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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 131 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's in keeping with the conservative idea of small government, and minimal interference in personal freedoms.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, ovum are very small so this fits within the bounds of "small government" because we're governing small things. Why? What did you think we meant by the "small government" phrase we've been saying all of these years? -Conservatives probably

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“I want a government small enough to fit up your ass.”- Vance probably.

“So your for gay rights?”

“Wait… what?”

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I want a government small enough to fit my micropenis in" - JD couch fucker Vance

Source: me

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I realize you’re joking, but he doesn’t have a micro-penis. He bought a very big one from fleshlight .

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

shifted away from being more anarchistic in nature to authoritarian. its going to see the split between libertarians (who are more anarchistic) and religious fundamentalists (who are more authoritarian)

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[–] beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The brain trust should streamline ejaculation surveillance programs instead. Ejaculation without a pregnancy? Right to jail. Right away.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FORCING your Daughter to tell the Government when she Bleeds from her Vagina is NOT WEIRD SMALL GOVERNMENT! DRAG QUEENS need to be ROUND UP and Jailed!

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

ROUND UP

It's the little touches like that which make your comments so good

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It's almost like they're trying to lose this election. What next? Virginity inspections?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't think you understand how many oppressive shitty people are in this country. The Taliban are alive and well here in America.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf of the Southern policies of Jim Crow as an inspiration for Germany's genetic policies.

We needed to finish reconstruction, instead we let the filth slime back into power.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do, I just don't think they're the majority.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Thanks to the electoral college, they don't need to be a majority to get a Trump presidency.

[–] Volkditty@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Genuinely surprised they haven't called for jus primae noctis yet.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds foreign, they won't like that.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They don’t speak French

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Please, they'd all offer their wives and daughters willingly.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

Nah, this is due to their base's support being absolutely unwavering. This is a level of propagandistic control never before seen in the United States. Joseph Goebbels would fucking blush.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Early menopause? Nah, we think you have had 4 abortions this year. Prove you didn't or go to prison."

I guess we shouldn't expect better from the party of bad female anatomy, sex education repression, and couch fucking. Weirdos.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The party that believes that a successful pregnancy is proof that women weren't legitimately raped

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 1 month ago

Todd Akin, Missouri’s Republican Senate candidate, sparked controversy with a claim, made in a TV interview posted Sunday, that victims of “legitimate rape” very rarely get pregnant because their bodies prevent them from doing so.

Speaking to Charles Jaco on the Jaco Report on St. Louis’s Fox station, Akin was answering a question about allowing abortions in the case of rape. He said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/akin-legitimate-rape-victims-dont-get-pregnant-079864

Todd Akin did apologize and then decided to make it worse.

In July 2014, WND Books published Akin's book, Firing Back: Taking on the Party Bosses and Media Elite to Protect Our Faith and Freedom. In it, he said that he regretted apologizing, because "by asking the public at large for forgiveness, I was validating the willful misinterpretation of what I had said." He also defended his original comments and attacked various Republicans for "wronging" him...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Akin#Aftermath

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

This is gross and weird, and I can't understand the psychology that goes on inside of people who are so lacking and self-awareness and are this messed up in the head.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Menstrual Surveillance Programs.

Menstrual Surveillance Programs!

Menstrual Surveillance Programs!!!

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok. Were there. We’re at THAT point in this shitty timeline. We need to start clearing our calendars for the next few years. Where’s everybody meeting?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right under the Tree Of Liberty.

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've got my tricorne hat on and everything.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

It’s like they’re using an abusive spouse handbook to make policies lmao

[–] nemonic187@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Well of course those perverts are ok with this.

[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They're working towards making that a mandatory policy too

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Damn that's a pretty weird small government stance to want to constantly sniff out menstrual blood

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump: anyone who can grab a pussy can be a pussy inspector.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

His reforms of the FBI will be very thorough, they will finally take their original role as Female Body Inspectors.

[–] ceiphas@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Under his eye" feelings intesify

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump the period checker and chief.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably likes to think of himself as more of the period ender

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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Guess I'll end up in jail or dead then because ain’t no way I'll participate in bullshit like this.

At what point do we start Civil War II? Where can I sign up?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or people can stop voting these prices of human shit into office.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Sadly, America has proven that it is full of dumb-dumbs and there will always be people who will vote pieces of shit into office.

[–] match@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

i don't know if the red states would object to the blue states seceding or vice versa, so instead we'd be looking at american interventionism 3: this time it's personal

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

They are out of their minds

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I don't know if I trust this program. Let's first test it by surveiling how frequently men are unsuccessful in creating a baby. /s

As proud as I am of my 100% failure rate, I'd likely feel uncomfortable with something tracking where, when, and with whom (or more often, what) I'm tricking my body into believing it's attempting to pass on genetic code.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I can't speak for effectiveness myself, but there are FOSS alternatives out there for my android peeps.
All found on FDroid which (as far as I'm aware) is android only.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

wtf? Is T.I. making policy for these fucking weirdos?

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