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Conservatives & rape: happy together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY23hWWgRI 12/19/2009

Media conservatives are obsessed with rape: http://bit.ly/50WdMc (via @mmfa) 12/18/2009

Conservative pundits use sexual assault metaphors--because that's not offensive at all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCY23hWWgRI 12/2/2009

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Video: Media Conservatives Describe Obama Policies as 'Rape'
Politics Daily — Filed under: Media, ConservativesThis montage of footage from the programs of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Neal Boortz and others reveals that conservative pundits have a new favorite word to describe Obama policies: "rape."   Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Video- Why Are So Many Media Conservatives So Obsessed With Rape?
The Political Carnival — Not gonna go there. Via Media Matters.

Right-Wing Talkers Obsessed With Rape
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — One of the things that's obviously under-appreciated about right-wing radio and television is the way hosts wield this awesome variety of artful metaphors about the state of the nation. In this new mashup video from Media Matters, however, you really see the full measure of their rhetorical brilliance, as various figures from the fringe calmly and with clear heads describe the RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE of various things: the nation, the poor, the Statue of Liberty. Michael Savage drops a strange little "rape missing children missing children rape" hip hop verse, and Glenn Beck channels Roman Polanski (Glenn's very topical!). Meanwhile, the human cost of ...

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Shakesville — [Trigger warning.] Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): [Transcript below.] There's plenty more where that came from. Over at conservative cesspool Townhall, you can find Thomas Sowell writing about "The Rape of Justice," and Dennis Prager explaining "The Rape of a Name Is Also Rape," and Mike Adams bemoaning "The Intellectual Rape of Scott Savage." Et cetera. It's not just the guys, either: Ann ...

Best Joke Of The Week
Open Left - Front Page — David Letterman: Sarah Palin says that she felt ambushed when Katie Couric asked her what newspaper she read.  This coming from a woman who shoots wolves from a helicopter! That's not a joke, it's an x-ray of the conservative soul: Implicit double-standard view of the world? Check! Implicit sense of entitlement?  Check! Casual violence?  Check! Casual violence towards those helpless to fight back?  Check! Bottomless sense of victimhood? Check! Utter cluelessness?  Check! Utter cluelessness about one's utter cluelessnes? ...

Crazy Republicans
Booman Tribune — What's the deal with the Republicans' obsession with rape? Is that normal?

Why do conservative media-makers use rape metaphors?
Feministing — Charming. Video from Media Matters. Via Broadsheet.