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@[email protected]M to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months ago

Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’

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Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’

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@[email protected]M to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months ago
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"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
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  • @[email protected]
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  • @[email protected]
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    I hope everybody starts mailing their wadded up tissues to this guys house.

    • @[email protected]
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      In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation."

      appears to be legislative shitposting. he’s being ironic to highlight conservative brain damage, so kudos to him.

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        And the fact that so many people believed it to be real is what really highlights the extent of pro-life craziness. Poe’s Law is in full effect in this thread, with so many people mistaking the bill as genuine.

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        Good callout.

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    In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.

    This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”

    So it’s just legislative trolling? Then again, Trump has declared every American a women, so this bill is no longer needed. ; )

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    Sen. Blackmon is a Democrat and is pro-choice. This is a bill to highlight the absurdity of restrictive bills being introduced nationwide against women. It is meant to be provocative and is meant to be ridiculed.

    Blackmon aims to highlight the double standards in such laws by focusing on men’s roles in reproduction, using satire to provoke discussion on the issue.

    https://www.latintimes.com/mississippi-lawmaker-introduces-contraception-begins-erection-act-outlaw-ejaculation-without-573188

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      I bet he got at least 5 evangelicals to offer to co sponsor the bill.

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      Yeah, it’s essentially a throw away bill to make a point. Kind of clever.

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    People who grew up with abstinence only education writing laws for the next generation.

  • TimeSquirrel
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    BRB washing evidence out of my socks.

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    Am I gregnant?

    • @[email protected]
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      Only if you burnt your Luigi board

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    haha didn’t know the onion has the domain wlbt.com

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    As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”

    Biology really isn’t my thing, but I think this might make it illegal for a woman to have her period?

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      DNA is genetic material. If all cells have DNA in their nucleus, then any bodily function is now illegal unless you also get someone pregnant.

      But also if they don’t define what embryo, maybe we can all just carry around a can of caviar for safety?

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        So that’s where mermaids come from.

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          Yep…

          https://youtube.com/watch?v=IVHPbda9MYQ

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        Wow biggest lol I’ve had in years.

        It’s ok, I’m trying to cross breed with fish!

        • @[email protected]
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          Sir, this is a wendys

          please get out of the kitchen

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          Glad to make someone laugh in these increasingly dark times!

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      There should be some genetic material in everything coming out of you. This whole state is about to have to cross state lines every time they have to take a shit.

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      Biology is even less of the GOPs thing, you’re definitely fully qualified to have this discussion with them.

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        The bill was introduced by a pro-choice democrat.

        Poe’s Law is in full effect in this comments section; So many people have missed the fact that the bill is hyperbolic on purpose. It’s meant to be sarcastic to poke fun at pro-life republicans, not actually something that has any chance of passing.

        The fact that you believed it was real means it was successful in shining a light on pro-lifers’ craziness.

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          What about my comment makes you think I was talking about this bill’s sponsor? The discussions OP was hesitant about having were needing to be done with people who also know nothing about biology, something forced-birthers struggle with.

          I guess “them” could have referenced the sponsor, tying them to an earlier mention of GOP. Sorry for the ambiguity.

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      Makes it illegal to shed skin cells, blow your nose, spit out phlegm, use the bathroom.

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      The point of the bill is basically hyperbole

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    https://youtu.be/sboA19rj_jM?si=7q78SuGYM6GmHiEF

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      https://youtube.com/watch?v=8QOQEYA9YJo

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk

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    To me, this just comes off as someone trying to make a political statement regarding contraception and just falling flat.

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      It’s definitely a stunt

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    Sucks that all those preteens keep getting pregnant in school. I remember having to hide boners on a daily basis when I was going through puberty. I wonder if Mississippi will grant childcare to all the boys whose erections are babies. Haha, of course not, it’s the fucking south.

    Fuck the south.

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    Between no Pornhub and this law, this is leaving men I’m the south in a bad place.

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    No more wanks😔

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      Wanks for the memories

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    Obligatory Monty Python video

    https://youtu.be/fUspLVStPbk?si=Kmuk5rZnbf690u6p

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