By Claire Bernish at theantimedia.org
New Hampshire — In what could only be described as the most astonishingly ignorant and stunningly misogynistic comments from a politician’s mouth yet — and there are certainly plenty to choose from — an elected politician said women who expose their breasts in public should have no problem with men gawking at or grabbing their breasts.
Men and women in New Hampshire are legally allowed to bare their nipples in public, but State Representative Josh Moore and others are attempting to pass a bill that would make it illegal — for women only, of course. According to the bill, a woman could be charged with a misdemeanor if she “purposely exposes the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts in a public place and in the presence of another person with reckless disregard for whether a reasonable person would be offended or alarmed by such an act.”
Though the bill ostensibly makes exceptions for breastfeeding, Moore does not. After State Representative Amanda Bouldin rightly criticized the absurdly backwards bill on Facebook, Moore — a politician people chose to author policy — responded with a post of his own, which Slate archived for posterity:
“Who doesn’t support a mothers [sic] right to feed? Don’t give me the liberal talking points Amanda. If it’s a woman’s natural inclination to pull her nipple out in public and you support that, than [sic] you should have no problem with a mans [sic] inclantion [sic] to stare at it and grab it. After all… It’s ALL relative and natural, right?”
Yes, not only does Moore have jaw-droppingly chauvinistic ideas about women, as well as radically out-of-touch assumptions about his own gender, but his basic command of the English language appears to be on rather shaky ground. If Moore’s disgusting display weren’t godawful enough, State Representative Al Baldasaro hastily inserted both feet in his own mouth with this equally stupefying statement:
“Amanda, No disrespect, but your nipple would be the last one I would want to see. You want to turn our family beach’s [sic] into a pervert show. Liberterians [sic] want a nude beach, put your money together and buy one, if you want to expose you [sic] kids to nudity, go for it. Some of us liberty minded [sic] Reps do beleive [sic] in family values.”’
Before you ask, the answer is no — though their spellcheck apps apparently quit in disgust — theseelected politicians’ accounts had not been hacked.
Twitter responded brilliantly, with some praising Moore for taking the lead in 2016 “DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR!” and one user promising Moore, “fine, we’ll be by to kick you in the balls.”
New Hampshire State Rep.Josh Moore takes early lead in 2016 DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR! https://t.co/wbnz0eJeXY
— NickJacklaus (@NickJacklaus) January 3, 2016
#breast #Josh Moore New Hampshire state representative Josh Moore: fine, we’ll be by to kick you in the balls.
— Janet Norris (@JanetNorris) January 3, 2016
Despite the mind-numbing ignorance of Moore’s and Baldasaro’s misogynistic and quite public statements, Bouldin told Mark Joseph Stern at Slate she wasn’t ruffled at all — and only wants to ensure the bill doesn’t pass.
“We shouldn’t be introducing new legislation that only applies to women,” she explained. “If we had any laws that started with the sentence ‘women should not,’ they should have been repealed by now.”
To those who’ve been demanding an apology of Rep. Moore @thekingomman or Rep. @Al_Baldasaro – I don’t need that. Just kill the bill.
— Amanda Bouldin (@BouldinAmanda) January 2, 2016
Besides inane and backwards legislation in need of repeal, perhaps the 2016 elections could be best employed to rid the state legislature of a few inane and backwards legislators, as well.
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What a bunch of fucking morons!!! The next thing you’ll probably be hearing out of these dumbasses is that it’s ok to rape a woman for wearing a short skirt or dress. It’s morons like these that make this world a bad place to live in.
Amy: There are numerous cases of police chiefs and politicians making statements that women who wear short skirts or clothing that reveals to much skin are inviting a rapists to commit their crime on them. In my opinion the US has gone to hell in a hand basket…a reason why I left and don’t plan on coming back anytime soon.
No apology. Remove him from office. Apparently he is not taking seriously 52 per cent of the population.
Never mind “mysoginistic”, “ignorant” or other such mundane words, ever hear of “assault” ?
Just when I thought ignorance couldn’t get more ignorant it does. I give kudos to Amanda for not getting into a pissing contest on Twitter w/these two idiots. My one desire would be for the Republicans, in general, just leave women alone.
Kathy: Amanda is a bright woman for staying on the sidelines. As a friend once told me: “Why slap someone in the face when they’ll eventually do it themselves.” In this case both Moore and Baldasaro already have. The sad thing is I would bet on them being reelected when their terms are up and they run for office again.
There is nothing sexual about a mother feeding her child. Is this breast envy?
Do you slap the baby out of the way to get at the offending nipple?
It OK for Women to Pinch Men’s Penis if they Pee in Public. Tit for tat.