Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate

[Grumpier Than Thou]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pregnant-woman-relieved-to-learn-her-rape-was-ille,29258/

Looks like Todd Akin hasn't lost yet.

[rwoy]

I'm a liberal and I will say that this is basically a case of "Gotcha Politics".  Clearly Congressman Akin misspoke.  I'm sure he meant to say something along the lines of "I'm dumb as s***."  But I don't think we should flog him in the public square for a bad turn of the tongue.

We should flog him in the public square for his congressional record.  This is one of the men who co-sponsored a bill to change the definition of rape.  The other was Paul Ryan.

Food for thought.

[Joe Republic]

The Onion has really been tearing Akin a new one, deservedly so:

Poll Reveals You Live In Country Where Mentally Ill Man Still Has Good Chance Of Being Senator

"I Misspoke—What I Meant To Say Is 'I Am Dumb As Dog sh**t And I Am A Terrible Human Being'"

Republicans Condemn Akin's Comments As Blemish On Party's Otherwise Spotless Women's Rights Record

[Grumpier Than Thou]

The Onion has really been tearing Akin a new one, deservedly so:

Poll Reveals You Live In Country Where Mentally Ill Man Still Has Good Chance Of Being Senator

"I Misspoke—What I Meant To Say Is 'I Am Dumb As Dog sh**t And I Am A Terrible Human Being'"

Republicans Condemn Akin's Comments As Blemish On Party's Otherwise Spotless Women's Rights Record

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[nclib]

[Grumpier Than Thou]

God bless.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Yes, because having a child is definitely synonymous with drowning.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yeah, I don't think the equivalency works here, except with the last bit, which is indeed pretty much what Akin said.

[afleitch]

Yes, because having a child is definitely synonymous with drowning.

Yeah, I don't think the equivalency works here, except with the last bit, which is indeed pretty much what Akin said.

The analogy was rape; not having a child. See the bit about 'you there with the sunglasses you were asking for it.'

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yes, because having a child is definitely synonymous with drowning.

Yeah, I don't think the equivalency works here, except with the last bit, which is indeed pretty much what Akin said.

The analogy was rape; not having a child. See the bit about 'you there with the sunglasses you were asking for it.'

It works very well as a rape analogy but not as a pregnancy analogy and it seemed to me as if it was trying to be both at once, particularly in the initial post, before the reblogs.

[Joe Republic]

Some people genuinely do see pregnancy and childbearing as a horrible and unwanted burden, though.  Not exactly the same way as drowning, obviously, but in the same general area of life-changing-for-the-worse experiences.

[Link]

Yes, because having a child is definitely synonymous with drowning.

A lot of young ladies would rather commit suicide by drowning than bear the child of their rapist... but you have to actually give a sh-t about women to understand that.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Some people genuinely do see pregnancy and childbearing as a horrible and unwanted burden, though.  Not exactly the same way as drowning, obviously, but in the same general area of life-changing-for-the-worse experiences.

Fair point. It's a little hard for me to understand that mindset, being from a large Italian/Irish/Jewish family, but definitely a fair point.