After Vice President Joe Biden sparked backlash with a remark that downplayed one type of domestic abuse, blogger Ace of Spades posed a question to Twitter: “Why would someone go out of his way to take a ‘garden variety slap across the face’ off the table as domestic abuse?”
no, seriously, why would someone go out of his way to take a "garden variety slap across the face" off the table as domestic abuse?
— The Dishonorable DJT (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 13, 2013
Why, indeed? While Biden did say that even a “garden variety slap” is unacceptable, why would he minimize any form of abuse? “Justified” actor Nick Searcy (unverified account) took a guess: “Because he’d done that a couple of times himself, and didn’t want people to think that he was an ‘abuser?'”
Ouch! Twitter mockery can be brutal, Uncle Joe. And not just “garden variety” brutal. It pays to think before you speak.
More from Ace and Searcy:
. @AceofSpadesHQ "I'm against abusing children, you know, and I mean really little children, not like those that are 15 or so."
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) March 13, 2013
. @roadtopaia @AceofSpadesHQ Not that I'm aware of. But if Connery is a Democrat, he probably did.
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) March 13, 2013
More from Ace on Sean Connery’s “Nothin’ Wrong With Slapping a Dame” rule.
. @AceofSpadesHQ @roadtopaia Perhaps he was referring to Bond girls who are trying to shoot you in the balls with a crossbow or something.
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) March 13, 2013
. @AceofSpadesHQ @roadtopaia I could care less what he said. He's just some actor, and not somebody with power like Super Dumbass Joe.
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) March 13, 2013
So, Joe, would this be abuse or abuse-abuse?
. @someotherknight @AceofSpadesHQ @roadtopaia Maybe she was garden-variety and WOULD NOT SHUT UP.
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) March 13, 2013
That’ll leave a mark! (Unlike those “unacceptable” yet “garden variety” slaps, right Uncle Joe?)
