deal breaker
Sep. 11th, 2008 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfirehttp://www.americablog.com/2008/09/wasilla-charged-rape-victims-for-their.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/palins-wasilla-to-rape-vi_b_125047.html
I hate to talk politics in my livejournal. But this is a deal breaker for that, for voting and for everything else today.
I think if you are even the slightest bit inclined to vote for Sarah Palin in November, for any reason, then you owe it to yourself to read up on the material covered in the above links.
The implicit assumption and judgment in the act of charging rape victims for the cost of investigating the crime committed against them is staggering. It tells the victim they are less worthwhile, less deserving of the due process of law, that they are a burden others should not have to bear. It tells the victim that justice is too expensive for them, that the resources and efforts of law enforcement are better spent elsewhere.
One could argue that Sarah Palin wasn't on top of things as a mayor, that she didn't have much involvement in the small town of Wasilla. But since she made it clear in her convention speech that she had so many responsibilities and was so actively involved in her town, I don't think that works as an excuse. I think this also goes to show how desperate McCain's campaign was and that Palin was picked primarily because of her gender.
The Pledge of Allegiance ends with the words "..and justice for all." This policy only existed to make it harder for rape victims to obtain justice. One could argue that is a profoundly anti-American policy and a person who supported it unworthy of the highest responsibilities of government.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/palins-wasilla-to-rape-vi_b_125047.html
I hate to talk politics in my livejournal. But this is a deal breaker for that, for voting and for everything else today.
I think if you are even the slightest bit inclined to vote for Sarah Palin in November, for any reason, then you owe it to yourself to read up on the material covered in the above links.
The implicit assumption and judgment in the act of charging rape victims for the cost of investigating the crime committed against them is staggering. It tells the victim they are less worthwhile, less deserving of the due process of law, that they are a burden others should not have to bear. It tells the victim that justice is too expensive for them, that the resources and efforts of law enforcement are better spent elsewhere.
One could argue that Sarah Palin wasn't on top of things as a mayor, that she didn't have much involvement in the small town of Wasilla. But since she made it clear in her convention speech that she had so many responsibilities and was so actively involved in her town, I don't think that works as an excuse. I think this also goes to show how desperate McCain's campaign was and that Palin was picked primarily because of her gender.
The Pledge of Allegiance ends with the words "..and justice for all." This policy only existed to make it harder for rape victims to obtain justice. One could argue that is a profoundly anti-American policy and a person who supported it unworthy of the highest responsibilities of government.
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Date: 2008-09-11 09:31 pm (UTC)She needs to go away. Now.
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Date: 2008-09-11 11:06 pm (UTC)I don't bandwagon-jump, and I'm not really doing so here, but honestly: anyone daring to call themselves "feminists" or "victims' advocates" or "compassionate" or "human beings" shouldn't dare vote for this vile heap of codswallop.
Course, I also believe myself to be a bit more feminine than Palin; being more feminine than a Martian "pitbull" with fingers in their ears and tape over their eyes isn't hard.