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NPR Ruins Day With Facts About Violence Against Women
Fuckin A, NPR, this is really shitty. Can’t you lull me back to sleep at 6:40 am with Garrison Keiller reading another long poem about the red cat sleeping in the loft of a blue barn surrounded by …zzzzzz… Cause this is worse than reading WND comments, or even being forced to listen to Tucker Carlson read out highlights from the Daily Caller. THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT, people – that’s more than one in three women. Ugh, man. What do others think?
Yeah, no shit, Karen. This should be goddam shocking for everyone, not just for you. Unfortunately, Congress had a few opportunities to try to help with this, but guess who got in the way (hint: the party that always looks to take the war on women global). Let’s wonksplain.
Violence against women has been a problem for a long time, and for a while there was momentum in Congress to address it. Back before he became the most heart-throbbingest VP EVAH, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Call Me Maybe?) introduced a bill called the International Violence Against Women Act, or IVAWA. Now since many Republicans can’t even be talked into voting for a bill to protect womyns in the US, one can imagine the high hurdle to climb for this one. And unfortunately, the bill was full of facts and data and “input from more than 40 international and 150 U.S. based groups with relevant expertise,” according to Amnesty USA.
And you know the GOP and science, right? This was clearly a crucial mistake for the authors of the legislation, which would have “addressed violence against women and girls comprehensively by supporting health, legal, economic, and humanitarian assistance sectors and incorporating violence prevention and response into such programs.”
SNIP
But, hey, Congress, it’s fine. Say, isn’t Obamacare still around? Doesn’t that need to be repealed again? It’s been about a month since the last repeal, so go ahead, these women can wait. They don’t even live here (Oh, wait, they live here, too, and you morons took for-fucking-EVER to reauthorize VAWA). What’s another broken arm or another bruise compared to repealing Obamacare for the 38th time?
Yeah, no shit, Karen. This should be goddam shocking for everyone, not just for you. Unfortunately, Congress had a few opportunities to try to help with this, but guess who got in the way (hint: the party that always looks to take the war on women global). Let’s wonksplain.
Violence against women has been a problem for a long time, and for a while there was momentum in Congress to address it. Back before he became the most heart-throbbingest VP EVAH, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Call Me Maybe?) introduced a bill called the International Violence Against Women Act, or IVAWA. Now since many Republicans can’t even be talked into voting for a bill to protect womyns in the US, one can imagine the high hurdle to climb for this one. And unfortunately, the bill was full of facts and data and “input from more than 40 international and 150 U.S. based groups with relevant expertise,” according to Amnesty USA.
And you know the GOP and science, right? This was clearly a crucial mistake for the authors of the legislation, which would have “addressed violence against women and girls comprehensively by supporting health, legal, economic, and humanitarian assistance sectors and incorporating violence prevention and response into such programs.”
SNIP
But, hey, Congress, it’s fine. Say, isn’t Obamacare still around? Doesn’t that need to be repealed again? It’s been about a month since the last repeal, so go ahead, these women can wait. They don’t even live here (Oh, wait, they live here, too, and you morons took for-fucking-EVER to reauthorize VAWA). What’s another broken arm or another bruise compared to repealing Obamacare for the 38th time?
Are you Angry yet! Are you?
Read more at http://wonkette.com/520471/npr-ruins-day-with-facts-about-violence-against-women#LrM0suwk3JMDMOcj.99
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