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Lost-in-FL

(7,093 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:32 PM Mar 2012

This is why Limbaugh must be taken from AFN

This blatant culture in which male soldiers attack women and get away with it has to stop. Broadcasts in military bases for not only service members, but their families, ought to be stopped. If we want a military that is respectful of other nations and their citizens, it needs to stop disrespecting their women and LGBT.

And because you will not get news like these from this side of the ocean...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/09/rape-us-military?INTCMP=SRCH

Rape in the US military: America's dirty little secret
A female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be attacked by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire


"It was eight years before I was able to say the word that describes what happened to me," says Maricella Guzman. "I hadn't even been in the Navy a month. I was so young. I tried to report it. But instead of being taken seriously, I was forced to do push-ups."

"I can't sleep without drugs," says Kate Weber. "But even then, I often wake up in the middle of the night, crying, my mind racing. And I lie there awake in the dark, reliving the rape, looking for a second chance for it to end with a different outcome, but he always wins."

Rape within the US military has become so widespread that it is estimated that a female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be attacked by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. So great is the issue that a group of veterans are suing the Pentagon to force reform. The lawsuit, which includes three men and 25 women (the suit initially involved 17 plaintiffs but grew to 28) who claim to have been subjected to sexual assaults while serving in the armed forces, blames former defence secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates for a culture of punishment against the women and men who report sex crimes and a failure to prosecute the offenders.

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This is why Limbaugh must be taken from AFN (Original Post) Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 OP
Agreed. I own RushOffAFN.com and will have a web site up before long. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #1
By all means, please do. nt Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #2
I'll be looking for help with links and contacts. I'm not ready for that yet. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #3
Thanks for even considering it! Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #9
Some time ago, I subscribed to a small (physical) newspaper called "FLUSH RUSH" HopeHoops Mar 2012 #11
Just let us know when. nolabear Mar 2012 #4
Oh, I think you can count on me to be quite vocal about it. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #6
I'm ready for some activism...nt duhneece Mar 2012 #5
It will come soon. It will come soon. - something Gas-bag's wives never hear. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #7
and this is why i spend time on the big DU! chknltl Mar 2012 #8
... Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #13
Obama is the Commander-in-chief Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2012 #10
Yes he should do something about it as both the Commander in Chief... Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #12
Sign this petition too if you haven't already. Over 15,000 names maximusveritas Mar 2012 #14
done, nt Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #16
K&R Odin2005 Mar 2012 #15
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
1. Agreed. I own RushOffAFN.com and will have a web site up before long.
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:44 PM
Mar 2012

I've owned it for a while but haven't launched a site because I was waiting for a great time - I think this qualifies.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
3. I'll be looking for help with links and contacts. I'm not ready for that yet.
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:59 PM
Mar 2012

I've barely got time for DU, but I don't watch TV so it balances out.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
11. Some time ago, I subscribed to a small (physical) newspaper called "FLUSH RUSH"
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 09:56 AM
Mar 2012

It was pretty damn funny, but also factual. I didn't even know he was on AFN until a couple of years ago. As soon as I found out, I registered the domain.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
4. Just let us know when.
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 05:02 PM
Mar 2012

Because this has gone far enough. The trauma of serving in a military that will not let you out and not only won't protect you from the threat of assault by your fellow soldiers but actively encourages it by playing the kind of misogynistic, hatred-inducing bile that Limbaugh spews is too much for us to subject our military women to.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
8. and this is why i spend time on the big DU!
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 06:47 PM
Mar 2012

Thank you Lost-in-Fl for this shocking news. I am all but at loss for words after reading this..... Years ago I took pride in our military, sure it had it's problems but I knew it was getting better, that things would continue to get better for those who signed up. Boy did I get that wrong! For years I would recommend to kids unsure of their future, to consider a stint in the military. Join up, see the world, learn a trade, use state of the art technology, enter an unsure teen, exit a confident adult. I did not think that there was a better gateway into adulthood. Now, with the depleted uranium and other poisonings, the alarming rise in suicides, these utterly immoral fiascos over in the Middle East, and add in an outrageous increase in rapes........... I can no longer recomend joining our military to anyone.

 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
10. Obama is the Commander-in-chief
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 10:39 PM
Mar 2012

can he do anything about this?

My son was subjected to Limbaugh while he was deployed to Iraq and he didn't like it.

Here's a link to the AFN feedback form;

http://www.afneurope.net/AFNEuropeFeedbackForm/tabid/931/Default.aspx

I'm going to give them a piece of my mind....god help them, lol.

maximusveritas

(2,915 posts)
14. Sign this petition too if you haven't already. Over 15,000 names
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 08:39 PM
Mar 2012

and starting to make some noise in the media. They can't ignore it for long.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002382135

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