#LiberalTips2AvoidRape is the next Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke moment. But its not just one guy. It’s thousands.
UPDATE: The Daily Beast has interviewed Sooper Mexican, the blogger who started the hashtag #LiberalTips2AvoidRape. Sooper Mexican, who perfers to remain anonymous, states that ““some people thought it was to mock the victims of that crime … I think some people took it a little bit too far.” You can say that again, brother.
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Okay, so #LiberalTips2AvoidRape has gone apeshit on Twitter has been the top trending hashtag. It has become nothing short of the new internet meme and its HUGE. If you go visit the thread and I highly recommend that you go, you will see a display of unrestrained Grade-A political crazy on a level so vast that it will tip the political scales in this country. Its quite remarkable. Because gun rights supporters by the hundreds are there, right now posting over and over again about rape.
Rape.
The pro-gun camp is going ballistic over the following idea: That liberals want to leave women defenseless against rapists. They feel that a law banning guns on a college campus in Colorado is going to do just this. But that’s just the jump off point. What is going on there now is the political equivalent of a massive gun rights circular firing squad. The men and women on this Twitter thread can’t stop saying very wrong things about rape. And they’re saying it over and over again.
Given how well talking about rape worked for conservatives during the last election, its stunning to watch these men and women go right back to the new third rail of politics and post over and over and over again the most alarmingly ignorant theories about rape prevention.
And then there are these guys and gals.
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape “I don’t have to fight back, I can just abort it”
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#LiberalTips2AvoidRape if you think you can stop any one by blowing a whistle then get on your knees and blow this
— Joseph Howington (@HowingtonJoseph) February 20, 2013
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape shriek ‘modesty is bullshit’ while encouraging the slut culture, then whine abt rape moronicprochoicequotes.blogspot.com/2012/12/shrill…
— Jill (@MeanOldAnti) February 21, 2013
And please understand. I didn’t go look through five hundred tweets to find these first two. As I wrote this article, I just popped over and there they were. Right there. Together. Check the time stamps if you don’t believe me. (A few days later, I was strolling the thread and found this third one. What can I say? It touched my heart.) And these kinds of tweets are the rule not the exception. And they all exhibit one central conviction. Right up front. That liberal women who won’t carry guns deserve what they get. That is, not to put too fine a point on it, they deserve to be raped. And the darkest part of all this? You can sense they sort of like that idea. To them, it would be justice.
“Get on your knees and blow this.”
But really, you need to go have a look for yourself. Because this thread is the next Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke moment. But its not just one guy. It’s thousands. Its history in the making. And its happening just months after the gang rape and murder of a woman (and man) in India that shocked the world. An event that is still haunting our collective consciousnesses like a scream. And the reason #LiberalTips2AvoidRape is so potent is this. Women don’t like rape jokes. They just don’t.
That may sound simple, but its not. The roots of this issue run deep. So deep that it can move the electorate that crucial three to five points that changes elections. Remember, every candidate in the 2012 elections who spoke about “legitimate rape” or pregnancy by rape, or in any other way was seen as leveraging the issue for some other purpose, lost. Every one. This includes Richard Murdock, Todd Akins and Paul Ryan.
And what does all this mean? #LiberalTips2AvoidRape will shift the 2014 mid term elections and cost the GOP its majority in the House of Representatives. I’m serious. This outpouring of anti-woman bile is that potent of a brew.
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape is a game changing event in the history of American politics. I kid you not.
But don’t take my word for it. Seriously, drop by and see for yourself.
I’m sorry… What was that? http://rt.com/news/indian-women-gun-licences-195/ A 16-year-old girl was abducted by a bus conductor in the Indian state of Kerala, who then raped her and passed on to others, 42 men raping her in turn for over a month. She was left out in the street severely injured, penniless, and ultimately disgraced, with her family having to move several times because of the mockery of their neighbors. “Nobody accepts us; when they see us, they try to avoid us. We don’t go out,” the victim’s father was quoted as saying by India’s NDTV. Of the 35 people convicted for… Read more »
So, when on date, making out in a car, or what have you, I’m supposed to have a gun in my purse, preferably with my finger on the trigger in case I say “let’s not go any further” but he won’t listen? I have to treat every man as a potential rapist?
America hates women AND thinks men are the epitome of evil and can’t be trusted. Wow.
