Jimmy Carter: "The most terrible human rights violation on earth right now, unaddressed. . ."

[pathansen]

. . .is the abuse of women and girls"

and

[YOHABLO]

1. If only women ruled the world .. what a wonderful world this would be.

[Skittles]

3. no

it would be a wonderful world if men and women ruled together

[inanna]

4. + a gazillion n/t

[pathansen]

10. Correct. Equal respect and no more violence

[jtuck004]

7. Lol. n/t

[DeSwiss]

2. The only vote I never regretted.

- K&R

[Triana]

5. Carter is a real man whose heart & soul are in the right place.

We're SO fortunate he's still here to say what needs saying about this issue.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. KICKING--SO TRUE. and SO IGNORED.

Minimized. Trivialized. Denied. Tabled in favor of "more important concerns".

Sexualized. Mocked. Trolled. Silenced. Attacked. Sworn at. Deprecated. Devalued. Dehumanized.

[pathansen]

11. And why is there so much hatred towards those who give life??

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[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. for that, I do not have an answer.

[mountain grammy]

8. He is the conscience of the world.

[Onlooker]

9. While Carter's right on this issue, let's remember he's a fraud

I volunteered when Ted Kennedy ran for president and as a result of my work on that became a paid field coordinator for the Carter campaign. I read tons on Carter because I was involved in local debates representing him, spoke with local town media, etc. And I had a hell of a time defending his anti-union stands, his pro-nuke stands, his pro-military stands, his occasional race baiting, his bringing religion in a big way into government, his anti-regulation policies, his complete lack of an urban policy, and so on. Since leaving the presidency, he has done some good things, but even today on issues like gay marriage he thinks it should be left to the states. Carter's conservative values laid the groundwork for Ronald Reagan. Carter helped push the Republican Party to the right, because they sure as hell weren't going to move to the left. In my opinion, having Carter on our side on some issues is great, but let's not laud him for occasionally getting something right.