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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaine Republican regrets saying men should rape women if abortion is legal
By Travis Gettys
Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:23
A Republican state lawmaker from Maine says he regrets making decades worth of offensive comments about gays, rape, and abortion that were compiled recently by a liberal activist.
Blogger Mike Tipping dug up several offensive comments made by state Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst) from old news reports he posted on the Bangor Daily News website, which has spurred Democratic calls for the lawmakers resignation.
In one of the quotes posted on the blog, Lockman falsely suggested HIV and AIDS could be spread by bed sheets and mosquitos, and he also said the progressive movement helped spread the virus by claiming the practice of sodomy is a legitimate alternative lifestyle, rather than a perverted and depraved crime against humanity.
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If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? Lockman said. At least the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom doesnt (in most cases) result in anyones death.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/maine-republican-regrets-saying-men-should-rape-women-if-abortion-is-legal/
gaspee
(3,231 posts)I have no words for what that man is.
But not in polite company.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)IMHO
AnneD
(15,774 posts)Hate and fear. Hopefully people will wake up. You can cry wolf only so many times. IMHO
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What a piece of shit.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)One can regret a simple mistake.
One does not simply "regret" more than a decade of bad behavior.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)is regrettable. A decade is a big trend
frylock
(34,825 posts)Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)There are always going to be some loonies out there, and society can cope with that, give or take.
But when they're winning the majority of popular votes, you have a problem.
Octoberfurst
(42 posts)I feel the same way. Of course there will always be politicians out there are who are out-of-their mind loons. Knuckledraggers who haven't even entered the 20th century much less the 21st. But the thing that boggles my mind is when they get elected! And keep getting reelected! I wonder WTF is wrong with the voters! Why would they vote for such people? And then the scary part comes to my mind. There are a LOT of stupid, reactionary troglodytes out there who vote!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)When they start saying what they really thing and then slowly come to a stop followed by:
"Why is everyone looking at me like that?"
sheshe2
(83,855 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)If the compilation had not been put out, he would have continued making the same vile comments.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I still wouldn't vote for any such idiot, though.
yuiyoshida
(41,835 posts)marions ghost
(19,841 posts)that drawing says it all....
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Drew Richards
(1,558 posts)Does Maine seem like a different country compared to the states around it?
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)Is there anything good about this Republican?
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Now that he has been exposed he should be easy to take down in the next election.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)FUCK YOU.
Sincerely,
47of74
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I had no idea Maine is in the Deep South.
AAO
(3,300 posts)JI7
(89,262 posts)DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)only "28% of Republicans believe GOP advocates its principles well."
Whatever it is that 'well' means under the circumstances.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/24/just-28-of-republicans-believe-gop-advocates-its-principles-well/
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)RandySF
(59,157 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Do ya think?!!
Obviously NOT!
tandot
(6,671 posts)who are probably taught the same "family values"
How does such disgusting, vile, piece of sh*t get elected in Maine, of all places???
libodem
(19,288 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)So I guess raping someone's mother or potential mother is a okay!
Besides (and I am stealing this from the movie Airplane): "Sayna, that got their two X chromosomes. They knew what they were getting into when they were in the womb. I say, let 'em get raped."
blue neen
(12,327 posts)None whatsoever.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Anyone who says that must have experience doing such.
He's perfectly in line with 'pro-life' repukes who claim no woman should be allowed to get an abortion, or say no to their demands for sex.
If she gets pregnant, she's a gold digger who got pregnant to entrap them.
Every young lady should know there are men like that around or get the hell away from them.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)sakabatou
(42,170 posts)What a sick SOB.
Triana
(22,666 posts)Someone making that kind of comment for decades -- has issues beyond just what he *said* - and he clearly should not be in public office.
Aviation Pro
(12,181 posts)Yo, fucklick, pay attention:
Rape = Illegal
Abortion = Legal
I'm not even going to debate your stupidity with you, you fucking used piece of shit paper.
Especially, someone who looks like a penis:
Threedifferentones
(1,070 posts)I would probably be in prison the rest of my life. Just sayin.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)Sad thing is, there are dozens of other Lockmans holding elected seats at all levels of government.
There was a time when people making such ignorant statements would be shamed out of even thinking of running for dogcatcher, let alone a state or federal legislative seat. And they're so friggin' outspoken with their ignorance! They wear it like a badge of pride!
This is what 25-30 years of dumbing down from RW radio and Faux Snooze has done to the overall intelligence of this country.
opiate69
(10,129 posts)Regret believing it? I'd wager not so much.
niyad
(113,527 posts)niyad
(113,527 posts)seriously, you are one sick, twisted, ignorant, woman-hating pos.
mythology
(9,527 posts)How can somebody be so utterly devoid of logic, basic human decency and the slightest sense of public discourse?
I mean even if you are stupid enough to believe such a thing, what the bloody hell made him think saying it aloud was a good idea? Then again, I remember Clayton Williams, so perhaps there's just a strain of stupid that I can't understand.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)what kind of sick, twisted thinking is that???
SunSeeker
(51,658 posts)So wrong on so many levels.
yuiyoshida
(41,835 posts)Because he must obviously believe what he said.
Jamaal510
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Iggo
(47,564 posts)But I'll also bet he doesn't regret for one minute that that's what he truly believes.
Warpy
(111,327 posts)and it's high time women spot these bastards a little earlier so they can be prevented from rising above the level of dog catcher.
Yeah, he's really sorry now. I just wish I could say his career in politics was over.
alp227
(32,047 posts)I think that's why he regrets saying what he said. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
The new motto by his Democratic challenger: Take away Lockman's keys to his office!
sibelian
(7,804 posts)To a large extent I think I'd rather not know such people existed. But, they do.
So, what can be done about them? We're not allowed to round them all up and send them off to see psychiatrists...
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)What a complete waste of carbon that Lockman jackass is.
otohara
(24,135 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?
...At least the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom doesnt (in most cases) result in anyones death.
~ Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst)