Twitter Lynch Mob calls for rape of Rep. Todd Akin
Leftists have spent much of the afternoon criticizing and mocking Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri, who made poorly-worded comments about “legitimate rape.”
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Alas, a few Twitter users are taking it too far:
Todd Akin should be shipped to an island with the booty bandit for the rest of his life.
— cerebro3 (@AfrikanFengShui) August 19, 2012
Why doesn't someone rape Todd Akin and see if he was right?
— Austin (@Austin_H2O) August 19, 2012
https://twitter.com/dunnybocter/status/237289292886577152
https://twitter.com/realtimkelleher/status/237278628990312449
Someone shld 'legitimately rape' Todd Akin -> Rep. Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant http://t.co/ilDXKk5b
— David Levy (@dslevy) August 19, 2012
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https://twitter.com/PFKaP/status/237289563649892352
I'm going to rape Todd Akin and insist it wasn't legitimate because he didn't get pregnant.
— Yung Demon (@SatansDopeBoy) August 19, 2012
It is fine to call out Akin for scientifically-inaccurate remarks.
However, to suggest (even in jest) that Akin or his family members ought to be raped is beyond the pale.
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