GOP lawmaker on Kavanaugh: What man wouldn't face such an allegation?

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Saturday said the sexual assault allegations brought against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford amounted to "character assassination."

"We have Judge Kavanaugh sitting there - an individual with a stellar, stellar reputation - and they are doing character assassination," King said before a crowd of Christian conservatives at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition on Saturday.

"They are surely attempting to thwart Justice Kavanaugh. Look at the allegations made by a sole individual, who doesn't remember the residence, the house, the names of the owners of this house, who else was at the place, except for one person who says it didn't happened," he continued. "How can you disprove something like that?"

"You add all of that together and I'm thinking, is there any man in this room that wouldn't be subjected to such an allegation? A false allegation?" King said. "How can you disprove something like that? Which means, if that's the new standard, no man will ever qualify for the Supreme Court again."

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Is it possible that a large segment of the American population really does not see any problem with getting a woman drunk, then forcibly taking advantage of her? Think of the outrage of Brock Turner's father complaining about how his son who had raped a woman who had passed out behind a dumpster was going to jail for just "20 minutes of action." The truth is that America has a rape culture and the vote on Kavanaugh exposes this.

Now, if Kavanaugh were a minority, even Republicans would be losing their mind, but since his story is like that of the Stanford polo player, a lot of folks don't think that the sexual assault is a big deal.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Question

Which has more credibility - Steve King or Brett Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar?

[CentralMass]

2. One who isn't a dirtbag.

[TomCADem]

4. Life Imitates Art. Reminds Me of the "Ceremonies" In Handmaiden's Tale

Complete with Republicans, both men and women, ready to play the role of Serena Joy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/06/20/done-watching-the-handmaids-tale-after-that-brutal-scene-the-episodes-writer-responds/?utm_term=.f1b21f31cee4

Serena was humiliated, and demanded that the doctor induce Offred immediately. When the doctor declined, explaining it’s already a high-risk birth due to Offred’s earlier bleeding, Serena became furious — especially because she could tell that Offred was glad the baby didn’t arrive. So she brought up a suggestion to her husband: They should probably induce Offred “the most natural way.”

Yes, it was exactly what you might have thought it meant: The common advice that sex can help induce labor. Serena summoned Offred to her bedroom. As Offred saw the commander taking off his jacket, she realized what was about to happen and started to panic. “No, please,” she said. “You could hurt the baby. . . . Serena, listen to me. You don’t have to do this.”

“No, it’s what’s best for the baby,” Serena said, as she pinned down Offred’s wrists. Offred repeatedly screamed and tried to escape during the agonizingly long attack. It was an even more disturbing version of the already horrific monthly “ceremonies” — also known as ritualized rape — in which the handmaids lay in the laps of the wives and are forced to have sex with the husbands.

That was the point that the episode’s writer, Yahlin Chang, said she was trying to make with the horrible scene. The “ceremonies” have always been rape. But the people in charge of Gilead seem to have convinced themselves that it’s a completely normal way to conceive children. Usually, the handmaids are silent — as Emily/Ofglen (Alexis Bledel) thinks at the beginning of the episode, during a ceremony, “You treat it like a job. An unpleasant job to be gotten through as fast as possible. You steel yourself. You pretend not to be present, not in the flesh. You leave your body.”

[Jarqui]

3. These GOP Senators ... they knew all along

Didn't care.

One of the good ol' boys ...

[CentralMass]

6. +1

[BaileyBill]

5. "no man will ever qualify for the Supreme Court again"

He says this as if it's a problem.

[reACTIONary]

9. LOL, +1 nt

[sinkingfeeling]

7. There you go. We all should know by now that women lie about rape.

They just falsely accuse men of groping them, attempting to undress them, and "no" means "yes". Have I learned those lessons correctly, Steve King?

[SergeStorms]

8. Pure GOP bullshit.

And he said that in front of a bunch of "christian conservatives". It figures.

[Aroar-ra]

10. What man wouldn't face, forcing a girl into a room with a co conspirator.

Pin her on a bed, turn up the music as he puts his hand over her mouth to stop the scream. and start pulling her clothes off. Really, just what teenage boy wouldn't do this?

As the music is turned up and she is pinned, helpless, she understands what is happening. Then the hand over the mouth, stopping breathe coming in. Now, fear of death has replaced rape.

What teenage boy doesn't do this with a look out encouraging him as he fumbles to pull off the clothes.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "Now, if Kavanaugh were a minority"

He would have been lynched... in the old days. Clarence Thomas squeaked through by invoking just this argument.

[UpInArms]

12. What man wouldn't?

I guess that means you are an assaulter, Steve King.

Please continue to talk and perhaps you can be a registered sex offender ... for life ... reporting to your local sheriff’s office monthly, or be arrested for failure to report ..

[rsdsharp]

13. It seems ol' Stevie is admitting that there are women

who could make an allegation of sexual assault against him.

[meow2u3]

14. Answer: a man who respects women

Tehran Tom is judging all men by himself and creepazoids like him.

Remind me to stay at least 100 feet from him--before I go off on him (verbally, of course)!

[apnu]

15. Uh me. I wouldn't face such an accusation. Steve King can bite my ass.

I've never drunk raped a woman, or tried to. Despite being, on many occasions, stupid drunk and high.

I have never shoved my penis in anybody's face w/out prior consent. In fact, even when having sex I don't do that. If my partner wants to go there, they can, if they don't that's fine too.

This isn't hard Republicans. Just don't be a rapey creep, and brush up on your dating/relationship/sex game. Millions of men manage this, you shitheads can too if you'd put a modicum of effort into it.