This crap is outrageous! I am so sick of Social Justice Warriors and their attempt to silence anyone who doesn't subscribe to their ignorant dogma!
I'm listening to BernsieWhuzHisName as I type this, and it's typical far left Secular Progressive ignorant rhetoric; and a part of the hypocrisy is that he's endorsing Hil Clinton, who is the epitome of a Goldman Sachs Globalist/Elitist. Geesh! Wake The Hell Up America! On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:11 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps the best expression of this viewpoint came last year from Jared > Polis, a Democratic member of Congress who declared at a Congressional > hearing > <http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/10/polis-expel-all-students-accused-of-sexual-assault-video/> > (to enthusiastic applause from feminists in the audience) that any male on > a college campus who was accused of rape or sexual assault should be found > guilty and removed from campus, no matter if he actually was guilty or not. > Polis said: > > If I was running [a private university], I might say, “Well, you know even > if there’s a 20 to 30 percent chance that it happened, I would want to > remove this individual.” > > He added: > > … if there’s 10 people who have been accused, and under a reasonable > likelihood standard maybe one or two did it, it seems better to get rid of > all 10 people.--------------- > > I remember reading this in horror! > > > It's absolutely incredible to me that what the Obama administration has > done on this matter has not been exposed by the media. Such > unconstitutional abuses of power should be covered on every so-called > "news" networks and broadcasts, print, and online forums every day all day > until they are changed. > > > Here is a good summation of what has happened. I recall reading > extensively about a year ago. And I recall wondering how ANY mother or > father of young sons could possibly feel safe sending their sons off to > college in the absolute madness of "guilty without being allowed to prove > innocence" environment that has been MANDATED by this radically extreme > president and the radical lunatics he has appointed in the Departments of > Education and Justice. > > > > http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/12/26/the_demise_of_due_process_on_campus_125037.html > > > This is one of two issues that I truly believe if more people knew about > they'd never vote for a democrat again. The other is the massive social > engineering BS that Obama's HUD has been up to for 7 years that is rolling > out right now - 100% under the radar - that of forcing suburbs all over > America they have deemed "too white" or "too wealthy" to build Section 8 > housing or have federal funding yanked. > > > There is NO doubt in my mind that if we had an honest press in this > country Obama wouldn't have been elected the first time - let alone the > second. And Hillary's chance in 2016 would be that of a snowball's chance > in hell. > > > Trump needs to start exposing this crazy and unconstitutional bs they've > been up to for years that the mainstream media has helped to hide from the > people. And he's running out of time to do so! > > On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 9:48:22 AM UTC-4, MJ wrote: >> >> >> July 11, 2016 >> >> *Government in the Bedroom: Statism and Rape Culture *By William L. >> Anderson >> >> * Rape Culture Hysteria: Fixing the Damage Done to Men and Women >> <https://www.amazon.com/Rape-Culture-Hysteria-Fixing-Damage/dp/1533629404?ie=UTF8&adid=02VK8A91GQGT4KWPK1YV&camp=213381&creative=390973&creativeASIN=1533629404&linkCode=as4&ref-refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lewrockwell.com%2F%3Fpost_type%3Darticle%26p%3D595484%26preview%3Dtrue%26n_preview_id%3D595484%26preview_nonce%3D385c5eb2df&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_lc&tag=lewrockwell>*, >> by Wendy McElroy, 276 pages, Vulgus Press, Paperback: $12.66, Kindle: $4.99 >> >> In 2014 at Brown University, Wendy McElroy debated Jessica Valenti on the >> issue of so-called rape culture on college campuses. McElroy’s mere >> presence at Brown sparked outrage, protests, and the creation of a “safe >> space” for alleged sexual assault “survivors,” who occupied a room that had >> pillows, coloring books, and videos of puppies frolicking >> <http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/11/17/janus-forum-sexual-assault-event-sparks-controversy/>. >> Yes, there really were coloring books and videos of playful puppies. >> >> To prepare students for this obviously traumatic event, Brown President >> Christina Paxson sent a message to the “Brown Community” that McElroy would >> be on campus to debate, and while Paxson made sure that everyone knew that >> *she* did not agree with McElroy’s positions, nonetheless, she was >> permitting McElroy to appear at Brown. For some Brown students, however, >> the very fact that someone was permitted on campus to say something that >> strays from campus orthodoxy was utterly traumatic because it was likely >> that McElroy would say something that would contradict beliefs held by some >> Brown >> students, and that would be tragic >> <http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/11/17/janus-forum-sexual-assault-event-sparks-controversy/> >> : >> >> …multiple students have said they feel the event devalues the experiences >> of sexual assault survivors on campus and goes against the University’s >> mission to create a safe and supportive environment for survivors. >> >> At least McElroy was permitted to speak, albeit university officials >> treated her as if she were carrying Ebola, and it is doubtful that Brown >> students and faculty were willing to learn anything from her. That is too >> bad, because Wendy McElroy has a lot to say, and she says much of it in her >> new book, Rape Culture Hysteria: Fixing the Damage Done to Men and Women. >> >> Of all of the writers that care to deal with this volatile subject, >> McElroy is the best by a long shot. If she comes to the table with >> ideological baggage, it is of