*Story here
*Ndoneye entered into a deferred prosecution agreement in which she swore, under oath, that she made a false rape claim (excerpt above). Full agreement here. (Do you think the feminist pundits will continue to insist that "something" happened in that restroom?)
*Ndoneye entered into a deferred prosecution agreement in which she swore, under oath, that she made a false rape claim (excerpt above). Full agreement here. (Do you think the feminist pundits will continue to insist that "something" happened in that restroom?)
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Bloody disgusting. If you had any doubts about how completely the system had been taken over by women, put them aside now.
They're laughing in our faces.
The more disgusting aspect is the fact that the false reporting statute imposes virtually no punishment, regardless of the harm the lie causes. Perhaps the statutes are written like this because they assume the police will do their job and weed out the bullshit claims. Sadly, in the world of rape claims, some police (by no means all or even most, from what I can gather) are more than ready to make an arrest at the first whiff of an accusations.
From linked story - "The district attorney's handling of the case had brought criticism from Rice's election opponent, former Nassau prosecutor Joy Watson.
Watson, who was in charge of sex-crime prosecutions under former District Attorney Denis Dillon, said Sunday that Rice should have charged the young woman "immediately."
"A crime was committed, and there's no question who committed the crime . . . I prosecuted cases in the past where we had false allegations made, and arrests were made immediately," Watson said."
Given That Rice's opponent is another women, Watson can effectively use Rice's failure to charge Danmell Ndonye in her bid to unseat her.
The Deferred prosecution agreement outlines a slap on the wrist.
Did you get that part about:
"* Danmell Ndonye will receive meaningful and substantial psychiatric and/or psychological counseling with a psychiatrist and/or psychologist approved by the NCDA."
Counseling for what, exactly?
Counseling about lying to police, falsely accusing innocent men, ans potentially sending them to prison?
That seems doubtful.
I'd bet she'll get counseling for sexual "issues", instead of for her criminal activity.
At least she/her family will have to pay for that, I suppose.
Still, given the international publicity this case received, she should have been punished more substantially. [Deferred prosecutions are largely a *crock* - as basically everyone involved with see to it that they are followed through seem to be ever willing to allow "leeway" to the criminal, up to the point of essentially allowing them to do perhaps 25% of their stipulated treatments.]
Still, given the international publicity this case received, she should have been punished more substantially.
This might sound strange coming from someone as hard-edged as I am, but I think the consequences this girl will experience as a result of her lies are adequately punitive. She has destroyed her own reputation, humiliated herself in front of her family to a degree that could drive some people to near suicide, and pretty guaranteed that she will never have another decent boyfriend in her life - "Hey, aren't you that girl who pulled a train in the bathroom and then falsely accused 5 guys of tying you up and raping you? Um, well, gotta go."
She won't be going back to Hofstra, which means that fall semester is a write-off for her, and the tuition is wasted. As a notorious "false rape accuser", I wonder how many other schools are going to line up to give her a spot.
While the sisterhood circled the wagons to protect her, the commentary by men on all the websites I've seen ran at least 80% negative, and some had a lynch mob feeling about them. I saw one post "Burn her!" The damage she has done to the rape-lie/hoax industry is incalculable. As soon as the public eye has turned the other way, she is going to have the rape-industry women hating her more than some of the hot-headed men out there.
And, I think civil lawsuits are likely. In this culture it seems rare that anyone ever passes up a chance to sue. It may well be that this case will linger in the news for months.
I think she will experience quite enough pain without having to have an additional pound of flesh removed.
I actually think the supporters of this site owe her a thank you. Single-handedly she has provided more public exposure for the issue than this site has since it started. In the first 16 pages of Google results for "Hofstra Rape" there are only a handful of early stories when the rape-lie was still being believed, and dozens and dozens of sites with the words "hoax, lie, recanted, accuser faces criminal charges" etc.
The news stories about the boys are, in general, remarkably sympathetic. The Duke rape-lie-hoax case really broke the denial system, and this case busted it wide open. The behavior of the rape-lie apologists has exposed them for the frauds they are, and I suspect that the boys may actually experience less stigma from the incident than she does.
Even the softness of the formal punishment works in our favor, because a lot of people will have the impression that she was let off with a slap on the wrist, and will come away with a very negative view of the way the justice system handles such cases.
All in all, I think things worked out very well for the purposes of this site and the people who support it and are concerned about this issue.
