He got called on the rape thing by others giving testimony. Basically, what he said was that he would rather that young women who have been assaulted take advantage of rape survivor resources after the fact, than to have to either face a homicide charge themselves, or have their gun taken from them and murdered with it. The problem is that he flatly rules out the possibility that a sexual assault victim might be able to A) shoot her assailant without having her gun taken, and B) do so without being prosecuted for it.OldCannon wrote:Can somebody please post a link to Acevedo's testimony (transcript or video). I'm hearing that he made some outrageous claims related to rape at the session. Interestingly, this wouldn't be the first time that Acevedo has shown callous disregard for victims of rape. He values the victim culture, like most liberals.
He was infuriating. Somebody said that his testimony was akin to the advice of some anti-gun types, that sexual assault victims should urinate on themselves to make themselves less attractive to the rapist. He tried to weasel out of that line of thought, but he continued to insist that a rape victim was better off taking advantage of rape-survivor resources than defending herself with a gun. The subtextual misogyny of the left is astounding in the face of their claim to the high ground in women's rights. It was as disgusting a display of chauvinism as I've seen in years. I have NEVER met a conservative or libertarian who thought that women should just lie back and take it, and then learn how to cope with the psychological impact of that afterward. That is just plain evil thinking.
Women who submit to this ideal agree to live as second class citizens.