Not so long ago I wrote an open letter to Congressman Ted Poe of Texas regarding his public affiliation with Traffic911, a sexual grievance industry organization making outrageous claims about the incidence of child sex trafficking; an organization who was, in fact, trying to extort the Super Bowl Committee out of support (cha-ching) by painting football fans at the big game as a concentrated population of pedophiles.
Really sickening stuff.
Of course, I never heard back from the good congressman and his public support of the group went on unabated.
But that does not mean he is not listening…and reading the writing on the wall.
In a stunning public proclamation Poe is now calling for the re-writing of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into gender neutral terms, including the name of the act itself.
Poe told the Washington Times, “Certainly, I think that’s something that we could consider, because the law applies equally between men and women under the act already even though the name says only women. So I’m open to changing the name. Domestic Violence Act. I like that phrase.”
Now, clearly Poe is coming from left field with the assertion that the law “applies” equally between men and women. There is a massive gulf between how the law is written and how it is actually applied.
He further illustrates either willful ignorance or political posturing when he, a former Texas judge, made a statement regarding the volumes of studies that prove gender symmetry in the perpetration of domestic violence. “I disagree with these groups that say that it’s equal. That’s not what I have seen over the years,” he said.
[box icon=”none”]Of course not, Congressman. When your police officials, trained with VAWA funding, largely arrest men regardless of who actually committed the assault, and when men are arrested on mere accusation and without a proper investigation, it is going to skew the population that inevitably ends up standing in front of a judge.[/box]
In short, sir, your experience sitting on the bench has little or nothing to do with the realty of domestic violence on the ground.
As off base as Poe is, this is still a good move. Changing language is a powerful method of changing mentality. The very act of changing the name of such a behemoth piece of legislation in the face of feminist governance is huge moment.
And though Poe should not get a pass on continued ignorance of the problem, he should get some support for going in the right direction despite walking there so blindly.
As a side note here, this is another moment to file in the “blogging doesn’t do any good,” pinhead file.
Make no mistake about it, it is bloggers, and commenters throughout the man-o-sphere that are the driving force behind what you see happening here. Yes, there are men and women working Capital Hill to push for changes in VAWA and other laws.None of them would be there without what has been happening on the internet. Remember, gents and ladies, we ARE the media in the new age.
Now here is how to write Congressman Poe and offer him some encouragement. If he follows through with plans to push for a change in the name of VAWA, it will be the biggest slap in the face to feminist orthodoxy in modern times.
Well, that, and A Voice for Men. Because you know that writing on the wall I mentioned? It’s yours.
[button link=”https://poe.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm” size=”small” bg_color=”red”]contact Ted Poe[/button]
