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[–]caikoran 1304 points1305 points ago

I saw this about the time it came up. She is pushing this bill in response to legislature on women's access to birth control and/or being required to learn about abortion, make a waiting period, and be taught about her body (possibly the forced vaginal ultrasounds as well). She's deliberately turning it around on the men in congress to illustrate the absurdity of these laws.
Edit: In case someone is interested.
“Any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child.” — Text from the amendment proposed by Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson as a protest to the state’s controversial “personhood” bill (currently being debated in the State Senate) which would force women to listen to the heartbeat of the fetus before going through with an abortion"
Edit: For more information, it doesn't look like it passed. This lady's amendment appears to have been added on to the Personhood bill in the first place, and she later voted to table it (in effect, killing it).

[–]dietotaku 975 points976 points ago

She's deliberately turning it around on the men in congress to illustrate the absurdity of these laws.

and evidently they are not grasping it at all.

[–]cadet999 727 points728 points ago

She obviously doesnt realize the intelligence level of congressmen.

[–][deleted] 263 points264 points ago

I feel like that guy is the epitome of the "sheltered suburban mom" meme.

[–]fishingoneuropa 9 points10 points ago

There certainly are more important issues to be addressed in this country, what about health coverage for the newborn. health care could put you on the street it is so outrageously priced. We avoid the real problems. Remember the baby who was fat according to insurance coverage, no coverage for him.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

I am Canadian, I never leave without traveler's insurance, because if I get injured there, I'm either a dead [wo]man or have to fake being okay until crossing the border.

On the plus side for you, if you have the cash, then no waiting around. Here everyone waits equally.

[–]bouchard 13 points14 points ago

Here everyone waits equally.

They hate that "e" word. The thought of rich people having to wait with the riff raff is sickening to them.

[–]hpvick 334 points335 points ago

You don't have to pass an IQ test to be a US Senator.. (with the exception of Senator Constance Johnson, of course. She's doing it right)

[–]ImADouchebag 242 points243 points ago

His expression when he realized what the fuck he just said never gets old.

[–]phillybob232 39 points40 points ago

the fact that he realized it is a step in the right direction though!

for his IQ that is

[–]Andrizzleton 8 points9 points ago

Which jobs actually make you take an IQ test when applying? Just curious.

[–]Oprah_Pwnfrey 30 points31 points ago

NY Police Department. Too high of a score and you are not allowed to work there.

[–]PFCDoofles 8 points9 points ago

This is completely true, in case the downvote brigade comes in and thinks it is a tasteless joke.

At least it was the last time I read about it.

[–]xNEM3S1Sx 16 points17 points ago

I've always thought that he must be an atheist, and was somewhat making fun of how gullible people are, buying that he would believe in the bible; but at the end he suddenly realized what he's said.

I don't think he was just accidentally implying that he was unintelligent, rather that the beliefs he professes to have are absurd; and he only holds them for appearance.

[–]sweetgreggo 2 points3 points ago

That whole scene is so edited I don't know what to think about it. It has the feeling of cheap reality show editing. Plus it's Bill Maher, someone who I wouldn't ever accuse of telling the complete truth about anything.

[–]hgmanifold 32 points33 points ago

Is that edited to be like that? Hahaha

[–]man_gomer_lot 76 points77 points ago

[–]GLaMSDOS 9 points10 points ago

I feel like you should post this link to reddit. It is incredibly important that media consumers know of these shady journalistic techniques to fool their audience.

[–]man_gomer_lot 8 points9 points ago

Feel free to share it. I actually seen it here on Reddit a few weeks ago when the topic of news editing came up.

[–]joepenn18 4 points5 points ago

Agreed with GLaMSDOS, that video was incredible. Very sophisticated work, deserves a hell of a lot of attention.

[–]TheStaggeringGenius 7 points8 points ago

My whole life is a lie.

[–]man_gomer_lot 10 points11 points ago

Your life is real, but what you are led to believe isn't. Religion isn't the only institution in the business of selling you pretty stories. What's really important is recognizing this as the starting point in the search for truth and not the arrival to it.

[–]Sillymemeuser 27 points28 points ago

It has to be. That pause is far too perfect.

[–]slaorta 1 point2 points ago

how exactly does one pass an IQ test?

[–]fross 3 points4 points ago

One does not simply pass an IQ test.

[–]futurelibrarian 1 point2 points ago

You realize that your statement states that Senator Johnson did have to take an IQ test, right?

[–]thecritic06 82 points83 points ago

Student: I wanna be an astronaut!

Careers advisor: I'm sorry, Timmy, but you just aren't getting the grades to consider that career path.

Student: Hmm. Janitor?

Careers advisor: Well, I've been instructed by the shop teacher to advise against any career involving chemicals of any kind. So no. Really, your only options are congressperson and priest.

Student: Which of those isn't allowed to have sex?

Careers advisor: Priests. Wait a sec Timmy. Are your parents offensively rich?

Student: Yep!

Careers advisor: Congressperson it is.

[–]Paradoxius 56 points57 points ago

Although if you choose priest, you do get a free-pass for child molestation.

