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Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

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  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008 05:38 PM

    Rape hysteria rides again!

    "the rampant sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence and murder that make her state one of the most dangerous places in the country for women and children."

    This assumes, among other things, that women don't abuse kids. In facts women are the biggest abusers/neglecters of children. Feminists don't deny this. Instead, they say it's because women spend more time with kids. Ergo, if you spend more time with someone you are more likely to hurt them. I thought women only loved. Plus, I thought there was never-ever-ever an excuse for violence.

    Oh, that was only in cases where male perpetrated violence. Then there's never any excuse, even when a woman struck first.

    "Alaska leads the nation in reported forcible rapes per capita"

    Alaska is not very populated. Therefore, the denominator in any rape stats will make the fraction seem larger.

    "the prevalence of rape and sexual assault of minors in Alaska makes the state's record one of the worst in the U.S."

    Alleged or actual assaults?

    And how is rape defined: Sex without dinner?

    " when it comes to violence against women and children. . . we haven't been on her radar as a priority," said Peggy Brown, executive director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault."

    How many male victims has Ms. Brown helped in her cushy, federally-funded feminist fiefdom? How many black victims does the KKK help? Most DV outfits get state funds and are run by misandric feminists who ignore suffering males. Imagine how a dad would be treated who called a shelter and said his wife was abusing him. The shelter's "kind, compassionate" staff would laugh at him, treat him like 1800's men treated females who even TALKED about going to medical school.

    " would have 'fast-tracked' sex crime cases via a dedicated group that included specially-trained investigators, judges and prosecutors"

    To wit: Feminist members of a kangaroo court system.

    Feminists think only women bleed...and only men make them. Their toxic philosophy demonizes the Other while proclaiming the superiority of wimmin. If you mention abused men, they laugh, saying "statistics" don't bear it out-- statistics gathered by feminists who produce DV ads that show men only as perpetrators, never victims. It's like "proving" that women weren't battered in the past because police blotters didn't record such things. Or saying blacks in apartheid South Africa must have been healthy because no records of black patients exist for whites-only hospitals.

    Again feminists, who claim to care about everyone, lie.

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