This might sound strange coming from someone as hard-edged as I am, but I think the consequences this girl will experience as a result of her lies are adequately punitive. She has destroyed her own reputation, humiliated herself in front of her family to a degree that could drive some people to near suicide, and pretty guaranteed that she will never have another decent boyfriend in her life - "Hey, aren't you that girl who pulled a train in the bathroom and then falsely accused 5 guys of tying you up and raping you? Um, well, gotta go."
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That's a load of shit and you know it. She hasn't "ruined her reputation." Nobody cares about what she did except for a handful of pissed off MRAs.
This was ATTEMPTED MURDER. This signed statement is nothing but a sick joke. If those boys had been convicted do you think they would have gotten out of prison by signing a piece of paper?
Kathleen Rice is a man-hating criminal!
Anon at 9:42: Yours is a very well-thought out position, and I think it needs to be considered seriously.
I, personally, think that if she had been charged, it would have sent an important message to other would-be false accusers. I don't for one moment doubt what you say, but still, I think the headline alone "NO CHARGES" does more to hurt our cause than almost anything could. It sends a distinct message that false rape claims are not treated as criminal offenses along the same lines as, for example, the conduct of a boy who failed to withdraw during intercourse for FIVE seconds -- he was convicted of a felony for that delay.
Anon at 9:44: I think the comment was talking about the punishment to the young woman -- the fact is, if she had been charged, it is by no means clear she would have received a worse punishment. Hell, she might not have been convicted because the jury might have thought she actually believed it was a rape (remember the burden of proof is guilty beyong a reasonable doubt). We now have a sworn statement that refutes what the feminists have been saying.
Overall, though, that damn headline is a huge setback for the cause, I think, because most people read the headline and form their opinion of the story from it.
That's a load of shit and you know it. She hasn't "ruined her reputation." Nobody cares about what she did except for a handful of pissed off MRAs.
Go read the internet commentary - on even leftist site such as Huffingtonpost and Democratic Underground, about 80% of the men are ready to lynch her. Average men are becoming far more aware of this issue than a lot of people realize.
Punishing one stupid girl and making her a scapegoat is not going to give back the lives of all the men who have been falsely accused. Punishing her for the crimes of thousands of false accusers, including Crystal Gayle Mangum aka Jeanette Rivers, is not going to balance the scales.
Hatred and scapegoating will not solve the problem. The PR leverage that the mild outcome of this case will give those of us concerned about rape-lies far more benefit of leverage in the future than any public stoning will.
"False Accusations are rare!!"
"Oh really, remember Crystal Gayle Mangum and Danmell Ndonye"?
Women will come to hate hearing her name as much as men have come to hate hearing the name of Marc LePine.
It's the best thing in the world for our cause. Let the entire world see how our system coddles false accusers. Anger is our friend!
Punishing one stupid girl and making her a scapegoat is not going to give back the lives of all the men who have been falsely accused. Punishing her for the crimes of thousands of false accusers, including Crystal Gayle Mangum aka Jeanette Rivers, is not going to balance the scales.
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She isn't a scapegoat, sir. She is a criminal. The way you "balance the scales" is by sending the criminal to prison.
I can lend you a magnefying glass if that'll help you find your balls, which seem to have gone missing.
Or you're just a coward who can't wait to turn traitor.
Oops, I mispelled "magnifying."
Anyway, Kathy Liar's opponent might have other ideas about charges. I sure hope so. This scumbag really needs to spend the rest of her life in prison with the rest of the vermin.
You know, I really, really like that sworn statement. That is rare in a high profile case in the false rape world. They didn't get it in Duke lacrosse. (I can't wait to hear the feminists' reaction -- how will they discount a sworn statement? I have no doubt they will, I just can't wait to see the inane arguments they dream up.)
I am generally risk averse. I would be fearful about getting a conviction here if the statute required her to KNOW she was lying. She could rely on that nonsense about how troubled she was, etc.
Still, all in all, not charging her sends the wrong message for future repe liars, I think.
I also think the D.A. should have consulted the victims here.
Punishing one stupid girl
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You can stop right there. Stupid? No. This is where even hardcore MRAs completely miss the mark when it comes to false rape accusers.
This cunt knew exactly what she was doing. She is a liar who gets off on manipulating people and getting attention. When she goes to "therapy" she will get the shrink to enable her so that she can feel even more coddled and enabled.
Got it? 100% in control, 100% not stupid, 100% evil.
