HR’d for Snark about “Legitimate Rape”

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Tuesday August 21, 2012 · 7:44 AM PDT

2012/08/21 · 07:44

Yesterday I posted the following diary (with poll), which was eventually HR’d. Many posters called me out for making jokes at the expense of rape victims, and insisted that I remove the post and apologize.

I’m sorry Daddy Akin.
You’re right. It wasn’t legitimate rape.

I am really pregnant because:
a)    I enjoyed it.
b)    I was asking for it
c)    I was drunk
d)    I didn’t say no often enough
e)    I’ve had sex outside of . . marriage. . . before
f)    It was my husband/boyfriend
g)    Wait! It was Rape!

mintosh

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Sunday August 19, 2012 · 7:53 PM PDT

2012/08/19 · 19:53

You’re right. It wasn’t legitimate rape.

Poll

34 votes Show Results

I am really pregnant because:

34 votes Vote Now!

I am really pregnant because:

I enjoyed it!

1 vote

I was asking for it!

4 votes

I was drunk!

0 votes

I didn't say no often enough!

1 vote

I've had sex outside of marriage . . . um . . . before!

2 votes

It was my husband/boyfriend!

2 votes

Wait! It was rape!

24 votes

"I Never Paid Less than 13 Percent" - the ad campaign

mintosh

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Thursday August 16, 2012 · 6:10 PM PDT

2012/08/16 · 18:10

Series of regular folks - each saying the smallest tax percentage they have ever paid.

Example:

John Doe, Fireman: "I never paid less than 21%"

Sally Smith, Schoolteacher: I never paid less than 23%

etc. Followed by:

Mitt Romney, Business executive: "I never paid less than 13%"

Thousands more dogs to be put down each year

mintosh

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Monday April 13, 2009 · 5:09 AM PDT

2009/04/13 · 05:09

Thanks to Obama's decision to take on a pure breed. First - because everyone and their cousin will be running to puppy mills to "buy" the same dog - instead of to Shelters to adopt.

mintosh

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 10:10 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 10:10

In his latest post on the John Ziegler/Zogby-Poll affair, Silver quotes dissects the following passage from his interview with Ziegler:

"Nate Silver [NS]: Do you stand by all the statements in the survey as being unambiguously true?

John Ziegler [JZ]: I stand one hundred percent by the notion that there is absolutely zero ambiguity as to what the right answer is to any of the questions."

Poll

40 votes Show Results

So - Which 2008 P/VP candidate's spouse bought him his way into public office?

40 votes Vote Now!

So - Which 2008 P/VP candidate's spouse bought him his way into public office?

Biden

0 votes

Palin

2 votes

McCain

28 votes

Obama

1 vote

Mr. Magoo

5 votes

Tina Fey

1 vote

None of the above (and that's the last I have to say about that)

3 votes

MSM Story Advocates Stricter Bankruptcy Regulation w/poll

mintosh

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 9:21 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 09:21

MSM Story Advocates Stricter Bankruptcy Regulation. . . even as Government prepares to forgive corporate america it own insolvent sins.

Over at MSNB.COM we are told the pitiful story of a poor business owner shafted by a construction company who stole his deposit - who then had the owner convicted of larceny and forced to repay it - and was then sued himself by the owner of the construction company to have the money returned because as a declared bankrupt he was legally freed from said repayment, and so shouldn't have been charged with larceny in the first place:

Poll

71 votes Show Results

What do you most want to ask a major corporate figure?

71 votes Vote Now!

What do you most want to ask a major corporate figure?

So. . . who was it again taught you the long con?

14 votes

When did you first realize that you had no moral compass?

43 votes

Can I date your daughter?

2 votes

Can I date your ex-wife?

1 vote

Wow, you like sex AND money? We should hang out.

11 votes

Gov. Palin Mobilizes Alaskan National Guard for Hurricane Relief W/Poll

mintosh

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 8:28 AM PDT

2008/09/12 · 08:28

Well - The McCain Campaign is certainly cynical enough to try such a strategy. And - despite Repub talking points to the contrary - given that Palin hasn't as yet invoked her duties as Comander-In-Chief of the Alaskan National Guard - they could argue that this serves to increase her experience - and this in addition to all the other PR potential of such a move.

Poll

52 votes Show Results

Next favorable McCain-Palin Headline

52 votes Vote Now!

