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My point is not that rape is worse than murder. I never said that and I don't believe it. I was merely positing a reason why Clinton might have said that women and children were more often victims of war.
I do object, however, to your blanket statement that this proves that Clinton would be bad for men. One statement, made at a conference in a foreign country years ago hardly reflects a political position that will negatively impact her male constituents in this country these many years later.
I do not question your concern about war victims. What I question is your blanket statement that Clinton would be bad for men. You have not defined your terms, not seemed to have truly understood that when you make such a statement (which could be contrued as sexist on its face -- the notion that a female president diminishes men in and of itself) you need to demonstrate that she would somehow be bad for men in ways that her rivals would not.
I think your men vs. women thinking reflects a false dichotomy. Your original statement would seem to defy logical. You may think it. You may feel it. But you cannot prove it. At least you certainly have not done so. Therefore, I belief you cannot.
It is not up to me to disprove your statement, which amounts to some sort hysterical charge. It is up to you to prove what you have said if you expect others to find it credible.
