The GOP War on Women - The Megathread

[free my dawg]

My friend (tea partier, if you're wondering affiliation) met Keith Ablow at the doctor's office. He's apparently as much of a douchebag in real life as he is on Fox.

[The Free North]

Some idiot on Fox called her fat....who cares, is this middle school?

You don't see them calling men fat. The double standard is a microaggression against women.

In todays society, women are much more likely to be targeted for their weight than men. If you want to attack the double standard blame those in the media and Hollywood for creating the culture we have.

Furthermore, we all know what the deal with Fox is, it really should not surprise anyone, similar to left wing media outlets attacking Christie over the same issue.


Always fun when our national media delves into issues that should be relegated to the kardashians.

This is an unexpectedly accurate and legitimate response, well done

I'll take the backhanded arrogance in stride....

[Brittain33]

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[Brittain33]

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[Kingpoleon]

Some idiot on Fox called her fat....who cares, is this middle school?

Didn't realize people still watched that channel anyways.

It's either that, Clinton News Network, Bloomberg Business Elites, or MSNC. I don't blame Joe for watching the only major news network.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Just when I was proud of three Republicans in my state for rejecting the anti-gay religious freedom bill, this happens. It seems this doofus slept through the Missouri Senate race in 2012. Paging Todd Akin.

Didn't Sharron Angle make some sort of similar comment about this using the turning lemons into lemonade proverbial phrase?

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/missouri-republican-on-fetus-personhood-measure-pregnancies-are-silver-lining-of-rape/

[Angel of Death]

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[RightBehind]

This kind of stuff used to offend me and outrage me.

Now it doesn't because I am so used to it. The GOP says this crap so much that it really isn't news worthy anymore.

I think if a woman is pregnant by rape and wants to give birth to the child, more power to her. Forcing the mother to do so, is just morally abhorrent. I think it's victim punishing and I can't imagine the trauma of being raped with carrying the fetus as a reminder.

What ticks me off even more is rapist fathers have visitation rights. That right there should be illegal in all 50 states.

[i4indyguy]

What ticks me off even more is rapist fathers have visitation rights. That right there should be illegal in all 50 states.

Never thought of that. Seems like common sense to me.  If you are convicted of rape, no visit rights for you.   But still best left to states rather than national legislation.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What ticks me off even more is rapist fathers have visitation rights. That right there should be illegal in all 50 states.

Never thought of that. Seems like common sense to me.  If you are convicted of rape, no visit rights for you.   But still best left to states rather than national legislation.

     I wonder if that is actually intentional or rather due to an oversight in the law that does not remove visitation rights from rapists.

[pbrower2a]

When are these people going to recognize that rape is, above all else, a horrible and inexcusable crime? To be sure there have been women who have been raped, had a child, and bonded with the child. But that is rare.

Far more often the child becomes a scapegoat for the rape and for perhaps the mother's debased life. Such a child often develops a chip on his or her shoulder and becomes a monster.

...Real men hate rape. They see rape as a threat to their wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, and grandmothers. As I would not be raped or allow others to rape my loved ones, I would not rape.

Silver lining? They have the wrong metal. Maybe "arsenic lining" better fits. 

[Kingpoleon]

The real question, liberals, is whether we need to background check the guns these fetuses will be able to purchase if granted the same Constitutional rights as American citizens.

[Associate Justice PiT]

The real question, liberals, is whether we need to background check the guns these fetuses will be able to purchase if granted the same Constitutional rights as American citizens.

     It's why expanding legal rights to fetuses (or nonhuman primates, for that matter) is silly. It implies many rights and responsibilities that the organism in question cannot enjoy.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

When are these people going to recognize that rape is, above all else, a horrible and inexcusable crime? To be sure there have been women who have been raped, had a child, and bonded with the child. But that is rare.

Far more often the child becomes a scapegoat for the rape and for perhaps the mother's debased life. Such a child often develops a chip on his or her shoulder and becomes a monster.

...Real men hate rape. They see rape as a threat to their wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, and grandmothers. As I would not be raped or allow others to rape my loved ones, I would not rape.

Silver lining? They have the wrong metal. Maybe "arsenic lining" better fits. 

Children = arsenic.  Wow.

You must have a low opinion of women to think they aren't capable of loving a child they give birth to because of what someone else has done to them.