Conservative Political Witch Hunts Don't Help Rape Victims

[Nevilledog]

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My latest op-ed mentions Monty Python and Tweedledum & Tweedledee but also a deep dive into the media coverage of this story:

Ohio Rape Victim Saga Shows Pundits and Politicians Shouldn’t Launch Witch Hunts Before Figuring Out If Witchery is Even Afoot

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Conservative Political Witch Hunts Don't Help Rape Victims
The story of a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio seeking an abortion in Indiana turned into a political witch hunt, with pundits and politicians first claiming the story was fake, and then attacking...
1:04 PM · Jul 16, 2022

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/ohio-rape-victim-saga-shows-pundits-and-politicians-shouldnt-launch-witch-hunts-before-figuring-out-if-witchery-is-even-afoot/


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It’s a horrifying story. The girl was reportedly only 9 at the time she became pregnant, half the legal age of consent (this was rape under all possible fact patterns) and a time in her life when she should be worried about losing her baby teeth, not having a baby of her own.

The story also became the timber from which right-wing politicians and commentators constructed a metaphorical pyre to burn their Witch of the Month, abortion provider Bernard.

Conservatives furiously jockeyed for position among the online and televised mob, battling to be the loudest in questioning the validity of the story. Much of their criticism was focused on Bernard, accusing her of fabricating the story for a partisan political charade to oppose the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“The story was not true,” declared top-rated Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

A “fantastical tale,” and “too good to confirm,” a Wall Street Journal editorial said.

There were “ten red flags” about the story, PJ Media’s Megan Fox told Fox News’ Jesse Watters, adding “this story should now be placed in the hoax category.”

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[enough]

2. Rape victims are the last people MAGA conservatives care about.

Being raped destroys all honor and value of any human female. This is the world we’re in.

[vercetti2021]

3. Pro rape party

We need to start calling them pro rapers.

[enough]

4. That or pro rapist. Both are true.

[Nevilledog]

5. This stuck with me....

[vercetti2021]

6. Makes me sick

Incels legit can rape anyone now and those women are sadly stuck with that disgusting worthless pile of shit for the rest of her life unless she commits suicide