Getting raped is like getting a flat tire. Also, it's God's will. Fancy that.

[Kopikatsu]

...At least, it is according to Kansas State Representative Pete De Graaf and Idaho State Representative Brent Crane.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/31/granderson.rape.abortion/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

For people living in Kansas and Idaho...you don't get to complain. You voted these people into office. :x Just sayin'. (And even if you voted against them, they're still representing the state legally. THE FLAW OF A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC! But I digress.)

SO PEOPLE. Do you agree with them? /Waits for the inevitable 3-5 people who say yes.

 

[cryogeist]

wait...is that thing saying that rape is no longer illegal!?!

 

[viking97]

i am so moving somewhere more sensible. like, now. the states just keep finding new ways to disappoint me.

 

[claymoreguy18]

...............never liked kansas anyway.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I fucking hate quite a few traditional views that our old men have. It will be better when a generation that grew up with abortion and women's rights take over. Yeah, that guy is an asshole.

 

[lacktheknack]

Sometimes, all you can do is lean back and laugh so hard that tears stream down your face AND chest, and you get an asthma attack.

"I have a spare tire in my car"? Seriously, now. There's no way he actually said that. Even Poe's Law fails me here.

 

[Hister]

Seems to me that people these days have just lost their danm minds

 

[Thaluikhain]

In b4 people saying that lots of me men get sexually abused too, so sexual abuse isn't a serious issue.

 

[Raskolnikov34]

If God (and by God you mean the Christian God)is all-good, how could something evil be his will? Regardless of your opinions on Christianity, that just isn't logical.

 

[Grospoliner]

I'm sorry. But to say that the man's statements are trivializing it is a longshot.

The man says "We should plan ahead for circumstances which might be out of our control" and then goes on to say. "I have a tire in my car and insurance". Because you don't get in a car and drive any sort of distance without being prepared for a blow out, and you don't go through life without having the capacity to get back on your feet after a horrible accident.

So the idea that he's trivializing it, is simply stupid.

Now what is a problem is him saying that preparedness is important while gutting insurance mandates that permit women to have abortions and instead requiring them to purchase additional coverage for it. That IS deplorable and he should be called out on that rather than some imaginary claim that he's trivializing rape in the name of God or some such nonsense.

 

[Tsaba]

"When Rep. Barbara Bollier voiced concern for women who may become pregnant as a result of rape or incest, this exchange followed:

DeGraaf: "We do need to plan ahead, don't we, in life?"

Bollier: "And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with pregnancy?"

DeGraaf: "I have a spare tire on my car."

"I also have life insurance," he added. "I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.""

I'm going to go with, out of context here and probably not the best a really bad analogy to use.

 

[Kopikatsu]

If God (and by God you mean the Christian God)is all-good, how could something evil be his will? Regardless of your opinions on Christianity, that just isn't logical.

To quote Epicurus...

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?"

That kind of applies to all monotheistic religions. :x

And what I am taking from this is yet another reason for my extreme anti-theism. I hate religion in all its forms. Gods will my arse. Fucking knobjockey.

See above! Also, nice OC VG Cats avatar.

 

[TheScientificIssole]

I fucking hate quite a few traditional views that our old men have. It will be better when a generation that grew up with abortion and women's rights take over. Yeah, that guy is an asshole.

Old people die, so just wait. The problem is well,-they raise the jerk-off politicians of the future, so that gives us something to look forward to.

 

[DracoSuave]

What's worse...

--suggesting women should be prepared for rape-borne pregnancy as if it were a spare tire
--enacting a law that removes such preparation from women that they already have
--being a pro-lifer that is enacting a law with the sole effect of creating 'abortion insurance.'

 

[automatron]

Tell that to my sister.
This disgusts me
Seriously, what is wrong with some people

 

[Meggiepants]

Yeah, I heard about this shit. I'm going to say it first. This is what happens when the majority of lawmakers are men. Yeah, I know, that's simplistic. But I still think it's true. Very few men have ever felt the fear of being raped. I can't think of a single woman over 30 who hasn't at some point been terribly afraid of just this thing.

Flat tires just don't really strike that kind of fear into my heart. Unless it's a flat, in the middle of the night, on the highway. Then I'm afraid of what kind of man will stop by my vehicle as I change it, you know, and possibly rape me.

I hate that politicians are still finding new ways to horrify me with what they say.

 

[Sir Boss]

rape insurance, no matter how many times you say t it still sounds weird...
you can sort of see the very, very, very warped logic behind it. but I'm stall against it in a big way

 

[Fanboy]

All in favor of slashing this guy's tires?

It's alright, he said he has a spare.

 

[DevilWolf47]

That's funny. I've had my tires slashed and have at least given medical aid to rape victims, and i swear the rape victims were a lot more distraught than i was about my tires.

But yes, it's utterly appalling the number of people who are both anti-choice and either bordering or flat out misogynistic. Blame the victim mentalities are hazardous to say the least, but the fact that these mentally deranged motherfuckers have a position of authority legitimately scares me.