Edit: Fuck. I just realized that politicians and clerics run the world. Fuck.

[–]Vulpis 37 points38 points ago

Yeah, but if your a congressman, you have a free pass to cheat on your wife and have lots of sex with male strangers/prostitutes. But only if you're as homophobic as possible.

[–]grandom 69 points70 points ago

On the phone:"Homosexuality is damaging our society."

Looking down:"I'm not speaking about you Tim, keep sucking."

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points ago

"Homos.. homosexua.. oh jesus homosexualit.... Tim, slow down, god damn"

[–]GothicFuck 9 points10 points ago

That's the kind of comedy that people say is so horrible and prevalent on the internet but it's gems like these...

[–]CedarWolf 11 points12 points ago

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. - Denis Diderot

[–]Makes_RPG_Stats 26 points27 points ago

Intrepid Congressman HP: 420 (200 + 220 obese bonus)
Str: 4
Vit: 2
Int: 0
Dex: 10

Special attack: 5 1000 calorie meals (HP decreases by 5 every turn, +1 strength for 30 minutes, then congressman gains bloated status effect)
Passive ability: Truthiness (-10 int, +10 dex)

[–]Blu64 5 points6 points ago

http://youtu.be/XTSCRoYyM-Y

you don't have to take an IQ test to be in congress. Edit: shit hpvick beat me to it.

[–]JGPH 1 point2 points ago

You don't need an IQ test to be in congress.

[–]The-Face-Of-Awkward 1 point2 points ago

Oklahoman here, some people really are this stupid. (referring to good ol' Ralph) Constance is doing it right. A little sarcasm goes a long way, but she just needs to remember her target audience. She used too many big words in there for a lot of the legislators.

[–]1stLtObvious 17 points18 points ago

Surprise! Oh, wait, what's the opposite of surprise?

[–]Mosethyoth 22 points23 points ago

Fulfilled expectation! / Expected result!

[–]sinfulend 1 point2 points ago

And that is why I continue to rapidly lose faith in our government

[–]spiderspit 1 point2 points ago

I would say they are grasping it all too well.

[–]eat-your-corn-syrup 1 point2 points ago

the same people who think Colbert is on their side

[–]Sillymajordetails 57 points58 points ago

Now the fun begins when BOTH these bills pass

[–]thirdegree 34 points35 points ago

Now the fun begins ends when BOTH these bills pass

Ftfy

[–]aliendude5300 24 points25 points ago

Do past infringements count? I don't want to be seen as a serial killer... lmao

[–]osire 49 points50 points ago

I have become the destroyer of worlds.

[–]nzhamstar 4 points5 points ago

Entire nations have flaked and crusted in the hair around my NAVEL!

[–]maldio 1 point2 points ago

Fancier: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

[–]anotherMrLizard 3 points4 points ago

Fun fact: Oppenheimer's quote was probably a mistranslation. The more appropriate translation would be "Now I am become time, the destroyer of worlds." Krishna is trying to persuade Arjuna to fight, and is making the point that all the soldiers on the battlefield are going to die sooner or later anyway.

[–]mrostate78 13 points14 points ago

I'm like Hitler or Stalin.

[–]HorseGrenade 27 points28 points ago

Every teenage boy, a little Pol Pot.

[–]Scrubtanic 13 points14 points ago

I'm like galactic emperor Xenu...

[–]crzystve42 1 point2 points ago

Hmph, lightweight.

[–]kuaggie 12 points13 points ago

this is literally one of the storylines in Legally blonde I believe....

[–]phatklyent 38 points39 points ago

Fighting stupidity with stupidity. Since the government is gridlocked anyway (and this is probably a good thing), every lunatic Republican initiative should be countered with equally idiotic bizzaro-world response.

[–]projectFT 21 points22 points ago

Sadly, in Oklahoma it isn't exactly gridlocked. Republicans control the House, the Senate and the governor. We've had recently passed bills outlawing Sharia law, restricting voting rights, forcing drug testing on welfare recipients and challenging women's rights (from multiple facets). Proposed bills such as the "healthcare opt out", loosened the already lax "open carry laws", teaching bible class in public schools, a birther amendment" , law prohibiting the eating of fetuses and of course the personhood act (which would make miscarriages on par with murder). These are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. It hurts my very being to admit this, but I'm ashamed to be an Oklahoman right now.

[–]SparkandFire 1 point2 points ago

What!? I cant eat fetuses anymore?!

[–]phatklyent 1 point2 points ago

Even in Republican-dominated theocracies like Oklahoma, the stupidity response has value: it brings attention to the original laws that treat women like chattel (and cattle).

[–]koviko 1 point2 points ago

Get out before they pass the "No Oklahoman left behind [or allowed to leave]" bill!

[–]TheKhan74 1 point2 points ago

Go Thunder!

[–]Smeagol3000 4 points5 points ago

You mean this isn't Bizzaro-World? I thought I fell through a dimensional rift sometime around 1984 and have been living in a bass-ackwards country ever since Reagan's second term.

[–]ganzta 4 points5 points ago

Thank you! For a second there I thought American politics had reached some kind of all time high.

