Women's Rights are Not Negotiable
On Meet the Press today, evil rears its ugly head:
MR. GERECHT: Actually, I'm not terribly worried about this. I mean, one hopes that the Iraqis protect women's social rights as much as possible. It certainly seems clear that in protecting the political rights, there's no discussion of women not having the right to vote. I think it's important to remember that in the year 1900, for example, in the United States, it was a democracy then. In 1900, women did not have the right to vote. If Iraqis could develop a democracy that resembled America in the 1900s, I think we'd all be thrilled. I mean, women's social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy. We hope they're there. I think they will be there. But I think we need to put this into perspective.
If you can't tell, this is regarding the Iraqi constitution and whether it will retain (get that retain) the rights of more than half the population.
In case you were still wondering: Yes. Yes, the Iraqi people were better off under Saddam Hussein. He was an evil, brutal dictator and they were better off than they are now. Hussein may have been evil, but apparently he is not the only evil.
"Women's social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy"? Women's rights are the evolution of democracy.
Bastards.