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That’s easy to answer. Because Akin is not backing off what he said that has the really ugly connotations - the implication that if a woman’s body does not ‘shut down’ a pregnancy, there was no rape but, instead, she was probably involved in consensual sex (i.e., she was ‘asking’ for it).
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I take it you must be akin to Chris Matthews in that you are apparently able to hear “dog whistles” in Akin’s comments that are inaudible to the rest of us.

In no way can what you infer in your post able to be upheld via an honest exegesis of Akin’s offending comments.

Whatever Akin is saying, it is certainly not that no woman who is forcibly raped ever gets pregnant: We all know that it happens. However, Akin is saying what is fairly common knowledge — namely that pregnancy is not as frequent a result of rape as the pro-aborts (who use this as a battle cry, “in cases of rape, etc”) would have us believe.

Moreover, it is egregiously dishonest of you to infer that Akin believes that anytime a woman becomes pregnant as a result of an undesired (violent or otherwise) sexual liaison “was asking for it.”

You assign “ugly implications” regarding Akin’s intentions in the offending quote. Again, these are dog whistles only you can hear. In fact, I see more ugliness in your post than in anything Akins said — no matter how incorrect or poorly thought-out it may have been.

No dog whistle necessary - just a little deductive thought. Describing how people who are not necessarily well disposed to Republicans will interpret Akin's remarks is doing a positive service, regardless of your unwillingness to confront the situation.

And I have nowhere inferred that Akin himself believed or believes in this 'blame the victim' interpretation. That interpretation is purely your creation and is in no way germane to the point I made, IAC.

No dog whistle necessary - just a little deductive thought. Describing how people who are not necessarily well disposed toward Conservatives will interpret Akin's remarks is doing a positive service, regardless of your unwillingness to confront the situation.