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ismnotwasm

(41,921 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 08:50 PM Apr 2013

Peter Hansen, New Hampshire Lawmaker, Calls Women 'Vaginas' In Email To Colleagues

A Republican New Hampshire lawmaker referred to women as "vaginas" in an email to colleagues on the official legislative electronic mailing list earlier this month, drawing outrage from his own party.

State Rep. Peter Hansen (R) made the comment, first reported by New Hampshire political blogger Susan the Bruce, in an April 1 email debate with colleagues about a "stand your ground" gun bill. Hansen's colleague, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) had delivered a lengthy floor speech about the benefits of retreating instead of using deadly force, to which Hansen replied in an email:

What could possibly be missing from those factual tales of successful retreat in VT, Germany, and the bowels of Amsterdam? Why children and vagina's of course. While the tales relate the actions of a solitary male the outcome cannot relate to similar situations where children and women and mothers are the potential victims.
State Rep. Rick Watrous (D) immediately criticized Hansen for his choice of words. "Are you really using 'vaginas' as a crude catch-all for women? Really?" he wrote. "Please think before you send out such offensive language on the legislative listserve [SIC]."



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/peter-hansen-new-hampshire-vaginas_n_3095135.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003


You gotta wonder what word he REALLy wanted to use....

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Peter Hansen, New Hampshire Lawmaker, Calls Women 'Vaginas' In Email To Colleagues (Original Post) ismnotwasm Apr 2013 OP
Yeah, I could tell he was trying to clean it up BainsBane Apr 2013 #1
Hm. But we are told we are not suppose to feel offended by this seabeyond Apr 2013 #2
Nobody says you can't be offended or tell the offender how it Warpy Apr 2013 #4
Well ya. There are people that often tell us we should not seabeyond Apr 2013 #5
That's the thing ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #6
He could also use an apostrophe lesson. JustJoe Apr 2013 #3
Hey, I know Susan the Bruce! It's great to see her blog referenced by HuffPost. Luminous Animal Apr 2013 #7
possessive vagina's, no less Skittles Apr 2013 #8
you grammar people are a hoot. or is it AN hoot. nah, hear the "h" seabeyond Apr 2013 #9
I can't help myself, seabeyond Skittles Apr 2013 #10
LOL! ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #11
I sent him a very nasty message. I hope it doesn't come back on me. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #12
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
2. Hm. But we are told we are not suppose to feel offended by this
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:05 PM
Apr 2013

From PEOPLE on du. Or is this one to feel disrespected about. Who the fuck is to know. Ya. Waiting for the people to tell me when it is cute, cuddly, funny and when it is disrespectful.

Thanks for the info

Fuckers.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
4. Nobody says you can't be offended or tell the offender how it
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:28 PM
Apr 2013

makes you feel. It means you can't ban words or posters who use them, big difference.

I'd rather be offended from time to time than have to cope with censorship.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
5. Well ya. There are people that often tell us we should not
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:32 PM
Apr 2013

Feel disrespected or be offended. And when someone actually tells me slurs against blacks and gay should not be banned cause it is cencorship is when I will buy into that argument.

ismnotwasm

(41,921 posts)
6. That's the thing
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:52 PM
Apr 2013

Feeling offended, or raising consciousness of the harmful effects of words is not the same thing as censorship. People can say what they like. I can tell them how I feel about it.

Simple.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
7. Hey, I know Susan the Bruce! It's great to see her blog referenced by HuffPost.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:30 PM
Apr 2013

Susan fights the good fight each and every day.

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