Fuck you for enabling this liar.
You know, I really, really like that sworn statement.
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Her statement is a bullshit publicity stunt. Come on, wake up. It isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
SHE IS A LIAR. That recording proves it. This is like a thief handing back something she stole and having you be grateful for it.
Men, stop being weak and demand your rights! This is a clean getaway and the "statement" is the getaway car.
Kathleen Rice would never tolerate this if it had been done to her son!
but still, I think the headline alone "NO CHARGES" does more to hurt our cause than almost anything could. It sends a distinct message that false rape claims are not treated as criminal offenses along the same lines as, for example, the conduct of a boy who failed to withdraw during intercourse for FIVE seconds -- he was convicted of a felony for that delay.
Ah, but who does it send that message to? If our cause is to raise awareness of the unfair treatment of the falsely accused, the actions of the DA in this case do that better than taking out a dozen full-page ads in the NYT. People will see that she got off too lightly, and will grumble about it, and spread the word via gossip - which can be far more devastating than the lame-stream media.
You have to look at the overall context within which this is happening. Every single series of comments in response to an article by some woman defending her was filled with "yeah, and we sure wouldn't want to discourage false accusers, would we?" said with the bitterest irony.
Take it the other way around. If she had been charged, Jeana would have been on here in a NY heartbeat saying "See, the justice system worked. There is no problem, you guys are just making all this up."
The outcome proves what you have been saying, at the same time the girl's life has been really messed up by her own actions and lies. The wind has just been taken completely out of the arguments of the rape-lie apologists that there is no problem.
This problem has been a long time in the making. It is not going to go away overnight. The massive rape-lie industry is just like the DV and divorce industries - it will take concerted pressure over time to bring them down.
I think this is a good outcome for our cause, and I simply cannot bring myself to hate some stupid girl because she lives in a stupid and screwed up culture.
I'll leave that sort of hatred to people like Jeana and Atom.
A stupid girl? You make me sick.
SHE'S A FALSE RAPE ACCUSER WHO IS 100% RESPONSIBLE, NOT SOCIETY!
You're a worthless chivalrist and an enabler of false rape accusers!
Anon at 10:09: I am lost by your comment. Do you have any idea what a sworn statement is? Every civil lawyer would LOVE to have that a civil action. The Duke boys never got that.
And trust me, I am going to hold this up as one of the charter documents in the false rape movement.
Even if she had been charged and convicted (and that, my friend, is NOT a given -- why on earth do you assume it is?), what do you think her sentence would have been as a first time offender when the statute has a six month maximum? Seriously?
All in all, not charging her is a problem for future men and boys who will be falsely accused, I think. And this D.A. should have consulted the victims in deciding her fate.
The real problem is that these statutes only allow for minimal sentences -- the punishment doesn't fit the crime, and that needs to be changed.
Anon at 10:14: At some point, the law needs to send a firm message to false accusers to deter similar future conduct. But see my other comments -- the statutes need to be changed in the legislature first.
The real problem is that these statutes only allow for minimal sentences -- the punishment doesn't fit the crime, and that needs to be changed.
AHA!! And that is why we need cases like this to provoke public outrage so that the laws do eventually get changed.
In spirit, this is a bit like a plea bargain. Both sides can minimize their risk - the criminal of full conviction and the prosecutor of full acquittal. The sworn statement is the equivalent of a guilty plea without charges.
If this had gone to a jury of equal numbers of men and women, the women would have all supported her out of sisterhood and half the men would have been chivalrous manginas. She would have walked.
As it is, she probably got the maximum punishment it was possible for her to get, plus the legal system still lost credibility over it.
I'm here because somebody has to be strong. You people are very weak.
No charges means no accountability, period. You are the most gullible men in the world if you think that this is any substitute for a conviction in a court of law.
The feminazi DA is establishing that the punishment for a false rape accusation is THERAPY. Got that?
This paper means absolutely nothing. We already know that she lied. A signed statement from a liar contributes nothing.
Oh please, they're going to sue her? What world are you living in?
Stop being weak, stop selling these victims out (or trying to).
This is an outrage. The lives of these five boys have been weighed and in the eyes of a perverted system they amount to less than what she would get for stealing a shirt.
And before you rub it in my face that this is the only false accusation blog, I already know that.
Pierce Harlan said...
