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Re: Missouri Republican claims 'legitimate rape' rarely results in pregnancy
:lol: where have you been the last 50 or so years? When it comes to ignorance about all things biological, right wingers have always historically been first to the plate. True, they eventually get it, but only after their much better educated counterparts in liberal communities have figured it out, and in the meantime, there's always much suffering.
Case in point--the perception of AIDS among people in mostly conservative communities in the 1980s. Even while it became accepted within the scientific community that AIDS is not exclusive to homosexuals nor is it spread by casual contact, the right believed otherwise, and as a result one young man w/AIDS living in a conservative community faced a never-ending barrage of repeated based assaults at his school. . .
And the reason for that is hardly unknown: right wingers have always had a distaste and mistrust of the scientific community and hence, get their ideas from their pols and Church leaders. . .
It's clear that such comments weren't perceived as ignorance at the time given that Helms was re-voted back after having said it.
Sure, it would be wonderful to believe that the right wing population of MO could just dismiss Akin's comments as just silliness as any educated person would, but history (as cited above) has proven that many of them do not and suck in statements like these into their heads, and then, people suffer (as Ryan White did).
In this case, of course, young women will suffer, from all those conservative dudes who listened to Akin's comments and absorbed it into their minds, the same way their brethren 30 years ago absorbed comments about gays from Helms, other pols and Church leaders into their heads.
It's because of this historical fact that the only prudent course of action is to go into every high school in MO, round up all the adolescents with GOP leanings, and shove them into a re-education camp for about 6 months until they realize the underlying truth re: the topic on which Akin spoke.
Yep, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. But don't worry--I'm Libertarian, and don't believe the money for these camps should burden taxpayers. I will volunteer to start a charity and raise money for it. At least the lunches at the re-education facilities won't cost much--we'll just sign a deal w/Chick-Fil A for the meals.
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And we have a new low for stupidity and classlessness in one post.
:lol: where have you been the last 50 or so years? When it comes to ignorance about all things biological, right wingers have always historically been first to the plate. True, they eventually get it, but only after their much better educated counterparts in liberal communities have figured it out, and in the meantime, there's always much suffering.
Case in point--the perception of AIDS among people in mostly conservative communities in the 1980s. Even while it became accepted within the scientific community that AIDS is not exclusive to homosexuals nor is it spread by casual contact, the right believed otherwise, and as a result one young man w/AIDS living in a conservative community faced a never-ending barrage of repeated based assaults at his school. . .
Russiaville faced enormous pressure from many parents and faculty to bar White from the campus after his diagnosis became widely known to protect the other children. 117 parents (from a school of 360 total students) and 50 teachers signed a petition encouraging school leaders to ban White from school. Due to the widespread fear and ignorance of AIDS, the principal and later the school board assented so that the rest of the students would not get sick.
Ryan White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And the reason for that is hardly unknown: right wingers have always had a distaste and mistrust of the scientific community and hence, get their ideas from their pols and Church leaders. . .
Opposing the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill in 1988, Helms stated, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy".[
Jesse Helms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's clear that such comments weren't perceived as ignorance at the time given that Helms was re-voted back after having said it.
Sure, it would be wonderful to believe that the right wing population of MO could just dismiss Akin's comments as just silliness as any educated person would, but history (as cited above) has proven that many of them do not and suck in statements like these into their heads, and then, people suffer (as Ryan White did).
In this case, of course, young women will suffer, from all those conservative dudes who listened to Akin's comments and absorbed it into their minds, the same way their brethren 30 years ago absorbed comments about gays from Helms, other pols and Church leaders into their heads.
It's because of this historical fact that the only prudent course of action is to go into every high school in MO, round up all the adolescents with GOP leanings, and shove them into a re-education camp for about 6 months until they realize the underlying truth re: the topic on which Akin spoke.
Yep, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. But don't worry--I'm Libertarian, and don't believe the money for these camps should burden taxpayers. I will volunteer to start a charity and raise money for it. At least the lunches at the re-education facilities won't cost much--we'll just sign a deal w/Chick-Fil A for the meals.
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Well done!
Thank you