Wingnut Media Mocks Reid for Linking Rise in Unemployment to Domestic Violence/Abuse

[Triana]

Doocy, RedState, Hoft suggest Reid will abuse his wife if he loses his Senate seat
51 minutes ago — 12 Comments

Right-wing media figures have seized on comments Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made linking unemployment to a rise in domestic violence by suggesting that if he loses his re-election bid, then Reid, whose mother was a victim of domestic abuse, will subsequently become abusive toward his wife. Moreover, on Fox & Friends, Laura Ingraham dismissed a 2004 study, which found that "the rate of violence increases as the number of periods of male unemployment increases," to claim that Reid's comments were "lunacy" and "stigmatize the unemployed"; in addition to the 2004 study from which Reid was apparently citing, several other studies and experts indicate that there is a link between abuse and unemployment.

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Umm - the FACTS ARE that rises in unemployment DO cause an increase in DV. Reid is right - though the wingnuts are attacking him for it.

[jobycom]

1. Next, Laura Ingraham will debunk that whole "Earth revolving around the Sun" myth.

In the party of the stupid, even a fucking moran can be queen.

[KingFlorez]

2. They make something out of everything

[WCGreen]

3. After serving on the board of the local Domestic Violence shelter, I can

tell Laura Ingraham to stop feeding the juvenile fantasis of their viewers and take some time to talk to experts in the field...

Is nothing sacred to these sorry assed people?

Will they politize anything and everything just to increase their popularity?

She would fit well with the Nazi propaganda apparatus in the run up to the takeover of Germany.

[liberal N proud]

4. Who needs facts and statistics

:sarcasm:

[alp227]

5. Huh? A woman dismissing a study linking unemployment and domestic violence?

Seriously, I don't understand how the Ann Coulter/Phyllis Schlafly/Laura Ingraham types of women think.

BTW, there's a professor in my college named Laura Ingraham. Scary, huh?

I also thought that conservatives, who participate in such groups like Club for Growth and call for "prosperity" in their campaigns, were supposed to be compassionate to the unemployed. Hell, they also love blaming "tax-n-spend libbruls" for economic downturns. However, domestic violence is never a big deal if you're conservative, because the MAN is in control, right?

[Triana]

9. I understand how they think...

...they don't. :)

[951-Riverside]

6. Poor people beat the crap out of each other ...nothing new. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

7. Someone was trumpeting this in LBN--it was locked

Now I know where he got the idea.

[Triana]

8. ?

Trumpeting the article or that Reid would abuse his wife if he wasn't re-elected or what?

I'm confussed! LOL!