Next favorable McCain-Palin Headline

Gov. Palin Mobilizes Alaskan National Guard for Hurricane Relief

14 votes

Gov. Palin Expecting Down Syndrom Twins

5 votes

Gov. Palin Builds Bridge to Nowhere over Long Weekend

1 vote

Gov. Palin Saves John McCain from Choking on Pretzel

14 votes

Gov. Palin -- Latest Vietnam POW Pics

18 votes

Palingate? W/poll

mintosh

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 12:57 AM PDT

2008/09/07 · 00:57

Perhaps one way to make McCain's choice of Palin as his running mate - about McCain's impulsive and unvetted choice - and remind voters that we can only expect more impulsiveness should McCain become president - is to XXXXgate the word, as has become the standard operating procedure when referencing some new scandal. So in this case - we get Palingate.

Poll

119 votes Show Results

Does the scandal need a Moniker?

119 votes Vote Now!

Does the scandal need a Moniker?

Yes - and it should be Palingate.

49 votes

Yes - but it should be something else.

13 votes

No - better leave well enough alone and keep the focus on McCain

50 votes

Waccha talkin about Willis?!

7 votes

McCain Plagiarizes Wikipedia W/poll

mintosh

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Monday August 11, 2008 · 7:18 PM PDT

2008/08/11 · 19:18

Taegan Goddard at CQ Politics details some interesting similarities the Wikipedia entry on Georgia, and McCain's recent speech.

Poll

67 votes Show Results

Top Plagiarism Excuses

67 votes Vote Now!

Top Plagiarism Excuses

Fact Checking Atlanta as Capital of Georgia

5 votes

Forgot that I had written the Wikipedia Entry

4 votes

How could I have plagiarized the internet - when I can't even use it?

29 votes

Have I told you about my POW experiences?

29 votes

Shut Up and Act With Poll

mintosh

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 · 6:15 PM PDT

2008/07/29 · 18:15

We all know that if those liberals in hollywood had had their way in the 50’s and 60's - what, with all their ability to shape the minds of our impressionable youth - we might all be speaking Russian now.

Poll

28 votes Show Results

Jon Voigt's best movie was

28 votes Vote Now!

Jon Voigt's best movie was

Midnight Cowboy

17 votes

Catch 22

0 votes

Mission Impossible

1 vote

Anaconda

0 votes

National Treasure

1 vote

National Treasure II: Book of Secrets

1 vote

Recount 2008: McCain's Long Night

8 votes

I Can't Wait For the New FISA Bill!! W/Poll

mintosh

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 10:02 PM PDT

2008/07/09 · 22:02

More specifically, I can’t wait to see how a democratic President-House-Senate might put this bill to use. I can think of all kinds of wonderful targets for warrantless eavesdropping. As president, I would begin by eavesdropping on every communication that George Bush has with Cheney and/or his lawyers. Any information gleaned will be enormously useful when it comes to charging him with war crimes.

Poll

31 votes Show Results

If I had the New Fisa Bill at My Disposal I Would Eavesdrop on

31 votes Vote Now!

If I had the New Fisa Bill at My Disposal I Would Eavesdrop on

Bush and Cheney

9 votes

Bush and His Lawyers

2 votes

Gun Distributors

1 vote

Fundamentalist Christians

0 votes

Hate Groups

4 votes

Brad Piss and Angelina Jolie

4 votes

All of the Above

10 votes

See my comment in the comments section

1 vote

I Was Wrong to Question Wes Clark W/poll

mintosh

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 8:10 AM PDT

2008/07/02 · 08:10

I am currently living overseas - with no cable television, and so no Fox, CNN, or MSNBC. Seeing a (substantial) clip of the Schieffer video, I did think Clark had gone to far (review my last diary, if you want to see my previous position.

However, apparently I had forgotten how disproportionate the response from the right wing media could be to any "offense". But after watching the video in this post - I now remember - and have fully changed my position. Clark should be defended, and rigourously. And not only defended - but his meme that capture and torture does not qualify one for president, should be spread far and wide. Because what this is all really about - is that becsause of his service McCain is somehow untouchable. And this needs to be rejected, vigorously.

Poll

80 votes Show Results

How could Obama best spend his political capital?

80 votes Vote Now!

How could Obama best spend his political capital?

Voting against the FISA bill

28 votes

Defending Clark

19 votes

Challenging McCain to a waterboarding contest

11 votes

He doesn't have enough political capital to even buy a big mac and fries

8 votes

Ignoring anything this diarist says

14 votes

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