Governor: "...you never, ever, ever hit a woman"

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-03-27 12:32

Story here. Excerpt:

'Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that he and other elected officials can’t fight domestic violence alone — ordinary residents must join the battle, too.

Abbott stopped here Thursday morning for the grand opening of The Gatehouse, a 96-unit apartment community for abused women and children.
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“No woman should be trapped in an abusive relationship,” he said. “No woman should feel unsafe in her own home. No woman should feel helpless with no place and no one to turn to.”
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“This is not a women’s issue,” he said. “This is a man’s issue … and we need to draw a line in the sand and say you never, ever, ever hit a woman.”

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Categorical imperatives are dangerous things, as dangerous as what they are often used to deal with. So if a woman has a knife or gun and wants to use it against me, I can "never, ever" hit her? Can I use judo or aikido maybe? Or am I limited to just trying to talk her out of it as she lunges at me, claymore/knife/rapier at full present?

And of course, he never mentions men. So, men can't be DV victims? Some seem to think so. Is also never, ever all right for a woman to hit a man? What say thee, Mr. Governor?

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2015-03-30 06:56