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lutefisk

(3,974 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:48 AM Jan 2012

"Scott Walker is like a rape victim"- Green Bay radio host talking with Jeff Fitzgerald

I just happen to catch that this morning on am hate radio out of Green Bay. The host and Jeff Fitzgerald were sharing their disgust with those who protest Walker, when the host stated that saying Walker brought on these protests himself, is like blaming a rape victim.

Classic Right Wing logic and strategy: protestors are rapists.

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zbdent

(35,392 posts)
1. wow ... and I get in trouble for inferring that the media might play up (or fabricate) stories of
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:13 PM
Jan 2012

allegations of rape and I must provide examples as proof of such ...

yourout

(7,527 posts)
3. More like redefining the bottom. They just keep pushing it lower.
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 01:59 PM
Jan 2012

They hit bottom a long time ago.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
4. Well it doesn't really help them to portray him as a victim
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:17 PM
Jan 2012

even if the purpose is to make the other side look bad. Its pretty pitiful.

lutefisk

(3,974 posts)
5. I agree. A big part of the Republican/Right Wing identity is portraying "strength"
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:33 PM
Jan 2012

This kind of imagery really doesn't really help maintain that image. And let's not even talk about the whole "prison" connotation...

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