the libertarian side that emphasizes >> non-aggression. If you want to understand what is happening on college >> campuses, read this book. If you wish to better understand the issues >> surrounding feminism and its emphasis on declaring we live in a “rape >> culture,” read this book. >> >> If you want to understand what collectivist thinking has done to our >> perceptions about law and due process, read this book. If you want to >> understand the importance of individual rights and what they mean to a free >> society, read this book. >> >> Yes, read this book if you wish to receive an education, for McElroy >> educates the reader throughout this work. Already one of the most >> circumspect and thoughtful writers on the libertarian scene today, McElroy >> has demonstrated why she is so highly respected in many circles. >> >> As I read through the book, I was reminded early on that everything being >> discussed revolves around the issue of individual rights versus collective >> thinking. When McElroy spoke at Brown, the (openly biased) reporter for the >> Brown >> student newspaper described her as “defensive from the outset,” >> <http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/11/19/forum-sparks-tense-sexual-assault-debate/> >> as though being in a room with openly-hostile students and adults who have >> come to despise individual rights (except their own, of course) would >> engender personal confidence. >> >> In reading the student newspaper account of the debate, one is fascinated >> by the overwhelming sense that the current generations in academe (and much >> of politics and law, as well) simply have abandoned the fundamental precept >> of U.S. law that it should be a mechanism that protects the rights of the >> innocent. Instead, the law has become a tool by which the government by >> force applies different standards and rules according to the political >> standing of the group with which one identifies. An exchange from the Brown >> University debate, which really was a microcosm of the larger social debate >> on sexual assault, demonstrates my point: >> >> McElroy said rape culture exists in places like parts of Afghanistan >> where “women are married against their will” and “murdered for men’s honor” >> but not in North America, where “rape is a crime that’s severely punished.” >> What’s >> more, those who politicize rape and assert the existence of rape culture >> imply that all men are guilty or that the accused do not deserve due >> process, McElroy said. It is unacceptable that men can now be >> disciplined for rape through college hearings based on a preponderance of >> evidence rather than the traditional criminal justice standard of guilt >> beyond a reasonable doubt. “Let’s not build justice for women on injustice >> for men,” McElroy said, closing her talk. >> >> Now for Valenti’s point: >> >> Valenti never tackled the question of whether a preponderance of evidence >> or guilt beyond a reasonable doubt should be the standard for conviction of >> men in college hearings, but she did talk about other aspects of sexual >> assault as it relates to college campuses, such as the fact that alcohol >> plays a role in most sexual assault incidents. “Alcohol is not the >> problem,” Valenti said, chuckling at the notion. “What we need to discuss >> is the way rapists use alcohol as a weapon to attack and then discredit >> their victims.” Rapists benefit from others’ insistence that a victim’s >> inebriation is to blame for his or her assault, she added. >> >> McElroy dealt with issues of individual responsibility and due process in >> order to protect the rights of individuals. Valenti – whose message was >> very popular with the leftist crowd – ignored due process altogether and >> then claimed that the binge drinking taking place on campus, which truly is >> destructive of individuals in so many ways, really has nothing to do with >> men forcing unwanted sexual contact with women, or at best is irrelevant. >> Furthermore, McElroy never has claimed that a female being drunk means that >> if a male rapes her, he does not bear responsibility for his actions, but >> rather that people who are intoxicated are going to have impaired judgment, >> and perhaps one should try to stay out of harm’s way. >> >> Feminist Distinctions >> >> McElroy calls herself an iFeminist, which emphasizes individual rights, >> and which she notes is based upon the sets of beliefs practiced by early >> U.S. feminists such as the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth. She writes: >> >> As a woman, a feminist, and a survivor of sexual violence, I know the >> rape culture is a lie that harms women and victims of violence as well as >> men. It calls itself “justice” but the goal is to impose a specific >> ideology that legally disadvantages one class of people (white males) in >> order to benefit others. >> >> PC feminism calls itself “diverse” but it wages war upon true diversity >> which lives or dies in the ability of people to dissent and to make >> decisions about their own lives. The feminist movement once championed >> human rights while insisting that people shoulder responsibility for >> themselves. The current movement is a mockery of its past. If snapping my >> fingers could reverse the dogma and intolerance, my hands would be numb >> from overuse. >> >> This book really deals with two separate but related issues. The first is >> the issue of what feminists and President Obama and his colleagues call >> “rape culture,” which essentially says that there is an “epidemic” of rape >> in the USA, and especially on college campuses, where allegedly 25 percent >> of all women are raped. On that, McElroy writes: >> >> Common sense can seem powerless against such crusading fear. More >> plausible findings on the rate of sexual assault are dismissed in favor of >> ones that cause a rush of righteous anger. Professors do not listen to >> logic but to the inner voice of caution about their own job security. It is >> useless to point out that no business or institution could survive if 20% >> of its customers were raped while