Controversy over Bashir punishment doesn't go away

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/controversy-over-bashir-punishment-doesnt-132815661.html

I think it is good that we establish that on this network a man, a Democrat toadie, can say that a woman should be held down and forced to submit to men defecating in her mouth and urinating on her face...and not be punished

This is a perfect example of the Democrat's "war on women"

This vile, digusting man...who formulated this "commentary" and entered it into a teleprompter...pre meditated verbal abuse of a woman...is even being defended by Democratic women who call themselves "feminists"

When people diametrically opposed to me act like total deranged perverts...I let them.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Oh give it a fecking rest why don't you. Sexist, my #######!

[Peikko 1,575]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/controversy-over-bashir-punishment-doesnt-132815661.html

I think it is good that we establish that on this network a man, a Democrat toadie, can say that a woman should be held down and forced to submit to men defecating in her mouth and urinating on her face...and not be punished

This is a perfect example of the Democrat's "war on women"

This vile, digusting man...who formulated this "commentary" and entered it into a teleprompter...pre meditated verbal abuse of a woman...is even being defended by Democratic women who call themselves "feminists"

When people diametrically opposed to me act like total deranged perverts...I let them.

How? Nothing in the transcript I read claimed any such thing.

Here it is:

The Palin comments that started the Bashir diatribe:

, “Our free stuff today is being paid for by taking money from our children, and borrowing from China. When that note comes due — and this isn’t racist, so try it. Try it anyway. This isn’t racist. But it’s going to be like slavery when that note is due.”

“It will be like slavery,” Bashir repeated. “Given her well-established reputation as a world class idiot, it’s hardly surprising that she should choose to mention slavery in a way that is abominable to anyone who knows anything about its barbaric history.”

“So here’s an example,” Bashir continued. “One of the most comprehensive first-person accounts of slavery comes from the personal diary of a man called Thomas Thistlewood, who kept copious notes for 39 years. Thistlewood was the son of a tenant farmer, who arrived on the island of Jamaica in April 1750, and assumed the position of overseer at a major plantation.”

“What is most shocking about Thistlewood’s diary is not simply the fact that he assumes the right to own and possess other human beings, but is the sheer cruelty and brutality of his regime,” Bashir added. “In 1756, he records that a slave named Darby ‘catched eating kanes had him well flogged and pickled, then made Hector, another slave, s-h-i-t in his mouth.’”

“This became known as ‘Darby’s Dose,’ a punishment invented by Thistlewood that spoke only of inhumanity. And he mentions a similar incident in 1756, his time in relation to a man he refers to as Punch. ‘Flogged punch well, and then washed and rubbed salt pickle, lime juice and bird pepper, made Negro Joe piss in his eyes and mouth,’” Bashir recited.

“I could go on, but you get the point,” Bashir said, concluding “When Mrs. Palin invokes slavery, she doesn’t just prove her rank ignorance. She confirms if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate.”

Now, a legitimate question would be, should a main stream news outlet descend to name calling rather than presenting cogent arguments? However, this bizarre idea that somehow Bashir is sexist for these comments beggars belief. You have to completely ignore what the transcript actually states and run off on some wild tangent as to what he said could have meant if you happen to have a poor grasp on what constitutes sexism. What also surprises me is why this is given more than passing attention . It's a completely non story. Bashir is a second rate broadcaster and Palin is a nobody. Why does anyone care?