I’m not going to defend Todd Akin: I didn’t when he spoke his horrid words and I do not do so now.
I was trying to establish what I felt stabby’s point was: Bad as Akin and many wingnuts are, there are people in the world who actually consider a man raping a woman acceptable and they are far worse than American wingnuts.
That point is worthy, but it should not extend to any species of defense of Akin.