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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:14 AM Sep 2014

Obama: ‘Hitting a woman is not something a real man does’

Obama: ‘Hitting a woman is not something a real man does’
BY ANITA KUMAR



After news broke Monday that the Baltimore Ravens had terminated the contract of Ray Rice after a video surfaced of him hitting his then-finance, Press Secretary Josh Earnest spoke to President Barack Obama about the case.

“The president is the father of two daughters. And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society,” Earnest said in a statement to the media. “Hitting a woman is not something a real man does, and that’s true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye, or, far too often, behind closed doors. Stopping domestic violence is something that’s bigger than football – and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it.”

The White House celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act Tuesday with a speech by Vice President Joe Biden and a proclamation by Obama.

“You have seen the president and the vice president make very forceful public comments in talking about how important it is for men, in particular, to step up and step forward and make clear that violence against women is something that is not and cannot be tolerated, and that the most important thing -- or one of the most important things that we can do to try to end the scourge of violence against women is for men to ban together and to send a very clear signal that it is unacceptable for men to perpetrate acts of violence against women,” Earnest said.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/09/09/239248_obama-hitting-a-woman-is-not-something.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

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Mike Nelson

(9,903 posts)
2. Agreed, and I would add...
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:23 AM
Sep 2014

... all gender match-ups. People still think boys need to "learn how to fight" with each other. Hitting someone is NOT a way to solve conflicts.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
3. And, if we were to extrapolate from this, neither...
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:46 AM
Sep 2014

...is killing one another. I despair of the human race ever learning this particular lesson.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
5. When did this trend of the President of the United States' needing to comment on crimes
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:03 PM
Sep 2014

begin? Nixon and the Manson killings?

Obama seems to comment on every crime in the news, and I DON'T LIKE IT.

He has LARGER issues to deal with. He is not a mere pundit.

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
6. Maybe because there are four women in his life ( I include Mrs. Robinson) and this is how he
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:39 PM
Sep 2014

feels about it. It's not a trend, it's his opinion. How do YOU feel about it?

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
10. And Trayvon could be his son, etc. MY opinion is not the point; I don't sit in the Oval Office.
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 07:04 AM
Sep 2014

Nobody with a brain would defend Rice, FGS.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. I would have to agree with him there.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 02:57 PM
Sep 2014

What kind of man hits a woman or a child? What a weak, pathetic creature.

malaise

(267,824 posts)
11. Stopping domestic violence is something that’s bigger than football
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 07:07 AM
Sep 2014

– and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it.”


That simple!!

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