Sometimes, I really just have no words.
No. Goddamn. Fucking. Words.
I’d say excuse my profanity, but no — don't. Because this is profane. This should be damn near unthinkable. This is crawling horror.
(Oh, it’s just that Jon guy. He’s nice, but he’s a bit bombastic. It’s probably just something that happened in his home state or something.)
Yeah, no.
Via Occupy Democrats: A Republican State Representative for New Hampshire Just Got Outed as the Founder of Popular Pro-Rape Group.
If you’re blinking your eyes and wondering if that hyphenated seven-letter word is going to change and become something less unspeakable, I’m sorry to disappoint you.
I’ll save you a click and link as well to the Daily Beast article (yes, I know, Daily Beast) which prompted the Occupy Democrats article: The Republican Lawmaker Who Secretly Created Reddit’s Woman-Hating ‘Red Pill.’ This article is longer and deeper, with many links. I’ll freely admit I haven’t followed them all yet, partly due to browsing restrictions and partly because I’m feeling a little sick. Bonnie Bacarisse, the DB author, gives Rep. Fisher some credit, speculating that almost five years after Red Pill’s creation, he may regret it now.
I speculate that if Mr. Fisher has any regret about the creation of Red Pill and other similar sites (discussed at the DB article), it’s only that they may now represent a liability to his political ambitions, and perhaps even his professional success. (Hey — I can hope.)
Obviously, I lied. I do have words. Many words that I’m not posting here, because most of them are more profanity and I think I’ve made my point.
And yes, I really am crying. Crying that other… humans (the least charged term I can think of), who happen to have the same external plumbing and chromosome configuration as me, can somehow think that any kind of behavior like this is some shade of right or excusable.
As I said, I haven’t yet followed up on all the links. If someone does, and finds out this is some kind of bizarre, 24-day-late April Fool’s joke, or that I’m over-reading or over-reacting, do kindly tell me. I’ll delete this diary.
I normally say thanks for reading. If you got this far, I think I should instead say I’m sorry you had to read this.
Edit: H/t to Igualdad for pointing out that other news outlets are picking this up.
NY Mag / Selectall
Boston Magazine
Mostly these seem to be reprising the original DB post. That’s fine with me; I’m just glad for the signal boost (of the original find, not this diary).