If you're anything like me, you're SICK to death of the GOP rape commentary, so trust me when I say that the last thing I wanted to diary about was...yet another thoughtless rape comment.
But there was another rape statement today that got buried amidst the storm/election coverage and I thought it deserved mentioning, if for no other reason, for its staggering ignorance.
That, and, the fact that it was accompanied by jaw-dropping incest commentary.
I mean, hey, why just stop at rape?
Surely they can nauseate the American public more than they already have, right?
Here's what GOP Congressional candidate John Koster had to say:
"Incest is so rare, I mean, it's so rare," he said. "But the rape thing-- you know, I know a woman who was raped and kept the child, gave it up for adoption, and she doesn't regret it."
Incest is so rare??? Really?!
Who the hell died and appointed him the incest expert? Where is he getting that information from? There are zero -- repeat, zero -- facts to back that up.
In fact, it's quite the opposite. I could google it right now and come up with all kinds of statistics, but honestly, I'm sick to my stomach already and I don't want to waste another minute on these ignorant blowhards. I'll leave that to someone else, if they so please.
I am an incest survivor myself and, by the way, so are a lot, if not most, of my friends you rat bastard so don't sit there and talk about how frickin' "rare" it is to me. I know that's BS. And I don't even need a statistic to prove it.
That wasn't enough for him to say, so he had to add this part about rape too:
"On the rape thing, it's like, how does putting more violence onto a woman's body and taking the life of an innocent child that's a consequence of this crime -- how does that make it better? You know what I mean?"
"The rape thing"? Really? Thing???!!!!!
Sorry. I can't even write anymore. I know this isn't much of a diary but it hits too close to home. I'm so angry my fingers can barely type.
I'll pass the reigns to readers for comments.
UPDATE: If I did the link right (haven't been here in a while), you can hear the audio recording of what he said at the link below. H/T Clem Yeobright for the link.
http://youtu.be/...
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