Really, Senator McCain?

So I just read an article from Think Progress (link to great article about an idiot) about a letter John McCain wrote in response to a situation involving sexual harassment and rape at a college in Montana. He is apparently siding with an organization called The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education that apparently believes that DOJ overstepped and may be in violation of the First Amendment when they along with the university came up with some guidelines to help with the problem. Oh good Lord. So they get to harass and assault us in an effort to preserve their First Amendment rights? And a long-serving Senator is on board with this?

Since when does someone’s right to free speech come before my right to be safe and respected? All the agreement that was made between the university and DOJ did was try to make sure that anyone who felt harassed was given an opportunity to say so. It doesn’t mean that they’re right in their complaint. It just means that there is a means by which students can report situations that they’re uncomfortable with. It doesn’t mean that anyone is going to jail, or getting expelled from college.

The need to report, speak up, or confront, and then be taken seriously, is so essential for anyone who has experienced these things. I know, because I have experienced all of these things. It’s awful. I just love it when I speak up, and the guy gets even more intense and disgusting. They never seem to understand that they’re in the wrong, and that they’ve overstepped into sexual harassment. And it always seems to be the guys who you’d never expect it from. So anything to help students who experience harassment or worse is worth it.

You know, I’m so sorry that men out there cannot seem to understand that this crap is rampant and women are so tired of it. We just want to go about our lives feeling that we can do that without being bothered by men who apparently believe they’re God’s gift or something. Because guess what..you’re not.

There’s a link in the article to the questionable Senator’s letter. I have this thing where I hear the voice of the writer or of a character in a novel (like Morgan Freeman will ALWAYS be Alex Cross – I’m so sorry Tyler Perry) and I can’t stand the Senator’s voice, so I’m not going to go through it line by line. Besides, I’m sure by then my head will have exploded and I still have yard work to do 😉