Wednesday, April 20, 2005

The State House in South Carolina recently passed a bill protecting cocks from cockfighting, but declined to elevate domestic violence from a misdemeanor to a felony. Rep. John Graham Altman appears to be one of the most insensitive, arrogant, chauvinistic men I've read about in a long time. A few comments from Neanderthal Altman:

About the Domestic Violence Bill: "I think this bill is probably drafted out of an abundance of ignorance."

As Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter said of the two bills, "What we have said by the actions of the Judiciary Committee is we aren't going to create a felony if you beat your wife, partner, husband. But now, if you've got some cockfighting going on, whoa! Wait a minute."

Neanderthal Altman responds with "People who compare the two are not very smart, and if you don't understand the difference between trying to ban the savage practice of watching chickens trying to kill each other and protecting people rights in CDV statutes, I'll never be able to explain it to you in a 100 years ma'am."

Neanderthal Altman speaks about domestic violence, "There ought not to be a second offense. The woman ought to not be around the man. I mean you women want it one way and not another. Women want to punish the men, and I do not understand why women continue to go back around men who abuse them. And I've asked women that and they all tell me the same answer, John Graham you don't understand. And I say you're right, I don't understand."

Not only doesn't he understand domestic violence and why it's so hard for women to leave, who's rights are you protecting by leaving the Domestic Violence bill as a misdemeanor????? The batterer, that's who!

Neanderthal Altman also states, "It's not the woman's fault, it's not blaming the victim, but tell me what self-respecting person is going back around some one who beats them" Not blaming the victim? Not the woman's fault? That's *exactly*what he did in his previous statements, spreading his bull about 'I just don't understand why women won't leave. Why do they want to punish the man, blah, blah blah.'

What a chauvinistic bastard. I'm glad I don't live in South Carolina.

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