• @[email protected]
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    To highlight how absolutely stupid this bill is, it sounds like it would outlaw menstruation and nocturnal emissions.

    Land of the free.

    Edit: it sounds like this is intentionally facetious to point out the absurdity of other pro-life bills.

    • AwesomeLowlander
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      61 month ago

      It’s really telling how much the Overton window in the US has shifted that you thought this was sincere to start with.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        TBH it’s more that I have a naive work ethic and assume someone performing such a serious and impactful job would only do so sincerely, but I agree.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      Menstruation is already outlawed if out includes an unimplanted but fertilized egg.

      It’s just very hard to prove.

    • dream_weasel
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      21 month ago

      Uh, yeah?

      If your weiner can’t behave when you are AFK it should be in jail!

  • djsoren19
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    If the Democrats aren’t going to be useful, I’m glad they’ve at least decided to be a little funny.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 month ago

      It’s a race to the bottom now. And the Republicans have a huge head start. Dems are nosediving to catch up.

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    I didn’t see the party of the politician in the article, so no idea if it is written in jest or just regular old Republican whackiness.

    The most entertaining part is that it is written as applying to men, but as written it is gender neutral and would penalize menstruation.

    Edit: It is a Dem having a lark.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      i’m afraid that the fascists would take the bill up and actually vote to ban masturbation. especially the bible thumpers.

      • @[email protected]
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        There are a number of active laws that were rendered unconstitutional by Lawrence v. Texas. In addition to the anti-sodomy laws, this invalidated most laws restricting sex toys.

        Lawrence was explicitly called out as being on the chopping block in the Jackson decision, so these are slated for a comeback. The only real limitation is that SCOTUS needs a case, and the challenger needs to show standing.

        Edit: fixed autocorrect

    • @RedditRefugee69
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      41 month ago

      You can vote against a bill you introduce. Look at Moscow Mitch.

  • @[email protected]
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    It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material

    Genetic Material is DNA. Dry skin falling off is technically discharging genetic material. As is bleeding…

    Technically a woman would be grossly violating this with every period… or by giving birth.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      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.”

      Did you miss this?

  • @[email protected]
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    401 month ago

    Sure, some may say it’s absurd, but masturbation inspector is a good paying, high quality American job that cannot be exported overseas, and not a job I’d trust to AI.

    That state senator is a visionary!

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    So nobody is going to talk about how he said “without the intent to fertilize an embryo” and not “fertilize an egg”? You can’t fertilize an embryo lmao

    • @[email protected]
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      This is a stunt bill designed to draw attention to how anti-woman most anti-abortion laws are

  • @[email protected]
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    261 month ago

    In this thread:

    A lot of men who didn’t read the article and didn’t got the satirical part of the act.

    And given the last political polemic, I’m pretty sure these “men” are misrepresenting the article on purpose.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      Yes, it’s proposed to show how dumb the “life begins at conception idea” is. Blackmon doesn’t actually want this to pass

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      Read the article.

      "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.”

          • @[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.

            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.”

            You read this part and didn’t get it?

                • @[email protected]
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                  71 month ago

                  I guess Mississippi isn’t the first place I assumed would joke about banning masturbation 5 days into Trump Land.

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              The roll of a man during the pregnancy is irrelevant. Because a man can’t get pregnant.

              Also a man is not in charge of a pregnant woman’s body and therefore cannot make choices for her body.

              What this bill will do is allow for men to make medical decisions for women without their consent.

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    🤣
    SECTION 1.
    (1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.”

    (2) It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.

    (3) Upon conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be fined:
    ( a ) One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for a first offense;
    ( b ) Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) for a second offense; and
    ( c ) Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for a third or subsequent offense.

    (4) This section shall not apply to the discharge of genetic material:
    ( a ) Donated or sold to a facility for the purpose of future procedures to fertilize an embryo; and
    ( b ) Discharged with the use of a contraceptive or contraceptive method intended to prevent fertilization of an embryo.

    SECTION 2.
    This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025

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      Shit, I vomited without intent to fertilize an embryo

    • @[email protected]
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      I know its Mississippi but this guy has to realize this targets women with a bias. Men: “Don’t masturbate or have sex for fun!”… Damn that sucks… Women: “Don’t masturbate or have sex for fun!.. oh and don’t ever release an egg again”. Wait I cant exist as a woman pre menopausal? Nope

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        41 month ago

        Does no one read the article? He literally did this because it shifts the focus from the woman’s role in abortion to men’s

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          They read it, but they still don’t get it. It’s frustrating having to explain every tiny bit of nuance to them though. Glad you felt inclined. Lol

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            We got it just fine. You are just acting way to stiff to even communicate, joke, or discuss. Why bother going to the comment section if you don’t want to read why their joking law has holes in it.

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        Unfortunately, since their joke is badly written, it might be interpreted has you said. Yet, please notice, with the title of this law ( “Contraception Begins at Erection Act” ) that it is targeting was supposed to target men.

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          Both the clitoris and the nipples can become erect. (I know it’s a joke but I can help but smile thinking of an erect clitoris) Lol

          • @[email protected]
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            Yes it’s fun to look at this joke in different ways and to think of how it could be written in much better ways.

      • @[email protected]
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        That and I would worry that if people took it too seriously, it could lead to a lot more rape.

    • @[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.

      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.”

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    151 month ago

    This is taking No Nut November to a whole new level

  • @[email protected]
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    With the last exception being for sex while using contracteption, what’s the point of this bill?

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      Culture war idiocy. That’s it.

      Edit: Merp, the bill is actually satire. It’s an actual bill, filed in an actual legislature, but the person who filed it is a Democrat, and it’s pretty obvious it’s intentionally worded to be absolutely absurd (coming from a Democrat, to be clear, because I’d take them at their word if a Nationalist Christian wrote it).

  • @[email protected]
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    People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.

    Then you have the wrong job as a representative.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      I’d say he is perfect for the role and he is sure to raise through the ranks of american politics at a rapid pace.

  • NutWrench
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    121 month ago

    Life began about a billion years ago and it’s a continuous, ongoing process.

    • @[email protected]
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      3.5 billion, give or take a few years. There’s some evidence life goes back to 4 billion years, but it’s not as well-attested as 3.5.