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niyad

(113,534 posts)
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:15 PM Mar 2012

WI "lawmaker" says women better off beaten than divorced

Wisconsin Lawmaker Thinks Women Are Better Off Beaten Than Divorced


I’ve had people tell me that using the phrase “war on women” is an exaggeration. After all, they argue, women aren’t in any sort of physical danger. Yes, politicians may be trying to force them into a role — the mother, the wife, the stay at home caregiver — that they may not entirely want, but no one is trying to literally hurt them.

Wrong.

Meet Wisconsin Rep. Don Pridemore. He’s best known for his avid support of Wisconsin’s puppy mills, but he is the co-sponsor of the bill that declares single mothers are a cause of child abuse. Pridemore apparently is positioning himself as an expert on abuse, since he also has some very helpful advice for women who are victims of domestic violence. Don't leave
him, just try to remember what you loved about him in the first place.



“Representative Don Pridemore, told TODAY’S TMJ4 he thinks even in abusive relationships, there are other options than divorce. ‘If they can refind those reasons and get back to why they got married in the first place it might help,’ said Representative Don Pridemore.” And
without even a trace of irony, he also claims that the reason women can’t single parent — one of the reasons he supports the bill — is because children will “go astray” since the father is usually the “disciplinarian.


So to clarify, single parent homes run by mothers cause child abuse, but if there is spousal abuse in a two parent home the wife should stay with her husband, especially since he is needed because he is obviously the disciplinarian. Let him beat you, let him beat your children, whatever it goes on in a house is just fine as long as you stay married. Yes, there really is a war on women



Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/wisconsin-lawmaker-thinks-women-are-better-off-beaten-than-divorced.html#ixzz1qAGvoFCk

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WI "lawmaker" says women better off beaten than divorced (Original Post) niyad Mar 2012 OP
It will also perpetuate the violence HockeyMom Mar 2012 #1
Jeeze, someone should do an intervention with his wife, Patricia, and find out if she and Cleita Mar 2012 #2
Yes, psychopaths really do often start off with SamG Mar 2012 #3
his whole situation needs to be investigated. that is one sick and perverted individual. niyad Mar 2012 #4
What a sub-human piece of shit. hifiguy Mar 2012 #5
Wisc. loves thier demagouges, from McCarthy to this p.o.s. eom xtraxritical Mar 2012 #7
I don't even dare ask myself anymore "how low can they go" because every day, they show niyad Mar 2012 #9
I don't know why you put "lawmaker" in quotes. Mariana Mar 2012 #6
he may well be duly elected, but that doesn't mean that I have to accord him any respect, niyad Mar 2012 #8
OK, you got me at his support of puppy mills...... Swede Atlanta Mar 2012 #10
I hope you are correct, but these woman-hating cretins seem to be gaining, rather than losing. niyad Mar 2012 #11
What an asshole. Initech Mar 2012 #12
What a fuckturd. krispos42 Mar 2012 #13
My skin is crawling. BlueIris Mar 2012 #14
.. abelenkpe Mar 2012 #15
Discipline! Discipline! Discipline! derby378 Mar 2012 #16
Kick, for showcasing some of the worst humanity has to offer. nt BlueIris Mar 2012 #17
thank you--definitely going to keep this kicked--this sort of thing is too important. niyad Mar 2012 #18
He is literally telling people to stay at risk. BlueIris Mar 2012 #27
this kind of stupidity and woman-hating has got to be stopped--I used to think education niyad Mar 2012 #28
I pity his spouse and his children. Solly Mack Mar 2012 #19
Imagine that moron being your father. nt bluestate10 Mar 2012 #20
well, if one were sane, one would change one's name and run. but, one wonders what the offspring niyad Mar 2012 #21
How did he get into public office? Seriously.....n/t radhika Mar 2012 #22
Bet the Puppy Millers bought his seat. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #25
can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out. nt Javaman Mar 2012 #23
here is to him being unemployed come november niyad Mar 2012 #24
. . . niyad Mar 2012 #26
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
1. It will also perpetuate the violence
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:45 PM
Mar 2012

Teaches a son that it is perfectly fine to beat females. Sounds like Santorum's a father in prison is better than no father.

No wonder they want to get rid of Domestic Violence Laws.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
2. Jeeze, someone should do an intervention with his wife, Patricia, and find out if she and
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:52 PM
Mar 2012

her children are being abused. If he supports puppy mills, he obviously has no concern or empathy with lower life forms, but I'll be that household is one little hell on earth for his family as well.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
3. Yes, psychopaths really do often start off with
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:01 PM
Mar 2012

small animals.

This one certainly deserves a close look, and the wife and children need a very safe way out.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
5. What a sub-human piece of shit.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:21 PM
Mar 2012


Not a day goes by anymore when some Repuke doesn't manage to hit a new low in assholery.

niyad

(113,534 posts)
9. I don't even dare ask myself anymore "how low can they go" because every day, they show
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 01:23 PM
Mar 2012

it in almost unimaginable ways.

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
6. I don't know why you put "lawmaker" in quotes.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:30 PM
Mar 2012

He's a duly elected State Representative. I hope the voters in his district will remedy that situation next election, but until they do, he's a genuine lawmaker.

I feel very sorry for his wife and children.

niyad

(113,534 posts)
8. he may well be duly elected, but that doesn't mean that I have to accord him any respect,
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 01:22 PM
Mar 2012

as he certainly has none for me, nor the women of his state. he is nothing more than a woman-hating thug, and I will refer to him accordingly.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
10. OK, you got me at his support of puppy mills......
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 01:28 PM
Mar 2012

He is not a Christian, not even a reasonable facsimile of a human being if he believes it is fine for a bitch (in the sense of female dog) to be subjected to frequent and repetitive pregnancies and nursings usually in less than loving or comfortable surroundings. These puppy mills are known to be filthy, the food and other care of the bitch and her puppies less than ideal, etc.

But as to his views on women and the family...where are the empirical studies that support his wild notions? The problem with Republicans is they eschew any form of empirical, scientific evidence because they know that it will usually run counter to their distorted ideas.

Give him a few more years and he will also fade into the dustbin of history never to be thought of again.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
13. What a fuckturd.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 06:26 PM
Mar 2012

Living proof of why they don't believe in the theory of evolution... it left them some 20,000 years behind.

BlueIris

(29,135 posts)
27. He is literally telling people to stay at risk.
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 03:06 PM
Mar 2012

Of being killed.

And treating this 'promotion of marriage' like it's nothing.

This is why we fight.

niyad

(113,534 posts)
28. this kind of stupidity and woman-hating has got to be stopped--I used to think education
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 05:13 PM
Mar 2012

was the answer, but now, I don't know what will bring these cretins to some sort of sanity.

niyad

(113,534 posts)
21. well, if one were sane, one would change one's name and run. but, one wonders what the offspring
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 10:12 PM
Mar 2012

think of that woman-hating bastard. are they brainwashed? beaten? accepting of the fact that dear old dad is a complete jerk?

BiggJawn

(23,051 posts)
25. Bet the Puppy Millers bought his seat.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:07 AM
Mar 2012

Support puppy mills? IMO that's be about like trying to explain how Idi Amin was really just misunderstood.

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