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>> so those comments caused death threats and racists attacks? here is why. zerlina maxwell was invited on fox news to talk about women arming themselves with guns to prevent rape. maxwell was asked to discuss a recent column she wrote for "ebony" magazine about sexuality assault. she wrote telling women they can behave in a certain way they can prevent rape creates the false insecurity. maxwell was not promoting gun proposals on fox news but talking about shifting the burden away from the victi...

Segment. i dont view rape culture as a partisan issue. rape happens to republicans, as well as democrats. >> your point is that women shouldnt have to be armed? i dont think women should have to get a gun or should not have to wear skirts or heels and shouldnt have to do anything to prevent rape from happening to them. i think we should refocus like a laser on the perpetrators of the rape. i think the problem is that because we always ask women, well, what do you do to bring about the attack? a ...

>> its what happened afterwards that happened in the interpretation. has law enforcement gotten involved in this. >> i am exploring the possible options. unfortunately, there is not a lot that can be done that im aware of but im a law student so i know a lot of lawyers. >> isnt this -- were at a point of trying to make change. you were just trying to change the conversation. >> right. >> that its about behavior and its not about firearms. they are trying to make the case and the people who were ...

Republicans dont seem to think it matters, where we heard, and you saw some of them. people like a man running for senator in missouri talking about rape as -- there is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate. this political cultures attack people like zerlina. fox is a mirror of the problems the republican party is facing and you see it in the public trust, the ratings, the audience that they are losing. >> when a woman speaks up and says its about behavior and you can teach men not t...

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See republicans that -- to see the right wing, to be honest, the right wing media and blogosphere is a microcosm of a larger problem. >> they have become a vehicle. >> they are vessels. >> everybody monitoring that stuff that they understand the dece decency of it all. >> is there a level of economic security is -- nra plays on fear. they say they want to take your guns away. no, they dont. >> they want you armed. that is how youre supposed to stop rape if youre armed. they were talking about st...