Republican lawmaker blames 11-year-old victim of alleged gang rape at Pat Dollard

Republican lawmaker blames 11-year-old victim of alleged gang rape

March 17th, 2011 (29) Posted By Pat Dollard.

I suppose the 11 yr old girl should have been dressed in a Burka so she was properly modest… It is never acceptable to blame the victim. But what this woman is saying is it ok to rape an 11yr old for how she is dress but not a 20 yr old. This little girl was RAPED!! even if she was 20 or 30 they RAPED HER and that is not her fault or anyone but the monsters who did it and anyone who defends them is as sick and f-ed up as they are need to be removed for society also. ~~Knottie

Elected officials should know better than to blame the victim of a sex crime.

While it’s a common tactic of abusers, it’s something no one expected of Republican Florida state Rep. Kathleen Passidomo.

During debate over a bill that would legislate a dress code for Florida students, Passidomo blamed the alleged gang raping of an 11-year-old in Cleveland, Texas on the way the young girl was dressed.

“There was an article about an 11 year old girl who was gangraped in Texas by 18 young men because she was dressed like a 21-year-old prostitute,” Passidomo declared.

“And her parents let her attend school like that. And I think it’s incumbent upon us to create some areas where students can be safe in school and show up in proper attire so what happened in Texas doesn’t happen to our students,” she added.

Broward/Palm Beach New Times’ Brandon Thorp was shocked.

“Whoa!” he wrote. “As a genus, politicians aren’t the brightest wicks in the candelabra, but they usually possess sufficient self-awareness to shield the public from the horrorshows of their minds. Blaming the rape of an 11-year-old girl on her parents’ sense of fashion — and to do so out loud — smacks of rank amateurism.”

At a civc meeting in Cleveland following the crime, local residents there had also placed blame on the girl.

“Many who attended the meeting said they supported the group of men and boys who have been charged in the case,” The Associated Press reported. “Supporters didn’t claim that the men and boys did not have sex with the young girl; instead they blamed the girl for the way she dressed or claimed she must have lied about her age — accusations that have drawn strong responses from those who note an 11-year-old cannot consent to sex and that it doesn’t matter how she was dressed.”

Even a New York Times article on the alleged rape was widely criticized for lack of balance.

“[Residents] said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s,” the Times reported.

“These elements, creating an impression of concern for the perpetrators and an impression of a provocative victim, led many readers to interpret the subtext of the story to be: she had it coming,” Times public editor Arthur Brisbane noted several days later.

“We live in a society that continues to blame and shame victims of sexual assault,” Kelly Boros, communications manager of the Houston Area Women’s Center, told El Gato Media Network.

“It is disheartening but not surprising to see rape myths perpetuated in the news; sometimes subtly and sometimes blatantly.”

Full Story at Rawstory.com

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Tyler520

these biblethumpers will ensure an Obama 2012 victory

Tom in CO

You said it!
Johnny_Bluejeans

Does the article state she is a biblethumper?? All I get is that she is a Republican, a Floridian, a State Representative, and a total f*cking moron. From the picture, she might be a witch.
Sixchuter

According to her bio, she’s a Roman Catholic. I didn’t know Catholics were under the umbrella of “biblethumpers”.

http://knottiesniche.com Knottie

Tyler.. I don’t think they realize how much like the fucking muslims they sound…

YERMOM

:beer:
http://islamquotes.com Herman

@ Knottie… indeed.
So repulsive, but it wouldn’t be the first time people are misquoted in the news.
So I wrote her an email, basically stating that *if* these are her comments, she should be ashamed of herself.

Let’s see if she answers..

Axel

disgrace
Doc Holiday

Despicable!
Dean

Fucking politicians. They’re all the same kind of craven mutant no matter if they’re Dem or Repub.
odin2012

Stupid BITCH!
Amy

I take this woman doesn’t have children and has never been affected by rape. EIGHTEEN men raped this child for HOURS. They even took her to a trailer when someone came to where they were. There is no excuse.
This woman needs to be thrown out of public office. She’s not fit to be a dogcatcher.
Steven

Mrs. Passidomo is on to something, this should clarify it http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1680773/theories_of_victimization_victim_precipitation.html. While I agree with the lifestyle theory, it is impossible to apply it to a case where the victim is 11 years old. Passidomo is, without a question, out of line.

http://islamquotes.org Herman

“The victim precipitation theory”, is about the stupidest thing I ever heard of.

Let me clarify: you own a beautiful car, and that of course is asking for me who cannot afford to buy one, to either steal yours or damage or destroy it…. right?

So any woman can be raped, because she will always wear something or not enough for men to rape her…. islam being about the worst in this scenario.

It is pretty simple to me:”The victim precipitation theory” is created to make the victim the culprit and the criminal the victim.. or our world upside down.

derised1

Idiocy on display!

