BIG JOKE: Hitting Hillary.

  • BIG JOKE: Hitting Hillary.

Is it just coincidence that Republicans do so many things offensive to women?

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Example: Most Republicans voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Every single Arkansas Republican in Congress opposed the measure.

Example: A Republican Super PAC, the Hillary Project, has come up with a really funny game — Slap Hillary. Press a button and it knocks a cartoon image of Hillary cock-eyed. More here on this fun bunch.

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Why is it that violence, generally, is so appealing to Republicans? I’m reminded of when Lt. Gov. Mark Darr cheered his nephew for saying on social media I ought to be slapped for speaking liberal thoughts at Boys State.

Never mind me. I thought a group gathering signatures for an on-line petition against the slap Hillary game said it well:

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Violence against women is not a joke. A woman is assaulted or beaten every 9 SECONDS in our country—and more than three women are murdered every day by their partners or boyfriends. When we excuse “games” that make fun of abusing women, we perpetuate a culture that allows violence against women to stand, and that’s not OK.

To some, it is.

UPDATE: Still more here about Republicans’ slurring of women.

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