Well, it was bound to happen, I guess, after thirty male Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s amendment granting rape survivors who were assaulted by members of military contractors the right to sue their perpetrators, and Jon Stewart went to town on them (see down below),
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…it would be natural I suppose for more people to use satire to shame the thirty neanderthal senators.
Enter Republicans for Rape, a satirical site that features a list and photos of the 30 senators, a hall-of-shame obviously, showing all of them in their pasty, old, toothy-grinned glory. There’s contact info for you to write these assholes. It’s presented as a chance to commend a bunch of “courageous men” willing to stand up for rape, but again, this is satire. If you like at the donate page, they make it clear it’s satirical, and they ask you to volunteer time and money to your local rape crisis center.
I see the need and respect the presence of this satirical site. I think it’s important.
It just cuts to the quick today, as it’s been the first difficult one in a little while in my own trip as a rape survivor.
*sigh*
Well, good on you, makers of R f R…
