TX Tealiban Leader (P)rick Perry has evidently scheduled another legislative gang-rape

[Triana]

session for 2:00 p.m. Monday July 1.

They're counting on women and sane people getting tired and worn out fighting their American Taliban regime and their legislative gang-rape sessions.

I hope they're once again thwarted in their oppression of women.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gov-perry-calls-2nd-special-session-texas-legislature-address-abortion-restrictions

EDIT to add another link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/rick-perry-special-session_n_3505786.html

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1. This is one of the most unfortunate and inappropriate OP titles I've ever seen.

Congratulations. I hope you're proud.

[Triana]

2. It's apropos of what's going on, IMO.

It's nowhere near as offensive as what is being done to women by The American Taliban. Sorry.

[ananda]

3. Well, it definitely is the work of a gang of horrible Republicans..

.. who like to bandy about that word "rape" a lot.

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4. It's pretty bad. And by pretty bad I mean extremely disgusting.

It's not apropos. And I'm utterly confused why you would refer to these legislative sessions as gang rapes.

That's not a word you just get to toss around at your leisure.


But, you know, I guess the bar has now been set at "it's not as bad as what they're saying so stop complaining." Pathetic.

[aquart]

9. Because gang rape is what it is.

It's barely even a metaphor. Force, violation, humiliation, lifelong harm...what's missing?

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12. The part that makes it an actual gang rape. Group sexual assault of a single victim.

You're right, it is barely a metaphor because metaphors have to at least make some sense.

[aquart]

13. Yes. This is group sexual assault of millions of women.

Sorry to be so imprecise.

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14. Don't apologize to me. Apologize to the English language and to actual victims of gang rape.

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19. +1,000,000. n/t

[aquart]

5. Really? Yet I find it perfectly apt.

I've been paying attention.

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6. So you agree with the metaphorical usage of the term "gang rape?"

You see no potential abrogation of the meaning behind such a term when it's used in such a manner?

[aquart]

10. See above.

[Downwinder]

7. Lets just filibusterer the whole session.

[Brickbat]

8. I object to your use of the term "gang rape."

I'm a big fan of metaphor, but this one is only distracting.

[Triana]

17. I object to them DOING it.

Sorry but that's how I see what they're doing. It's the best way to properly describe it, IMO.

Yes. It's over the edge. Yes. It's disturbing. Absolutely.

Distracting? It's defining. And they're defining themselves that way via their own actions. I'm just calling it what it is: legislative gang-rape.

[Marrah_G]

11. I bet they try to ban people from the gallery

[Gothmog]

15. Time for another Citizen Filibuster

I bet you that we will have a large number of people signing up to testify before both the House and Senate committees on these bills.

[Triana]

16. I hope so! They're trying to wear people down...I hope

they don't let it happen!

[UTUSN]

18. tolya so nt