On Beating Uppity Liberal Women: Afghanistan and Kentucky

On Beating Uppity Liberal Women: Afghanistan and Kentucky

Juan Cole 10/27/2010

Afghanistan style (Taliban version):

American style (Tea Party version):

For more on woman-stomper Tim Profitt and Rand Paul see HuffPo. The episode puts Paul’s youthful opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment for women in a whole new light.

Lauren Valle of MoveOn.org suffered a concussion and a sprained arm. It is not known what injuries the Afghan women suffered.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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