Interesting that you argue ” more guns isn’t the solution ” yet in India where the rape of women is a serious pandemic, the Governing Body there is actively arming and training women to patrol the streets specifically to prevent rape. Furthermore your point about willingness to fire coupled with the fact a gun is intended to be used at a distance demonstrates proper gun safety as well as personal safety. Women are very aware of their surroundings, especially in a potentially threatening situation. Brandishing a weapon and demonstrating willingness to protect oneself is an effective deterrent from those who… Read more »
You forget, to liberals women are supposed to defend themselves. They’re supposed to rely on government for that. Duh!
Pandemic in India, really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics
The U.S. dwarfs India in per capita reported incidents, and they are armed to the teeth.
Maybe you’re making a case for reported + unreported, and if so, I’d like to know how you arrive at the unreported for India relative to the U.S.
Women don’t like rape jokes. They just don’t. That is not entirely true. Some of the women complaining about this hashtag had no problem making rape jokes about men two weeks ago on #INeedMasculismBecause. Likewise, if this hashtag had been created by a liberal to mock the Senator’s stupid comment, the same liberals losing their minds would be tripping over each other to post the next tweet. I do not think the problem is the hashtag itself, just who created at it. And what does all this mean? #LiberalTips2AvoidRape will shift the 2014 mid term elections and cost the GOP… Read more »
“Women don’t like rape jokes. They just don’t.”
Not necessarily a bad “best practices” statement as a general rule, but not absolutely true. Sarah Silverman is at least one woman who likes rape jokes. At least as material for a stand-up routine. As I understand it, there are some rape survivor support groups who allow women to tell jokes about their experience within the group as a way to take more power back over their experiences. I won’t tell a woman who’s a rape survivor that she is not allowed to make a rape joke of any kind.
Women don’t like rape jokes. They just don’t.
Weren’t there a few posts here several months back where women and feminists were breaking down what types of rape jokes are acceptable and funny and which ones with weren’t? (And if I’m not mistaken did those posts center around a Louis CK stand up?)
Okay. I stand corrected. Women LOVE rape jokes. Sorry. Won’t happen again.
That’s standing overcorrected. Corrected would be: “Some women think some rape jokes are funny.”
Thanks, Marcus. I stand corrected juuuuuusssttt right!
Apparently someone is upset that their movement is no longer the only movement that histrionically yells ‘RAPE!!!!!!’ in order to win every discussion.
I think the big issues with guns stopping rape is that. 1. It is most effective against stranger rape, which is least common. A lot of date rapes, especially the rapes of men, are facilitated with drug and/pr alcohol use. A gun doesn’t do you much good when you’re drunk. 2. A gun is more effective a deterrent at a distance. It’s easier to take a gun away at close range or at least a perpetrator will believe they have a better chance of success. The stranger rapes I’ve read about didn’t involve guys who signaled their intentions. People were… Read more »
When was the last time you had your purse stolen??
It’s pretty clear you’ve never shot a handgun.
“It’s pretty clear you’ve never shot a handgun.” Actually I have and it’s not a purse, it’s a messenger bag. 🙂 When I’ve had a gun, it was either at home, in the car, or on my person. At home or in the car didn’t do me any good unless I was home or in my car. When it was on my person, it didn’t leave my person. Did you ever put your purse down? It probably would if I was about to have sex, but it wouldn’t be sex that was forced by threat of physical violence, which is… Read more »
Sir. I refuse to use the tag because of people like you. I do this not because you are correct, but because it can be offensive and people like you deliberately misrepresent what the trend means. The point of the tag is that liberal solutions for women to defend themselves are, well, non-existant. For them its all post-rape. Law-enforcement, healthcare. Which are good. I’m a licensed advocate and support a strong, robust, response system. But if a woman wants to use a pistol, she should be able. It’s the safest thing for them.
I think the focus should be more on self defense techniques rather than guns.. A gun will unfortunately be more likely taken and used against the victim than to save her life. There is also the fact that rape is a surprise attack. If a rapists comes at you from behind or puts a knife at your throat, chances are you will not have time to search for your gun in your purse. And yes, the way that democratic legislator phrased his argument was stupid, I think his point is a legitimate one. In our rape culture women live with… Read more »
Not all Republicans are male. DER!
I’d rather shoot an attacker that take a sh!t on him!
for pete”s sake could you be more obtuse, MARK GREENE ?
So yes #LiberalTips2AvoidRape is trending, but it’s only in response to Democratic Legislator who feels women should consider peeing on their rapist, trusting their whistle, or flee to a safe-zone…. Wtf? Was this guy serious? Then, along comes Biden saying that we should shoot at the air not only wasting ammo, but relinquishing our only means of defense.
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape showcases the ridiculousness of their arguments.
@MotelSka
Is this a troll tag or legit?