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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 thats 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 thats 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.
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ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)... 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)...is killing one another. I despair of the human race ever learning this particular lesson.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)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)feels about it. It's not a trend, it's his opinion. How do YOU feel about it?
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Nobody with a brain would defend Rice, FGS.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)If you ask him to comment on other issues, you'll get run off this board.
trumad
(41,692 posts)And people can learn from it.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What kind of man hits a woman or a child? What a weak, pathetic creature.
malaise
(267,824 posts) and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it.
That simple!!
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)Is abandoning your responsibilities.
Domestic violence is the act of a
CRIMINAL
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)K & R