Anon at 10:14: At some point, the law needs to send a firm message to false accusers to deter similar future conduct. But see my other comments -- the statutes need to be changed in the legislature first.
Let's talk about a group which has so far been left out of the discussion - the police. If they had not been incompetent bozos when it came to investigation, the boys would have never been arrested in the first place.
Let's say we make making a false complaint that a flying saucer landed in your back yard a capital crime. Before someone gets sent to the electric chair, the first question to resolve is whether a flying saucer did land in the back yard as claimed.
It was the rush to arrest these boys on the thinnest of evidence which escalated this event into a debacle. If the police had done their job, and confirmed that a crime had actually occured before rushing to arrest someone, this would have been an entirely different story.
If there were one change to the way things are handled now which would settle a lot of the issues, it would be to not release the names of the accused, just like the accuser, until a competent investigation has been completed.
Hey, no problem. Just like if you assault someone, as long as you admit you did it everything's okay.
I don't know Pierce - from what I've seen on this and other sites so far, it seems to be typical behavior for the police, in alleged rape and DV cases. When will we see a news story or two that says, 'the police were not sure whether to arrest the guy or not - they wanted to investigate further.'
After all, this is a false rape accusation board, not a "police were in a hurry" board.
Calling the police 'incompetent' in this case really lets them off the hook. There is a difference between 'incompetent' and 'aggressively accusatory and bullying'.
Hey, Anon at 10:34: I give you credit trying to argue with me. You're strong? Reveal your identity, Mr. Strong Man. I'm the idiot going head-to-head with the feminists every day. Sheeesh. Knock off the insults -- it's distracting from the discussion.
"A signed statement from a liar contributes nothing."
Thanks for the legal lesson. Remind me of that if I ever have a sworn statement from you admitting liability when I go to sue you civilly.
I know exactly what those boys are enduring. I've been there.
They have now been raped twice. The first rape is when they are falsely charged with a sex crime. The second rape is after they are cleared.
"Let's give her some therapy. Maybe he really did it -- guess we'll never know!"
What these victims are now learning is that in the eyes of a hypocritical legal system they are second class citizens. They have no rights because they have penises.
They will not recover from this. This is a permanent injury.
And any suggestion that anything other than a felony conviction for the liar is anything but a sick joke is tantamount to appeasement. What we are watching is the continued persecution and devaluing of American males.
"And any suggestion that anything other than a felony conviction for the liar is anything but a sick joke is tantamount to appeasement."
THAT'S the point. The current law in New York only allows for a lousy misdemeanor with a MAXIMUM of six months. That is nothing. The statute is what needs to be changed.
What I want is for one of these women to be sent away for years and years and years, the same as a rapist.
And, yes, sir, I've been there, too.
I can agree with "sent away for years and years!" Now you're speaking my language.
New York sucks, apparently.
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Hey, no problem. Just like if you assault someone, as long as you admit you did it everything's okay.
Many times I have heard it said about MRAs that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
According to some of the news articles I read, the most she could have been charged with was a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of 6 months. Several references were made to her being a "juvenile" which would mean that 1) records would be sealed, and 2) the probability is next to zero that she would have done any actual jail time.
Even if she was charged with one count per boy, a plea bargain probably would have been reached where she pled guilty to one and the rest would be dismissed. She is handed 6 months probation, patted on the head, and told not to do it again.
A more likely scenario if it did go to a jury (which would seem rare in misdemeanor cases) is that she gets 6 women, 3 men, and 3 manginas. She turns on the tears, and the jury gets mad at the judge, the prosecutor, and everyone else for beating up on a girl that will do her best to look 14.
Then she really does walk away without any consequences, and a very clear sense of having beaten the system.
At least she didn't get a free ride to college out of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.
As it turned out, within 2 hours there were more than a dozen news articles on the net which mentioned her by name and called her a liar and the whole story a hoax. If it had percolated through the justice system, it would have taken a year to resolve, everyone would have forgotten about it, and if there even was a news item, it would have been buried under the obituaries on page 28G.
We need to take our small victories and appreciate them. They are few and far between enough.
There was a real risk of non-conviction, and the sworn statement is huge for my purposes.
The point I want to see discussed is whether the young men were consulted. Frankly, if they had wanted charges, their feelings should have been given weight.
What these victims are now learning is that in the eyes of a hypocritical legal system they are second class citizens. They have no rights because they have penises.
