male could be raped and impregnated. Because this possibility exists, the gender neutrality of the sentence should not be an issue. As for "honest rape," assuming that he meant anything other than a rape which did, in fact, occur is absolute nonsense. You then go on to imply that there could be no case where a rape story was fabricated. I would point you to the Duke Lacrosse scandal, and of course there are numerous other instances where false claims of rape have been made. Now what about the larger context? Ron Paul has said on numerous occasions that while he is personally against abortion, he believes it is up to the states to decide whether or not to allow it. I understand that this position is not completely in line with your pro-choice beliefs but I do not think it warrants the unfair reaction you have posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-71026086739504157282012-02-06T20:51:49.239-05:002012-02-06T20:51:49.239-05:00Really why are you twisting this out of context? ...Really why are you twisting this out of context? He was asked about rape and whether abortion would be a choice for him to perform! If the woman was raped and worried if she was pregnant he would give her a choice of estrogen instead of waiting a month(yes takes a month to determine if you are pregnant) and having an abortion. GET IT?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-34203246733991086312012-02-06T08:56:40.421-05:002012-02-06T08:56:40.421-05:00Amen.Amen.jeanne marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18587935.post-79283010608649041322012-02-05T14:19:28.205-05:002012-02-05T14:19:28.205-05:00I used to think that Ron Paul was the crazy, but l...I used to think that Ron Paul was the crazy, but loveable, cranky uncle. Not any more. He's just as evil as the rest of the GOP.Phil Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540815981930702517noreply@blogger.com