In 2009, Derbyshire Argued Women Shouldn’t Vote: ‘Women Voting Is Bad For Conservatism’
The National Review’s John Derbyshire isn’t just an avowed racist and a homophobe. He’s also a misogynist. In 2009, he authored a book that contained a chapter titled “The Case Against Women’s Suffrage.” In it, he argued the country would be better off if women didn’t have the right to vote. He discussed his views in a Sept. 2009 interview with Alan Colmes:
DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.
COLMES: We’d be a better country if women didn’t vote?
DERBYSHIRE: Probably. Don’t you think so?
COLMES: No, I do not think so whatsoever.
DERBYSHIRE: Come on Alan. Come clean here [laughing]. Ahem, PRRIIIIIIIIIIIIICK
COLMES: We would be a better country? John Derbyshire making the statement, we would be a better country if women did not vote.
In an Oct. 2009 interview with Thom Hartmann, he clarified his stance, arguing that women should have the right to vote but simply shouldn’t exercise it. As he stated, “the proposition that women voting is bad for conservatism, and as a conservative, of course, I think that’s bad for society.” Listen here:
But remember, anyone who tells you there’s a conservative “war on women” is spouting pure “fiction,” according to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/0
And only just NOW has he been fired? Jesus Christ. Of course, I think he was fired less for having racist views, and more because he was just being blunt about it.
The National Review’s John Derbyshire isn’t just an avowed racist and a homophobe. He’s also a misogynist. In 2009, he authored a book that contained a chapter titled “The Case Against Women’s Suffrage.” In it, he argued the country would be better off if women didn’t have the right to vote. He discussed his views in a Sept. 2009 interview with Alan Colmes:
DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.
COLMES: We’d be a better country if women didn’t vote?
DERBYSHIRE: Probably. Don’t you think so?
COLMES: No, I do not think so whatsoever.
DERBYSHIRE: Come on Alan. Come clean here [laughing]. Ahem, PRRIIIIIIIIIIIIICK
COLMES: We would be a better country? John Derbyshire making the statement, we would be a better country if women did not vote.
In an Oct. 2009 interview with Thom Hartmann, he clarified his stance, arguing that women should have the right to vote but simply shouldn’t exercise it. As he stated, “the proposition that women voting is bad for conservatism, and as a conservative, of course, I think that’s bad for society.” Listen here:
But remember, anyone who tells you there’s a conservative “war on women” is spouting pure “fiction,” according to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/0
And only just NOW has he been fired? Jesus Christ. Of course, I think he was fired less for having racist views, and more because he was just being blunt about it.
How much do you want to bet that he will be speaking on Faux News soon moaning about how people are out to get him??
isn't that what he saying?
Women are somehow responsible for some kind of corruption??
The shit he spews is especially cowardly because he pulls that "Don't blame me, I'm just saying what everyone is thinking! Sorry if you can't handle the truth!" card.
Should I be amazed that this man has a wife and kids?
ETA for typos
Edited at 2012-04-08 06:33 am (UTC)
I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS POST.
(Oh, and this is the same group that did the Too Late to Apologize video? EXTRA AWESOME.)
The man's a long-standing, contemptible shitstain.
There is functionally zero difference between the two, so this makes no sense.
Hey! Women might not vote or might vote against us! I know, let's take away the vote from women, that'll solve things!
Hey! Best way to get a record woman voter turnout, I recon.
I'm going to file this one with such pearl-clutching statements as "The gay agenda wants to teach our children that being gay is OK!"
The file is called "That's true. And this is a bad thing how?"
Edited at 2012-04-09 09:42 pm (UTC)