using its services. Who would walk into >> Walmart if 1-in-4 shoppers would be sexually attacked in the aisles? But >> rape culture critics who raise such objections find that their characters >> become the topic of debate rather than the facts of rape. >> >> Her second task is to try to save feminism itself, or at least influence >> people to move feminism in a different direction than toward increased >> state control over the lives of others. These are not mutually-exclusive >> things. >> >> Throughout the book, McElroy uses reliable data and valid statistical >> measures to demonstrate conclusively that the “one in four” or “one in >> five” statistics used to claim huge percentages of women on college >> campuses are raped, but also admits that hardcore leftist feminists are >> likely to claim that none of this matters, since they already have >> “established” that the USA has a “rape culture.” It is “heads I win and >> tails you lose” thinking but it really works. >> >> For example, when the infamous Duke Lacrosse Case and the faux “rape of >> Jackie” tale at the University of Virginia fell apart, feminists claimed to >> be alarmed, since, in their view debunking the accusations would mean that >> fewer women who actually were raped would come forward to report the >> assaults. To the left, since the “rape culture” narrative already is >> established, it does not matter if an individual accused actually did it, >> so anything that might convince others that perhaps the narrative is false >> – like a person accused of rape actually being found innocent of the >> charges – must not be permitted. >> >> Perhaps the best expression of this viewpoint came last year from Jared >> Polis, a Democratic member of Congress who declared at a Congressional >> hearing >> <http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/10/polis-expel-all-students-accused-of-sexual-assault-video/> >> (to enthusiastic applause from feminists in the audience) that any male on >> a college campus who was accused of rape or sexual assault should be found >> guilty and removed from campus, no matter if he actually was guilty or not. >> Polis said: >> >> If I was running [a private university], I might say, “Well, you know >> even if there’s a 20 to 30 percent chance that it happened, I would want to >> remove this individual.” >> >> He added: >> >> … if there’s 10 people who have been accused, and under a reasonable >> likelihood standard maybe one or two did it, it seems better to get rid of >> all 10 people. >> >> While Polis later claimed he “misspoke,” it is clear judging from what he >> said and from the enthusiastic response it received that collectivist >> thinking is alive and well in Congress and on the college campus. This >> latter point is important because in most cases it is imperative that the >> libertarians and the statists are not on the same planet when it comes to >> rights. >> >> Libertarians like McElroy understand that if authorities enforce what >> only could be called “collective rights,” (and this would involve a very >> different notion of the concept of “rights” than what has undergirded U.S. >> law), then all legal outcomes would depend on totally upon the politics of >> the situation. For example, after the accused Duke Lacrosse players were >> declared “innocent” by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, a local >> Marxist claimed that the players were guilty because, in her view, >> “capitalism” is advanced by rape. >> >> Thus, we see McElroy deal both with the real-live facts of sexual assault >> and rape and also undergird her arguments by emphasizing the need for due >> process for people who are accused because, at their very heart, rights are >> individual, not collective. As I read the book, I realized that it was >> vital that she dealt with this latter point, since libertarians and >> collectivists have very different ideas on what the outcomes should be. All >> too often, I believe, we libertarians want to believe that people on the >> “other side” want fairness and just outcomes. >> >> However, we then should realize that the Jared Polises of the world see >> “just” outcomes as being the championing of a certain point of view, and if >> innocent people are swept up in the hysteria, so be it, since no male is >> truly innocent. If one wishes to make an omelet, after all, first one must >> break some eggs, to repeat what champions of communism in the former Soviet >> Union said when justifying Stalin’s murderous purges. >> >> Read this book for many reasons. Read it to gain new insights on what >> actual scientific research says about sexual assaults on college campuses. >> Read it to learn the arguments that collectivist feminists use to justify >> their statements. And read it to once again understand the importance of >> individual rights and the perils that await us when those rights are taken >> away. >> >> Advocates of abortion on demand often claim that they support the >> pro-choice position because they do not want “government in the bedroom.” >> However, as the government moves to monitor campus sexual activity through >> the U.S. Department of Education and through other governmental >> initiatives, it is very clear that what we now have, according to New >> York Times >> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-regulating-sex.html?_r=0> >> writer >> Judith Shulevitz >> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-regulating-sex.html?_r=0>, >> is state regulation of sex. If this is not the very example of “government >> in the bedroom,” then one would think that there should be no limits to the >> power government should have over us, including down to our relationship >> choices. In warning us that the loss of individual rights leads to outright >> tyranny, Wendy McElroy has performed an important service to her readers. >> Thus, I emphasize, read this book. >> >> https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/07/william-l-anderson/government-sex/ >> > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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