Dust-up at the Republican corral (South Dakota state legislature)

[frogmarch]

I saw this article at my local radio station's website. It's about republican legislators Lynne DiSanto and David Johnson having a disagreement. DiSanto said she feared for her life, but wimmens are such pansies, dontcha know and don't belong out of the kitchen in the first place.

Here's the Chadrad article:
http://www.chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=42749

The article references her facebook response:

Lynne DiSanto SD House District 35
February 24 at 6:04pm ·

I've had a lot of messages regarding the situation with Rep Johnson. Here is where I'm at:

The incident that occured was not "two people engaging in a heated argument", as some have claimed. This is not a "he said, she said", there were several witnesses. Rep. Johnson has apologized to me privately and I've accepted his apology. Some have accused me of being "weak" or a "snowflake". I've had messages from people saying they are happy I had this happen to me, and deserved it.

The truth is Pierre is a male dominated environment, but I'm comfortable there holding my own. I'm not weak or a snowflake. I've engaged in hundreds of debates and heated battles with men and women. That is part of the job, and I'm equipped to battle anyone that way. However, what happened on Weds following session wasn't a heated debate. I feared for my safety as did the majority of onlookers. This is why a couple of people intervened to restrain the other party.

However, at this point, being bitter or holding anger does no good. We are all human and make mistakes. We also must suffer the consequences of those mistakes. I get my fair share of opportunities to do so as well. I forgive Rep Johnson and I'm happy that he says he will be getting psychological and spiritual help to deal with some personal issues.

Update: Johnson said he'll get counseling, so the investigative committee has been disbanded and the investigation dropped. All is well once again in SD repukeville.