Legitimate Rape doesn't cause babies!
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The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 10:23,
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ah republican...
the word you use when misogynistic bastard just won't cut it
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utterly insane that this guy has a role of power in this day and age
his lack of education isn't surprising though, he graduated from this place en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_Theological_Seminary
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 10:32,
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"legitimate rape" is a really unfortunate choice of phrase
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:01,
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If he said
"surprise sex"
He'd be a legend
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The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:15,
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he's basically saying that violent rape is a valid form of birth control
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:16,
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well no he's not,
what he really meant, I suspect, by "legitimate rape" is actual rape.
For a conservative Christian, the only valid form of birth control is, of course, abstinence.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:20,
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by his definition of the wonders of female anatomy,
if a married couple didn't want a baby, but the man didn't have a condom, he could just rape his wife. Her magic body parts would acknowledge it was a rape scenario and reject the sperm.
It's not an ideal relationship, but it would be working out how his god intended.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:25,
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He does seem to believe, for some reason,
that in the case of a genuine rape the woman's own body would reject it (whether it is the sperm or the egg that gets rejected, before or after conception, isn't entirely clear), but I don't know how you jump from that to the idea that he thinks that rape is acceptable.
It's unfortunate in that it implies that any woman who does get pregnant from rape is lying.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:29,
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From this, one could extrapolate that if a man and woman didn't want a baby,
all the woman would need to do is go out and get raped, and her body would take care of disposing of the original unwanted one.
Which would therefore make rape a kind of birth control, thus greatly offending many Catholics and "Pro-Life"ers.
Westbro Baptist will start picketing dark alleys, holding placards reading "RAPE is WRONG!", which would be confusing in so many ways.
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But it's not really rape anymore if she's going out of her way to make it happen
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:46,
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none of it makes any sense that's the beauty of it
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:47,
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Nope.
What he meant by "legitimate rape" is, I think, what sane people might call aggravated rape. So, I think, "legitimate rape" is supposed to mean non-consensual sex with violence, as opposed to non-consensual sex without it - say, if it's only threatened, or if it's sex during sleep, or something like that. (See the penultimate paragraph here.)
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:02,
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Good work.
The phrase they are using there is "assault rape". As opposed to "statutory rape" such as sex with a minor, which is called rape even when it's consensual.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 12:15,
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If you want to know more about Statutory rape
head over to /talk
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 15:55,
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I want to know what counts as "illegitimate rape"
On a serious note, can we please sink this fuckwit in the sea?
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:50,
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I guess that would be
when a woman cries rape upon regretting it afterwards.
Or to get at Julian Assange.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:53,
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His "defence":
"As a member of Congress, I believe that working to protect the most vulnerable in our society is one of my most important responsibilities, and that includes protecting both the unborn and victims of sexual assault. In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year. Those who perpetrate these crimes are the lowest of the low in our society and their victims will have no stronger advocate in the Senate to help ensure they have the justice they deserve.
"I recognize that abortion, and particularly in the case of rape, is a very emotionally charged issue. But I believe deeply in the protection of all life and I do not believe that harming another innocent victim is the right course of action. I also recognize that there are those who, like my opponent, support abortion and I understand I may not have their support in this election.
"But I also believe that this election is about a wide-range of very important issues, starting with the economy and the type of country we will be leaving our children and grandchildren. We've had 42 straight months of unacceptably high unemployment, trillion dollar deficits, and Democratic leaders in Washington who are focused on growing government, instead of jobs. That is my primary focus in this campaign and while there are those who want to distract from that, knowing they cannot defend the Democrats' failed economic record of the last four years, that will continue to be my focus in the months ahead."
So basically it is all the fault of the democrats.
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Mon 20 Aug 2012, 11:02,
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