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talkpoliticsRight now, I'm truly disgusted and ashamed of people within my own party who are either blaming Lara Logan for the brutal rape and assault that she endured or chalking it up to karma.
Two blogs - The Gateway Pundit and DebbieSchlussel.com - have both taken different but equally awful approaches to discussing what happened to Lara Logan.
First, a portion of the entry from Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit:
Next, the entry from Debbie Schlussel:
Schlussel also posted an update after receiving reaction on the entry:
It seems people have taken a casual attitude about rape in the past few years, and that's really bothersome. No wonder rapes go unreported in the world, when you have morons like these playing the victim-blame game.
EDIT: Seems it gets worse when you read the rest of Schlussel's entry:
I want so badly to punch Debbie Schlussel in the face over and over and over again...
Two blogs - The Gateway Pundit and DebbieSchlussel.com - have both taken different but equally awful approaches to discussing what happened to Lara Logan.
First, a portion of the entry from Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit:
Lara Logan is lucky she’s alive.[Source]
Her liberal belief system almost got her killed on Friday. This talented reporter will never be the same.
Why did this attractive blonde female reporter wander into Tahrir Square last Friday? Why would she think this was a good idea? Did she not see the violence in the square the last three weeks? Did she not see the rock throwing? Did she miss the camels? Did her colleagues tell her about the Western journalists who were viciously assaulted on the Square? Did she forget about the taunts from the Egyptian thugs the day before? What was she thinking? Was it her political correctness that about got her killed? Did she think things would be different for her?
Next, the entry from Debbie Schlussel:
As I’ve noted before, it bothers me not a lick when mainstream media reporters who keep telling us Muslims and Islam are peaceful get a taste of just how “peaceful” Muslims and Islam really are. In fact, it kinda warms my heart. Still, it’s also a great reminder of just how “civilized” these “people” (or, as I like to call them in Arabic, “Bahai’im” [Animals]) are...[Source]
Schlussel also posted an update after receiving reaction on the entry:
The reaction of the left to this article is funny in its predictability. Sooo damn predictable. Of course I don’t support “sexual assault” or violence against Lara Logan, and I said that nowhere here. RIF–Reading Is Fundamental. Your premature articulation is a problem. I did say that it warms my heart when reporters who openly deny that Islam is violent and constantly promote it get the same kinds of threats of violence I get every day from Muslims. Because now they know how it feels. They aren’t so dismissive of the threats when those threats are directed at them, instead of at us little people. And yet they still won’t admit that THIS. IS. ISLAM. Lara Logan was among the chief cheerleaders of this “revolution” by animals. Now she knows what Islamic revolution is really all about.Hoft chose a more "misogyny-on-parade" approach, focusing on her looks and asking condescending hypothetical questions about why she was there, as if her presence gave anyone the right to touch her in the first place. Schlussel, on the other hand, seems to imply that Logan's abuse was deserved based on an allegedly naive attitude about what the people were like and how they'd treat her.
It seems people have taken a casual attitude about rape in the past few years, and that's really bothersome. No wonder rapes go unreported in the world, when you have morons like these playing the victim-blame game.
EDIT: Seems it gets worse when you read the rest of Schlussel's entry:
So sad, too bad, Lara. No one told her to go there. She knew the risks. And she should have known what Islam is all about. Now she knows. Or so we'd hope. But in the case of the media vis-a-vis Islam, that's a hope that's generally unanswered.[Source]
This never happened to her or any other mainstream media reporter when Mubarak was allowed to treat his country of savages in the only way they can be controlled.
Now that's all gone. How fitting that Lara Logan was "liberated" by Muslims in Liberation Square while she was gushing over the other part of the "liberation."
Hope you're enjoying the revolution, Lara! Alhamdilllullah [praise allah].
I want so badly to punch Debbie Schlussel in the face over and over and over again...
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Date: 18/2/11 20:17 (UTC)A coin with two sides
Date: 18/2/11 21:01 (UTC)Re: A coin with two sides
Date: 18/2/11 21:27 (UTC)You must be Amish.. ;)
Re: A coin with two sides
Date: 18/2/11 21:46 (UTC)And for a Kurdish man, you know an awful lot of American lingo.
Re: A coin with two sides
Date: 18/2/11 22:27 (UTC)I won't take the bait and tell you about any language skills or ethnicity of mine, because that's actually neither here nor there.
I had two points
Date: 18/2/11 22:38 (UTC)The other point was to debate the mixed crowd of the demonstrations in Egypt.
You were the one starting to define an unrelated word in one thread instead of responding to the matter.
You were also the one starting to hack down on definitions of another word in another thread. In both cases you have called me names and questioned my intelligence in various ways, while I have not.
You are right, I do have things to say, and I am not trying to avoid it by detours.
Re: I had two points
Date: 18/2/11 22:47 (UTC)