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What are Dana Perino's thoughts on violence against women? That they should make better decisions (the women, that is)...

Former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary - Dana Perino - had some "interesting" comments regarding the Javon Belcher incident on the Fox News show The Five.

Here's how part of the back and forth went:

Perino: "I think it skirts the issue that women are victims of violence all the time..."

Co-Host: "They should have guns!"

Perino: "Well, maybe, or make better decisions."

Again, this was in reference to the tragedy which occurred this past weekend with regard to former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher, who murdered his girlfriend and then shot and killed himself.

The co-host's reaction is an all-too common one in conservative circles, I've found. "They should have guns!" According to some of these people, the world would be much safer if EVERYONE was armed. In church, on an airplane, at a bar, in a nursing home, at a nursery, etc. - everyone should have a gun. It's like with fast food. With more fast food restaurants comes more obesity and with more guns comes fewer gun deaths. It makes so much sense from just a logical standpoint, doesn't it? More bees? Fewer bee stings! More cars? Fewer drivers!

While I found the co-host's comment to be pretty ridiculous, I was much more offended by Perino's following statement - "Well, maybe, or make better decisions."

What? When a woman is walking home from work at night and gets mugged, she should have made a better decision? When a woman goes to a party with mostly friends and gets raped, she should have made a better decision? When a woman is stuck in rush-hour traffic and a person with road rage shoots and kills her, she should have made a better decision? When a woman marries a guy who becomes a violent alcoholic, she should have made a better decision? Dana Perino show make a better decision the next time she decides to open her mouth, and actually think before doing so. Judging by her statement, women deserve to be victims of violence. Also judging by her statement, millions of people were just victimized by her ignorance.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/06/1293721/perino-women-violence-decisions/
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