carlfense Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 These are the people making our laws. In the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out ... The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development. http://news.yahoo.com/sponsor-texas-anti-abortion-bill-thinks-rape-kits-160431845.html Link to comment
rawhide Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Kinda like the Senator (D) in Colorado who wasn't too clear on the form, fit and function of a 30rd magazine. It is sad that a woman wouldn't have any idea of what a rape kit was. Link to comment
Junior Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I would like to say this is shockingly stupid.... but nothing these idiots say shocks me at this point. Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Kinda like the Senator (D) in Colorado who wasn't too clear on the form, fit and function of a 30rd magazine. It is sad that a woman wouldn't have any idea of what a rape kit was. I wouldn't say it was sad. I mean, its part of medical/forensic evidence gathering. I would assume most women know about them but maybe not the exact details of what goes on in the usage of one. What is sad is that a woman that is pushing abortion legislation and making arguments is doing so highly uninformed and that is a dangerous thing Link to comment
rawhide Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 By all accounts there are village idjits on both sides of the aisle. Both male and female. Having been a RN for 14 years, it still amazes me how uneducated people are about their own bodies. I don't expect them to be clinicians, but being a politician I would hope you'd choose to have some smart people around you to help educate them on the pertinent issues. Link to comment
strigori Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 By all accounts there are village idjits on both sides of the aisle. Both male and female. Having been a RN for 14 years, it still amazes me how uneducated people are about their own bodies. I don't expect them to be clinicians, but being a politician I would hope you'd choose to have some smart people around you to help educate them on the pertinent issues. Politicians surround themselves with sycophants. Not very many surround themselves with smart people, or even talk to or consult with experts in fields. Only 'experts' who will reinforce their own preconceived notions. Its like the Simpsons with Kent Brockman, http://www.youtube.c...e&v=5l3oUUUzOxE though vids never embed for me anymore, no matter what i try Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Based on this new information, I now have more questions. Hypothetically, if my wife were to receive one of these 'rape kits', could it retroactively prevent the birth of my teenage children? It's scary to think people like this are proposing, debating, and passing new laws. Link to comment
carlfense Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 If the anti-abortion groups want the government to force women to birth a child conceived in a rape I'd expect that the person sponsoring the legislation to at least have a passing familiarity with what happens during a rape investigation. The ignorance doesn't surprise me . . . but it still disappoints me. Link to comment
carlfense Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 By all accounts there are village idjits on both sides of the aisle. Both male and female. Can't argue with that. Link to comment
Junior Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 It's funny to me the amount of responses that are "well the other side has stupid people too!" As if that somehow excuses this atrocity. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 It's funny to me the amount of responses that are "well the other side has stupid people too!" As if that somehow excuses this atrocity. I've read all the comments multiple times. I don't see where you are getting this from. Nobody is excusing this stupidity because the other side has idiots too. Saying that there are idiots on both sides of the aisle is true and in no way condones the stupidity from anyone. Plus, as you put it "the amount of responses" would only be one and you would have to be applying your own interpretation to think that one was any kind of excuse. Why, when everyone seems to be in agreement, are you attempting to make this into something it clearly isn't? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I could some what understand something stupid like this being said by a random congressman who has a microphone stuck in front of him and he is unprepared. BUT, this is someone who sponsored the friggen bill. I would think if my name were to be on a bill as me sponsoring it, I would have done the research necessary to understand the topic. This is an example of why anything coming out of a politician's mouth is totally meaningless. Honestly, why even listen to political speeches anymore if they can't have simple understanding of the topics they are talking about? Link to comment
rawhide Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 'Cause they need to feel the pulse of their "constitchency" for the grammar po po: constituency Link to comment
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