Anti-Woman… and Pro-Rape, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #295 | @MDWorld

October 15, 2012 Mike Gold 28 Comments

The Grand Old Party seems to be having a growing problem with those among their ranks who believe that rape is a swell way to have a grand old party.

Of course we’re all familiar with the man from the Show-Me state, Todd Akin, who showed us there is such a thing as “legitimate rape” and women who have been raped legitimately cannot get pregnant. Now we have the case of Roger Rivard, the Republican state representative in the nearby state of Wisconsin. That would be the same Wisconsin that gave us Congressman Paul Ryan and Governor Scott Walker. They’re a little schizy out there in the Dairy State: as of this writing, Barack Obama is leading Mitt-don’t-give-a-shit Romney by almost six points, on average.

It seems some people do not appreciate Rivard’s allegation that “some girls rape easy” and “If it’s rape, it’s rape. If it’s not, it’s not.” This was in response to the conviction of a 17-year-old Christian Laes for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The boy’s response was that it was consensual, but only became “rape” after the girl’s parents found out. That’s vicious cliché number one.

Vicious cliché number two came when Rivard said his comment “some girls rape easy” was taken out of context. Hello! The girl was 14 years old. Even if the boy is not subject to statuary rape laws, 14 is still under the age of consent. There is no such thing as “consensual sex” with a 14 year-old person.

Faced with a public relations clusterfuck, Rivard palmed the comment off on his daddy. The Republican said to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “He also told me one thing, ‘If you do (have premarital sex), just remember, consensual sex can turn into rape in an awful hurry … because all of a sudden a young lady gets pregnant and the parents are madder than a wet hen and she’s not going to say, ‘Oh, yeah, I was part of the program.’ All that she has to say or the parents have to say is it was rape because she’s underage. And he just said, ‘Remember, Roger, if you go down that road, some girls… they rape so easy.’”

It is not known if Daddy Rivard was referring to fucking 14 year-olds; in all fairness, his alleged statement might have been in reference to his opinion of women in general. And, since I’m being fair, Rivard did eventually come out against sexual assault.  This is quite an improvement upon his handling of previous comments. He conflated politicians with cocaine addicts, which is a nasty thing to do to coke addicts, and pro-union demonstrators with terrorists. In response to a voter’s dislike of his party, he thoughtfully asked “You’re not going to vote for that nigger, are you?”

My favorite (yes, I have a favorite) of these misogynistic morons is a Republican State Rep from Indiana, Bob Morris, who condemned the Girl Scouts of America as an organization that turns young girls into “feminists, lesbians, or Communists.” Part of his proof here is that First Lady Michelle Obama as its honorary president.

The Republicans wonder why they are being perceived as anti-woman. They also take umbrage at the growing perception that they are also anti-intelligence.

Mike Gold performs the weekly two-hour Weird Sounds Inside The Gold Mind ass-kicking rock, blues and blather radio show on The Point, www.getthepointradio.com , every Sunday at 7:00 PM Eastern, rebroadcast three times during the week (check the website above for times) and available On Demand at the same place. He also joins Martha Thomases and Michael Davis as a weekly columnist at www.comicmix.com where he pontificates on matters of four-color.