Whoopi Goldberg Asks VP Biden to Remind Women to Not Hit Men

Sporkboy · 2012-09-17T21:02:03+00:00

I like how all violent criminals are illiterate and witnesses to male perpetrated domestic violence. All of them. Thanks, Mr. Vice President.

sowhatisit · 2012-09-17T20:26:07+00:00

I just got so much more respect for Whoopi Goldberg.

Roddy0608 · 2012-09-17T22:44:15+00:00

Lot of respect for Whoopi, but it pissed me off that he said "A man should never never never (etc.) hit a woman unless it's in self-defense" instead of "A person should never never never (etc.) hit another person unless it's in self-defense". And just everything he said really.

opticbyte · 2012-09-17T20:37:38+00:00

Why is it when a woman hits a man it's because she saw her mother/sister get beaten by (you guessed it) a man? Is it ever the perpetrators fault, or is it always the man?

Krackor · 2012-09-17T22:41:27+00:00

He is so clearly going after easy political points; when he said "never, never, never, never hit a woman" it was so obvious that the audience were going to applaud. He played them like a puppet master.

Standing on a platform of "ending violence against women" is like handing out free candy - an easy way to gain vacuous popularity.

Yet when violence against men is raised, as an issue, he completely ignores it and turns the subject back to violence against women.

What a slimy manipulator.

LeafBlowingAllDay · 2012-09-17T23:08:27+00:00

He's just acting like an android, spouting off trite talking points. It really does not solve anything because people like him act like male violence happens in a vacuum. In reality preventing violence against women means preventing violence against men too, not to mention addressing general social problems like poverty and drug abuse. People usually commit violence because for reasons besides "no one told me not to commit violence".

When Whoopi made her comment it's sad how uncomfortable he looks, he knows addressing that is a land mine, and the media will have a field day if he says the wrong thing. Saying that women shouldn't hit men should not be the kind of statement that makes someone squirm and feel uncomfortable! Violence against men or women are two sides of the same coin, but society acts like it's a zero-sum game, that it has to be about blaming men as a group vs. blaming women as a group.

jeffdude · 2012-09-17T19:47:16+00:00

Looks like he doesn't like the idea that women shouldn't hit men..

bikemaul · 2012-09-17T20:29:09+00:00

A woman hitting a man is a rhetorical device. Men are always bigger so it can't be violence, bulling, psychological abuse, or manipulative.

/s

nlakes · 2012-09-17T23:10:09+00:00

Men do not see men as a group to the degree women see women as a group, accordingly, we're not treated like a group to target by politicians.

Until men get better organized to represent ourselves, which the MRM is doing, we will be kept back as politicians/white knights bend over backwards to validate women's feelings and do whatever it takes to win their vote. Even if what it takes curtails the rights of men or provides unfair advantage to women (women only scholarships, promoting less qualified women ahead of men etc).

jmnzz · 2012-09-18T03:26:14+00:00

Wow...I am shocked...fucking astonished...he actually added on "unless it's in self-defense."

Omfg...

Oh wait... but then he said that other bullshit about all violent criminals being illiterate or seeing someone beaten by their father.

Biden...you just can't get rid of that fucktard status for one interview, can you?

Not. Even. One.

misandry_doesnt_real · 2012-09-18T00:17:52+00:00

Never, Never, Never, Never, NEVER does a man have a right to raise his hand to a woman^{otherthanselfdefence}

I lol'd

Honestly, politicians who pander to their demographic by feeding them easily-swallowed lies don't really bother me too much any more. It's just entertainment for me at this point.

MRMRising · 2012-09-18T00:23:59+00:00

I have a whole new respect for Whoopi Goldberg and still none whatsoever for Biden.

lethalweapon100 · 2012-09-18T00:26:19+00:00

AND SUDDENLY I like Whoopi Goldberg.

X8qV · 2012-09-17T23:30:56+00:00

Also, all people who commit violent crime can't read or were abused by their father? What about literate criminal orphans?

LuckyAmeliza · 2012-09-18T01:23:33+00:00

That reminds me of a friend I used to have when I was a teenager who was opposed to any depiction of a man hitting a woman in movies, and she would get vocal in her opposition right there in the middle of the movie, (theater and home) didn't matter the context. Annoyed the hell out of me. Wouldn't say a word about a woman hitting a man though. sigh

funnyfaceking · 2012-09-18T09:21:58+00:00

It scares me how he hits his hand with his fist at 1:20 saying "Never, never, never, never...does a man have a right to raise his hand, etc."

I've been hit by fists for political reasons before: witness intimidation/retaliation. I have been diagnosed with PTSD.

Seriously scary.

TheLizardKing89 · 2012-09-18T04:48:26+00:00

This video is cut so badly I have no idea what's being said in response to what.

2012-09-18T08:37:33+00:00

It's perfectly legal and morally okay to hit a woman in self defense. Is Biden stupid or immoral?

kittysue804 · 2012-09-18T12:03:36+00:00

As a women it wasn't until I started getting more into the MRM that I realized that we are literally programmed by TV's and Movies of women slapping men for any number of reasons, without once any question of whether or not she had a right to do it. It has been taught to us that if you feel wronged by a man, whether he has cheated on you, called you a mean name, ect. ect., we have been told we have the right to strike a man. Whereas regardless of a man's reason for striking a woman, even if it is the response to her striking first it is seen as the ultimate evil in the general public's eyes. I am not saying that a man has a right to hit a woman, more so that people don't have the right to just hit each other in general and this idea that women can hit men whenever, is just unfair.

2012-09-18T13:10:04+00:00

Joe Biden, who is part of an administration that seems to view war as jolly good fun, is coming out against violence. Sad, really.

2012-10-02T23:20:28+00:00

"It's never ever ever ever ever ok for a man to hit a woman, except in self-defence."

Fine, but I want to know if he feels the same way is the sexes were reversed.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2012-09-18T00:25:28+00:00

Of all people Hasselbeck, the ones whose blinders are probably the biggest, says we need accountability.

I don't think we and those that support Title IX and VAWA have the same definition of accountability.

bookishboy · 2012-09-18T07:22:48+00:00

I enjoyed especially the part where he talked about the successes of VAWA by talking about the percent increase/decrease of violent crimes against men/women, while ignoring details like the numbers of victims in each category, men/women.

2012-09-18T11:59:58+00:00

Of all the shows I'd expect this to come from...The View was no where near the list.

Title	Whoopi Goldberg Asks VP Biden to Remind Women to Not Hit Men
Author	MRMRising
Upvotes	639
Comments	106
Date	September 17, 2012 7:27 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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