Are you suggesting the two comments are in the same league? To be sure, there are a lot of liberals upset over this use of "legitimate," but I'm more ticked off at his naivete about how dangerous the subject of rape (*any* rape) is. He was trying to softpedal his stance on abortion in the case of a rape. Not only that but it does make one wonder what other kinds of rape he thinks there are.
This was worse than a disaster, it was a blunder. An unforced error leading to a game-winning run.
>> Are you suggesting the two comments are in the same league?
In terms of misconstruing words, yes.
>> but I’m more ticked off at his naivete about how dangerous the subject of rape (*any* rape) is.
And when Ryan is pressed for his opinion on abortion in the case of rape, what would you like him to say?
Maybe some consideration should be given to his remark that falsely claiming rape for the purpose of justifying abortion is not legitimate.
You've been following these threads for this long and you still never heard of "statutory rape?"