I have read stories of girls and women of all ages who were raped – from babies to ninety-year olds. Fashion is a lame excuse.

There is no moral justification for the savagery of these rapists. Hope they get the book thrown at them.
http://victoriaontheright.blogspot.com/ Barry from Victoria

Besides RINOs, there is a related species called CINOs- Catholics in name only. They say they are Catholics but their lives and beliefs are in complete violation of Catholic teaching. Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and the late but unlamented Ted Kennedy are examples. Usually, they are Democrats, making Ms Passidomo an unusual hybrid. Remember, Nancy Pelosi had no qualms about walking arm in arm with an advocate of – I think this is the euphemism- “intergenerational sex.” But since I don’t know the full context of her remarks maybe I should give her benefit of the doubt and hope she really meant that it’s wrong to dress young girls to look like skanks. It is wrong. Of course, nothing justifies young men subjecting an 11 year old to a gang bang- even if, after seeing some pornographic depiction of gang rape, she wanted to try it. I have thought for a long time that the public is being softened up to come to accept ‘intergenerational sex’ as just another lifestyle choice like homosexuality or cross dressing, or abortion. Take a look at the “Toddlers and Tiaras” show if you don’t believe me. The techniques have worked before.
http://knottiesniche.com Knottie

It comes down to this.. We need to thoroughly vet this asshats BEFORE we vote them. Calling themselves Conservatives, republicans or tea party supports does not make it so. We are allowing too many of these extremist dipshit through the cracks.
bpete

If you can’t tell the differance from a 11 year old and a 18 year old you have a peoblem. I don’t care how she was dressed. She was just a kid, not a adult!
Giorgi

its strange hearing that from a woman. she just reinforced the fear of speaking out for more than 80% of raped women that are afraid to file an incident cause they believe “it was their fault”. rape is NEVER a womans fault!!!
reagan54

Ms. Passidomo: I think you need a field trip. Just wear what you have on in the above photograph. Next, you need to experience what that child went through with 18 men and see if you still have the same opinion. Eleven years old? I do not think she is old enough to have picked her science project. Rape is not about lust; it is about violence.

BTW: Excellent comment Knottie.

Amy

I agree.
I cringe every time I think of that poor little girl. I’m just glad a few of those “men” were ignorant enough to take pictures with their cell phones. Now the court has faces to go with the crime.
Lock these bastards up in a predominately Latino section of the prison and let them know exactly what these guys are locked up for. Justice will then truly be served. :gun:

Where is my country

I think this sorry ass cunt should go sit in the midle of the san quentin rec yard for an hour with her atire to ward off these sick ass less than human swamp rats! Wow to blame the victim or should say the child is unbelievable. What some will go through in order to kiss the ghetto ass of hoodlums is unbelievable. Even elect a 2 yr old douche bag to try and run the country
ji

Wow, since ob was illegally elected.
The RINO’s and traitors to the USA are coming out of the wood work in droves.
tahDeetz

Hey Florida GOP & Tea Party, y’all best kick this dense bitch to the curb, quick.

tD
No Excuses!

I am flabbergasted that everyone here is in denial of the undeniable fact that the girl and her dumbass parents (oh wait, this is Cleveland… make that PARENT) bear ANY responsibility at all!

The (choke-gag-spit) politician didn’t say that the girl’s fashion statement EXCUSED the rape, only that it contributed to it! “Fashion” is a lame excuse for dressing an 11 year-old like a whore…

Grow the fuck up, people!
Sponge

The thing that amazes me is that these people commenting in the article are approving of RAPE if you’re dressed a certain way. I agree with the opening comment that says we might as well have women in burkas because the muslim solution is so much better than to have men walking around raping ‘uncovered meat’ all day.

W.T.F!?!

:gun:
remmy

Why are state lawmakers trying to pass a law that pertains to how students dress? Why is it not left up to the individual school or school district? Why not start with the parents who let their kids go to school the way they are dressed?

New laws alone do not fix a problem.
Gianna

Are you serious??? THOSE BOYS ARE THE REAL VICTIMS!!!How could you not feel for them being mislead and lied to like that?
LESSON:Next time a girl tells you and your friends she wants a gangbang:1. Check ID.2. Get her to consent with a waiver and3. Don’t take video or pics to share with the whole town.
Of course she’s gonna be pissed if you show her pics, Turn around and Calls “RAPE” so she dosen’t look like a whore. She ruined their lives…
Gianna

Are you serious??? THOSE BOYS ARE THE REAL VICTIMS!!!How could you not feel for them being mislead and lied to like that?
LESSON:Next time a girl tells you and your friends she wants a gangbang:1. Check ID.2. Get her to consent with a waiver and3. Don’t take video or pics to share with the whole town.
Of course she’s gonna be pissed if you show her pics, Turn around and Calls “RAPE” so she dosen’t look like a whore. She ruined their lives…