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Independence from what?

Asks British author and BBC broadcaster Roy Sheppard

Ah, the 4^th of July. The day America officially threw out the British.

We Brits and you Americans haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, have we? We’re so different – for a start WE speak English, and secondly when we stage a world sporting event, we actually invite other countries to participate!

I believe you were far too premature when you chucked us out. Let me explain.

In a nutshell, as a result of what I will call the “Tea Tax Tyranny” of the British Government, your founding fathers ignited a revolution and 'fired the shot heard 'round the world' which led to the creation of the most powerful nation on the planet. Yet it all began when a group of discontented men, dressed as red Indians (er, sorry ‘native Americans’) dumped 90,000 pounds of perfectly good China tea into Boston Harbor (or as WE spell it 'Harbour'). As an aside, by hiding their true identity, was this the night America’s famous blame culture was also conceived?

Look - all we wanted was 3 pennies in tax per pound of tea. That’s what we needed in order to pay off the massive debts the British government had accumulated fighting a long and very expensive war. I’m sure you’ll understand – wars are incredibly expensive – whether they’re about tea, oil or visitation rights.

On the tax front, how have you been doing since then?!

Fighting against tyranny continues of course. But its fascinating to observe as a non-American how in the United States today, it has become impossible for any honest, reasonable and sensitive man to publicly challenge ANY tyrant who wears lipstick!

If you do, vicious false accusations of being a misogynist will automatically follow.

You can be Al Qaeda personified– but if you wear high-heels – no one will dare touch you.

A vice-like grip has been applied to the crotch of American men. And its getting tighter.

Doesn’t anyone see what is being allowed to happen to even the ‘nice guys’?

Freedom of expression and freedom of the press lie at the heart of America. On any other topic, the media would be up in arms if the government tried to stop them addressing such widespread suppression of American citizens. Indeed, male journalists would, it appears, prefer to risk bombs and bullets to report from a war zone than face the wrath of a well-organized domestic feminist.

Could someone explain to a British bloke how it was possible for such a blatant piece of discrimination against men to be made law when “The Violence Against Women Act” was passed? You now have a law that allows any unscrupulous woman to just say she ‘feels’ threatened by a man. The police will arrest him. Even your police are now so afraid of not acting against a man, ‘just in case’ the reported threat was a genuine one.

American law is based on the assumption of innocence until proven guilty. Except when it comes to men being accused of alleged crimes against women. All too often innocent men are now treated as though they are guilty until proven innocent. Malicious women can so easily misuse the American ‘justice’ system to shred the reputations and integrity of good men.

No one is allowed to forget there are some truly evil men in the world – and some are still allowed to walk as free men in America. They maim and murder more men than women. But how can it be fair in America or in any other country, when lawmakers are persuaded to give preferential treatment to women as part of their demands for equality. All the while making you believe that women are always the victims of an unjust ‘patriarchal model’.

A life sentence in a State Penitentiary for any man who brutalizes a woman is not punishment enough any more, it seems. He now ‘deserves’ chemical castration too. Only men-hating women could push that onto the American people! By doing so, your eighth amendment that prohibits ‘cruel and unusual punishments inflicted’ will also be cast aside.

It is utterly unimaginable that any similar punishment for an equally guilty woman would ever be tolerated in a civilized society. Yet it can be done to a man.

Despite decades of so called ‘facts’ about violent men, the incidence of domestic abuse by women is almost the same as men abusing women. Some shriek that this is not true, but find it very difficult to explain why domestic abuse amongst co-habiting lesbians is similar to abuse statistics between heterosexual couples!

And you might be shocked to discover that women are responsible for 56% of all child abuse cases. At just 8%, the biological father is statistically the least likely to abuse their children. If a woman chooses to exclude the father from the lives of ‘her’ children she is allowed, even encouraged to do so by family lawyers.

How unscrupulous and vindictive women prey on innocent men and women is the subject of a book I have written with Mary T Cleary, a feisty Irish women and a world expert on the domestic abuse of men BY women. This includes physical, psychological, financial and even sexual abuse. It’s a serious attempt to address this last taboo in society.

Since our book was published in the UK, we have received horrific stories of how innocent men and women in the United States have been abused and falsely accused of all manner of non-existent crimes. True victims are often powerless to defend themselves. They need practical help.

In Europe, our book has a deliberately controversial title “That Bitch: Protect Yourself Against Women with Malicious Intent”. For the record – it is NOT misogynistic! Indeed, some of the biggest supporters of this book are women.

Because we were told that you can't call even an evil woman a bitch in America, we were persuaded to tone it down dramatically by changing the title to “Venus: The Dark Side”.

Were we also unwittingly, falling into the trap of trying to appease the ‘Domestic Terrorists’ we have written about.

By a strange quirk, Amazon sells both titles. They are exactly the same book. However, sales of “That Bitch” there so far outstrip those of “Venus” by about ten to one.

My co-author Mary T Cleary has alerted me to the antics of “Feminist Fundamentalists” she has experienced for the past 10 years. This included being physically barred from attending a domestic violence conference in an attempt to stop her from telling the truth about male victims.

So I’m bracing myself. But someone has to start this. A tax of 3 pennies per pound of tea was enough to incite a revolution by honorable men a few hundred years ago.

Guys – what has happened to you?

Happy Independence Day America. We Brits miss you.

For more information about “Venus: The Dark Side” (or “That Bitch”) by Roy Sheppard and Mary T Cleary, visit VenusTheDarkSide.com or Amazon.com