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Originally Posted by Jason Marcel
Only a complete douchebag would say something as ignorant as "rape doesn't happen in little towns".
Rape happens everywhere. Domestic violence happens everywhere. And drug use is just as prevalent in small towns as in big cities.
Get with it folks. Our problems are everywhere. Not just the big cesspools, but the small one's too.
This is why I hate what the far right is doing to America, depending on divisions to win instead of trying to heal things. Going on and on about so-called "Small Town Values" is propaganda made precisely to attract the most easily deceived among us to believe that somehow small towns have fewer problems than big cities.
I had no idea that charging rape victims was something that was being done in America. That you would actually have to write a law preventing it says something about just how stupid we've become, like it doesn't go without saying that rape victims should not have to pay for being raped. What fucking nonsense.
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You are obviously misinformed about life in small towns. I live in a town about 1/2 the size of Wasilla, AK. While I agree that there COULD be a rape here, there hasn't been one in anybodys memory. Murders happen, assaults, certainly. But, crime is very rare. Our biggest crime problem is burglary, due mostly to the fact that criminals from outside the town see it as an easy target because of sparse population. Many, however, realize that same fact means there is a good probability that they would be shot if caught. See, we rely on state or county police here. So, I'd venture to guess that 99% of the citizens here are armed, because it's no secret that we can not rely on the police to protect us, if needed. But, I'm getting away from the point.
Yes, bad things happen everywhere. But, in small towns, they are very, very rare. A murder would be talked about for years. In your big cities, it happens all the time. Some don't even get a mention on the local news.
I was very surprised to learn that the small town of Wasilla had 10 rapes in 5 years. That's incredible!