WHICH THEY HAD DAMN WELL BETTER BE LEARNING IF THEY WANT TO SURVIVE THIS SCREWED UP SYSTEM OF "FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE" UNDER WHICH WE LIVE!!!!!!!!!!
Fair? Hell no. Sucks? Damn straight it does.
Think this is new? Look up Emmett Till or the Scottsboro Boys.
Anonymous @10:28:00 PM said...
If this had gone to a jury of equal numbers of men and women, the women would have all supported her out of sisterhood and half the men would have been chivalrous manginas. She would have walked.
Don't count on it. Women on juries and on benches are frequently very harsh in their judgements of other women. It has been said that nobody can hate a woman like another woman.
From the linked article...
Watson, who was in charge of sex-crime prosecutions under former District Attorney Denis Dillon, said Sunday that Rice should have charged the young woman "immediately."
"A crime was committed, and there's no question who committed the crime . . . I prosecuted cases in the past where we had false allegations made, and arrests were made immediately," Watson said."
Can this be verified?
Watson clearly believes there is some political mileage in this situation. It would be nice to know if her claim is true.
"If this had gone to a jury of equal numbers of men and women, the women would have all supported her out of sisterhood and half the men would have been chivalrous manginas. She would have walked.
Response: "Don't count on it. Women on juries and on benches are frequently very harsh in their judgements of other women. It has been said that nobody can hate a woman like another woman."
I guess that that raises a larger concern - do women on juries make decisions mostly on 'feelings' and other personal factors?
Watson clearly believes there is some political mileage in this situation.
That, by itself, is a good sign. It signals that politicians are becoming aware of growing public sentiment against giving females complete immunity from responsibility. What will be even better will be if she wins, and the DA's treatment of Danmell Ndonye is an issue in the election.
"We need to take our small victories and appreciate them. They are few and far between enough."
Well thought out Anon 11:02.
I would have liked to see Ndonye sent away for years and live in fear of being raped by other inmates (even if it never happened), just so she could benefit from the male experience, but I didn't for a minute think that would happen in this case.
As you say, the law virtually makes her immune from penalty. And the law will stay that way until enough men are so estranged from it they accord it all the respect it deserves - none.
I can't speak for other men, but I've been going through a long period of adjustment from the traditional male attitude to women towards one of disbelief at how unable women seem to be to understand justice outside of their own immediate interests. I didn't think my estimation of them could have sunk much lower, but this case proved me wrong (yet again!). I'm only left with one conclusion - there is no bottom. There is no outrage they won't inflict on men and still pretend it is they that are the true victims.
If my view of women and their abuse of power grows ever dimmer, so very likely are other men's.
The genders are at war, and until recently, only the women knew it.
Pierce,
I didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing you or the blog. I just hate the police...in case you don't know by now:)
“Rape is such a serious crime that deliberately bringing a false accusation of rape should be an equally serious crime and women are not being punished for those crimes. I believe that being falsely accused of rape is as traumatic as being raped.”
Alan Dershowitz
http://www.newsday.com/columnists/ellis-henican/maybe-the-real-crime-is-how-easy-accuser-is-getting-off-1.1476824
The headline -
Maybe the real crime is how easy accuser is getting off
We couldn't buy this kind of publicity for our cause - at any price.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/no-criminal-charges-for-student-s-false-rape-accusations-1.1475704
The agreement, signed yesterday by Ndonye, her lawyer and Stephen Antignani of the district attorney's office, sets specific terms of Ndonye's punishment. If she breaches the agreement, prosecutors could use her sworn admission that she lied as evidence in a criminal case against her.
Let's repeat that one part -
"her sworn admission that she lied"
That's a million miles better than the outcome of the Duke rape-lie case.
And, from of all places, THE NEW YORK TIMES -
No Charges Planned in Hofstra Rape Hoax
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/nyregion/26hofstra.html
That's a million miles better than the outcome of the Duke rape-lie case.
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Unfortunately that isn't saying much... (except for Nifong being disbarred, hehehe)
I see you have an image of Justice at the top right corner of your site - you know, the blind-folded woman with a sword in one hand and a balance in the other.
I don't know the history of this image, but it's starting to look a tad dated. Maybe it's time this image was ditched forever and some thoughtful old bearded bloke became the new model.
The sworn statement doesn't mean shit. They already had a VIDEO RECORDING. The victims gain NOTHING by this sworn statement.
