If a white male Republican said this, it would be an extinction-level event in terms of the liberal outrage. Luckily, it came from a black female democrat so it’s all good. A US Rep. from Texas has blamed the sexual assault victims of Harvey Weinstein for dressing too provocatively and being too flirtatious with the accused rapist. I know liberals have different rules and all, but I didn’t think even they were allowed to make statements like this.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was interviewed on the subject of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal. She started out saying she was angry at ole Harv, but quickly put it all on his victims.
“I grew up in a time when it was as much the woman’s responsibility as it was a man’s — how you were dressed, what your behavior was. I’m from the old school that you can have behaviors that appear to be inviting. It can be interpreted as such. That’s the responsibility, I think, of the female. I think that males have a responsibility to be professional themselves,” said Johnson.
How does she know what the dozens of actresses who were harassed and assaulted by Weinstein were wearing? And for that matter, how does she know the way these victims were behaving? She doesn’t say, but did continue to blame the victims for what happened to them.
“I think we also need to start talking about the power that women have to control the situation. There’s law enforcement, you can refuse to cooperate with that kind of behavior. I think that many times, men get away with this because they are allowed to get away with it by the women,” Johnson said.
Wow. Like I said, if this came from a Republican man the liberal shit would hit the fan like a nuclear weapon.
I’m not a liberal or a feminist, but I believe that men who sexually assault women are 100% responsible for their disgusting actions. I’m not talking about rape hoaxes, but actual sexual abuse. I don’t care if it is rich men using their power to coerce women, drunken date rape, or straight up assault; the victim is never to blame and anyone who thinks so is an asshole.
Because Johnson is a democrat, she actually manages some double-hypocrisy here. Not only is she getting away with saying something that would get a Republican crucified, she is willfully ignoring her own party’s bullshit. She’s defending Harvey Weinstein because he has been a very generous donor to democratic candidates. If a Republican megadonor was accused of even one tenth of what Weinstein is, Johnson and all of the liberals would freak out like it was the end of the world.
It’s probably not a shock that during this news segment, the camera captures a picture of Johnson hanging out with Bill Clinton on the wall. As established by the Democratic Party when Bill was accused of raping and groping numerous women, the victim is always to blame if the sexual predator is a liberal.
via Downtrend.com
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