Listening to NPR literally churns my stomach sometimes, they are like a beacon reminding how hopeless things have gotten, no critical thinking, acceptance of lies and nonsense as though it didn’t matter. Orwell would nod knowingly.
This morning’s story that summed up this creeping white wash as the oligarch tentacle permeate all, has to do with the movement to unseat Senator Franken.
Quick’n dirty not much time for it but it’s better than … {good night, tomorrow it’s floors to fix}
Moral equivalence between rape and an unwelcome kiss?
This morning NPR’s Morning Edition featured an interview of Senator Abby Honold who asked Senator Franken to take his name off of the Sexual Assault Bill that he was instrumental in drafting, by NPR’s Rachel Martin who seems to be angling for Al Franken's expulsion from the Senate. What I found most offense was how Rachel Martin and Senator Honold drew a moral equivalence between rape and boorish behavior. It’s also an example of why the Democrat Party is so good at losing.NPR: That's led to an especially uncomfortable situation for one young woman. Her name is Abby Honold, and she had asked Senator Franken to draft legislation related to sexual assault. It would pay for training for police officers to learn how to better treat survivors of these crimes. Honold proposed this because of her own experience. When she was 19 years old, she was raped at the University of Minnesota. Hours afterwards, Honold was in a hospital bed when a detective walked in. … … Her rapist was sentenced to six years in prison last year.Only a political opportunist could draw a moral equivalence between rape and an unwelcome kiss or touching someone’s breast or ass. Seems to me another example of why Democrats keep losing with the public. Too lost in their causes without appreciating the humanity out here.NPR-MARTIN: So that was all the background for Abby Honold when she heard Leeann Tweeden's story. Tweeden is the radio anchor who says Franken forcibly kissed her. Other women have accused Al Franken of touching them inappropriately. When she learned about this, Honold asked Senator Franken to take his name off her bill. But I guess I wonder if the central question here isn't the trade-off that happens. You know, Republicans in Alabama will point to Roy Moore and say, yes, his transgressions are abhorrent, but we need him in the Senate to further our own legislative priorities. And while you personally, Abby, might find Senator Franken's actions abhorrent, you appreciate his support for your particular legislation, and you're not willing to call him out and call on him to step down.Martin and NPR’s (Koch sponsored) Morning Edition is making a moral equivalence between accosting minors with sexual advances and adults acting boorish.
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