To think they found a position that is morally reprehensible from every possible angle, under all interpretations, and also involves bodily fluids, that's somehow amazing.
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10 years ago, this would be an Onion headline.
I haven't opened alternet.org since probably 1999. Nice to see they're still banging around.
Two things:
- That guy looks like he's intimately familiar with video cameras and 1-way mirrors
- I wonder if that one southern Senator fond of underage girls has already volunteered to lead the program?
This is seriously fucking weird. "how often have you had blood exit your genitals this month, you filthy female" is not a question that anyone should be asking, especially the government. These freaks couldn't even point out anatomical features on a picture of a reproductive system (male or female, but especially female). Like bitch, of you can correctly label and describe the function of all the parts of a woman's sexual anatomy, them maybe you could have some input on the conversation, but even then you still shouldn't be making other people's decisions. Go fund some bridge repairs you vile little troglodites. JFC.
Hey I mean if my state makes a law to hunt down and let's say, disappear, people with the name "Jason Miller" then who's Trump or Jason Miller to do with it?
Miller replied, "Well, he's made it very clear that he's not gonna go and weigh in and try to push various states in how they want to go and set up their particular rules and restrictions. That's gonna be up to the states."
Just in case it wasn't clear, they belive that any level of tyranny is fine as long as it's state government doing it, not the federal government.
Only because they are less likely to control the federal government.
In the past they demanded free states enforce the fugitive slave act, and sent people into free states to kidnap free men into slavery.
Has anyone been able to verify that he actually said this? The story stems from a Twitter post, and Miller apparently did do an interview on Newsmax on that date. But did he really say this? I'm suspicious because only that one source seems to be available.
NEVERMIND... Talking Points Memo noticed it also
Seems Taliban-ish to me, which is sadly ironic.
How is it ironic? The party was hijacked by the dixiecrats whose single issue was Jim Crow.
They're talibangelists, just with a slightly different prophet.
Trump is their second coming of Jesus, because he tells them exactly what they want to hear, therefore he must be God.
Giant cunts and enemies of mankind.
Nothing weird about this bunch of so-called "Americans".
"Americans"
Don't sugar coat it. They're as real an American as I am. More actually, because they like being an American.
I love being an American; I don't like what these so-called Americans - who seemingly have no idea what freedom truly means - are trying to do to my America. These people would be better off in some theocratic state, even if it means they stop talking about Jesus and swap to another Abrahamic religion. Their values are not American values.
Women must send their used tampons to the state so we can confirm you are not pregnant. Totally not weird.
what now?
This article is clickbait garbage. What they said is SO MUCH WORSE, but calling it "Menstrual Surveillance" is fucking stupid. While menstruation and pregnancy are obviously related, they're not the same thing.
What they actually said is that they want to have states he able to monitor pregnancies so they can know if a woman becomes pregnant, but then suddenly isn't anymore, so they can question them for an abortion, either illegally in state or out-of-state. Given they're also pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancies, it's full on police state shit that goes even further than what is described.
Clear. Concise. Factual. That's all you need. The right already gives you what you need to show how fucked up they are. You don't have to clickbait. It's dystopian enough on its own.
Genuinely wondering: you say they are “pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancy.” How is that not menstrual surveillance? I haven’t dug into this myself but I’m confused by your comment and trying to understand better.
They're pushing for that, but it isn't what this person was taking about that they quoted. Nowhere in the article does any direct quote say that.
We know that's the path they're going to take by their actions, but they're extrapolating in an article quoting something else.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!
Having lived in the south, nothing about this is remotely surprising.
100% guarantee most neighborhoods are starting networks that watch local girls to try to monitor if theyre gaining weight and then take a trip, not that they need to be recruited, they're just idle pedophiles anyway.
Now they have something to threaten girls with for their silence...
I wonder how they would go about all this. Medical records will have to be divulged to the State so it can track who is pregnant. They'll have to outlaw home pregnancy tests, including buying them through the mail. Otherwise women could privately find out they're pregnant and go out of state for an abortion without the State knowing. They'll also have to monitor phone and email communications for everyone, not just the pregnant person, to make sure any attempt to contact out of state health providers is intercepted. Or maybe they'll just slap an ankle bracelet on pregnant women.
They'll probably also enact laws like the abortion travel ban that Amarillo, TX has on the ballot this November:
The ordinance, first proposed by anti-abortion activists, aims to forbid the use of the city’s roads and highways to seek an abortion out of the state. It would punish anyone aiding a woman seeking the procedure, including by providing funds or transportation, and be enforced through private lawsuits, similar to a 2021 state law that prohibited abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Will they send the SWAT team if you miss your period?
You gotta bleed somehow...
Good lord, and I thought they went parodic with Homelander
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