Meanwhile the manhating prosecutor can pretend that she held the liar accountable when she DIDN'T. It doesn't matter than Rice "could" hold the scumbag accountable if she doesn't attend her therapy and group hug sessions because SHE WON'T.
There is nothing to celebrate. The victims are getting FUCKED.
And is there any reason to think she won't just change her story two weeks from now and claim that somehow, some way she is a rape victim? Of course she will. She is a compulsive liar and that is what they do, just like Crystal Mangum.
"I don't know the history of this image, but it's starting to look a tad dated. Maybe it's time this image was ditched forever and some thoughtful old bearded bloke became the new model."
I second this. It's about time we stopped idealizing women.
I am SO FUCKING PISSED OFF about this. When are we going to start prosecuting these sexual predators?
As soon as men get tired of being treated like they're slaves on the feminazi plantation.
Broken patriarchies cannot demand justice.
When the patriarchy is broken, society regresses to living under the "Jesters Court".
The Jester is a hysterical deviant!!
Little Miss Ndonye got the Pussy Pass. Is anyone REALLY surprised?!
Here is a very good article on the financial rewards of rape-lies.
http://westvirginianews.blogspot.com/2009/09/fake-rape-is-booming-new-money-maker.html
opening paragraph -
Fake Rape Is Booming New Money Maker
False Rape Accusers Earning Big Bucks And Book Deals
by, Jack Swint WestVirginiaNews@gmail.com
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The crime of "bearing false witness" is rarely tracked or punished, and the context in which it is usually raised is highly politicized...
Over the past decade false accusations of rape have drastically increased. And, these new cases are not just targeted at the rich and famous like NBA star Kobe Bryant, who are sometimes easy marks for quick payoffs to avoid public scandals and or civil suits. There is also money to be made by any accuser, of every ethnic background, who can get into the mainstream media with their false allegations. Even after the charges against the men are found to be concocted.
Now, we are seeing a new pattern of making big bucks through back door deals ranging from personal appearances on shows like Oprah, book deals and donations and other monetary gains to the alleged victims family from sympathizers and well wishers.
(Do you think the feminist pundits will continue to insist that "something" happened in that restroom?)
Do I think the sun will come up tomorrow? Probably to the point of certainty.
As Anon@10:10 points out, rape-lies are hugely profitable, not just for the rape-liars but for the all-women-are-victims-all-the-time industry which provides feminists the majority of their employment. Rape-lies, like DV-lies, wage-gap-lies, Super-Bowl-Sunday-violence-spike-lies, and the laughable "rape-culture"-lie are fundamental to their brand identity.
The two fundamental premises/axioms of feminism directly contradict each other, yet there are few people willing to call feminists on their inherent hypocrisy and schizophrenia. Axiom 1 is that women are every bit as strong as men. This leads to the conclusion that every observable disparity between men and women must be explained as the functioning of evil spirits called "oppression" and "patriarchy." Axiom 2 is that women are weak, fragile, in need of protection, and will surely crumble into pathetic heaps if the patriarchy does not pass endless laws and create monstrous enforcement mechanisms to protect these strong/weak creatures.
It is a scam that has worked fairly well for over 40 years. Bernie Madoff did not have a sudden attack of conscience and realize that he was ripping off people and decide to quit. He quit when his game got exposed and busted.
The same is true of feminists. Until their lies are exposed and their scam ideology discredited, they will continue to rip off as many people as they can.
Amazingly, there is nothing at all about this over at feministing.com. They're talking about Australian pro-choice groups and Hillary Clinton's global food initiative and the importance of keeping libraries open.
At least somebody's discussing the issues that matter!
Anonymous said...
I see you have an image of Justice at the top right corner of your site - you know, the blind-folded woman with a sword in one hand and a balance in the other.
I don't know the history of this image, but it's starting to look a tad dated. Maybe it's time this image was ditched forever and some thoughtful old bearded bloke became the new model.
That's Iusticia, the Roman goddess of justice.
You are right that she's starting to look a bit old and decrepit. Two thousand odd years will do that to one I guess. Personally I believe somebody should pass the hat and buy her a new blindfold. The old one's become a bit threadbare. You see, like the species that created her, she has an innate urge to protect some more than others. The blindfold and consequent lack of sight is Iusticia's sacrifice designed to ensure her judgement is not tainted by those urges.
I do believe that if Iusticia were aware of the travesties we often do in her name that she would weep.
Is there a charge of false rape in your future?
The choice is hers.
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