[–]robreim 8 points9 points ago

Politicians: professional trolls.

[–]niminol 1 point2 points ago

Thank you I had no idea what the context was and just thought she was some crazy women like those congress men

[–]A_Wild_Missingno 1 point2 points ago

Is this supposed to make it any better? Let's go cunting about every single topic rather than actually solve any issues... PS new cyber law edited just for you guys, we changed it from 0% privacy to 0% privacy.

Put me in damn charge of the US.

[–]nzhamstar 1 point2 points ago

You know your political system is fucked when your politicians have to game each other out of bad legislative with even worse legislation.

Completely fucked up, and this government has access to nuclear weapons? Like giving a retard a machine gun.

Hurry up and revolt America you really fucking need it.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Thanks for explaining this. I don't follow politics so closely these days and I was about to have a fucking aneurysm reading OP's picture.

[–]ofriceandhens 102 points103 points ago

Every sperm is sacred; every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed in your neighborhood!

[–]Mewshimyo 37 points38 points ago

When a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate!

[–]ofriceandhens 20 points21 points ago

Let the heathens spill theirs on the dusty ground. God will make them pay for each sperm that can't be found!

[–]StezzerLolz 4 points5 points ago

So now you know you piss god off each time you masturbate.

[–]ofriceandhens 9 points10 points ago

I've always wondered if those kids had any idea what they were singing.

[–]jchillin89 213 points214 points ago

I'm amazed by how many people don't understand the point that's trying to be made here.

[–]NonnagLava 77 points78 points ago

I didn't get it until I read the comments... I immediately assumed the Senators I haven't had the "pleasure" of voting for were just that bonkers... Then I realized what the context of her statement was, and realized what she did thar.

[–]jchillin89 34 points35 points ago

Yeah, I suppose with all the other shit that spews out of politicians mouths it wouldn't be too farfetched to think that one of them is truly interested in making masturbation illegal.

[–]canteloupy 20 points21 points ago

A Democrat is a long shot though...

[–]Miskav 18 points19 points ago

The little (D) made me realize this was satire.

[–]excommunicated 8 points9 points ago

And yet everyone yells the parties are the same.

[–]Nenor 19 points20 points ago

That's because there are so many of those absurd pieces of legislation, one can never tell the difference anymore.

[–]autopsi 1 point2 points ago

The point is Congress can't legislate what a man does with his own body.

[–]dumnezero 1 point2 points ago

Poe's law

[–]TricksterPriestJace 153 points154 points ago

If only they can add this as a rider on any legislation denying woman's health care.

[–]mathsvlog 40 points41 points ago

Would you mind running for office in my state?

[–]wetsandwiches 1 point2 points ago

I'd be careful, he's either a trickster priest, or tricks priests. Probably more suited to shenanigans than congress.

[–]iburnchildren 20 points21 points ago

But if they pass it we would all be screwed.

[–]3_Sqr_Muffs_A_Day 35 points36 points ago

Freeing my copious loads would be worth going to prison. Anybody up for some public demonstrations?!

[–]SoepWal 42 points43 points ago

It could be... circlejerking as a form of protest...

[–]OffColorCommentary 18 points19 points ago

That's backwards from the usual! How novel!

[–]brbposting 3 points4 points ago

Reddit would overnight become one of the world's largest protest organizations.

[–]Noprize 6 points7 points ago

Hmmm. . . You might be right on that. If a law passed that required men to always ejaculate in a woman's vagina then it would only be a matter of time before the male dominant congress passed another law requiring women to make their vaginas regularly available to men so they won't feel the need to masturbate. Everybody gets laid! On the other hand, this bill would effectively ban male gay sex, so maybe not everybody. Now that i think about it the congresswoman is lucky that the republicans didn't realize it would ban gay sex or they might actually have tried to pass it

[–]justonecomment 4 points5 points ago

That is what this was...

[–]caikoran 6 points7 points ago

Yessssss! You are brilliant!

[–]GMBeats95 252 points253 points ago

Nono. This is too funny to be SNL

[–]Biblebeltbellyache 41 points42 points ago

Frankly, everything but the bits on SNL are too funny to be on SNL.

[–]Burpeeddit 57 points58 points ago

It's on Comedy Central.

Real, or not real?

If real...how do these people get elected?

[–]pavanky 92 points93 points ago

Its from the daily show where the state congressmen (I don't remember the state) were trying to pass a legislation that would ban abortions, this lady tried to introduce an amendment that would effectively ban fapping. It was funny as hell, and it wasn't even scripted.

[–]Oxirane 46 points47 points ago

[–]Fancy_Frogglin 1 point2 points ago

[–]iamstephano 1 point2 points ago

Unavailable in your location.. fuck.

[–]Dyslexiaihave 13 points14 points ago

Oklahoma...I live in Oklahoma....fuck

[–]notjasontoday 11 points12 points ago

Come down to Texas, we have cookies.

[–]hellocruelworld 18 points19 points ago

And the death penalty!

[–]notjasontoday 9 points10 points ago

Just try no to kill to many people at one time.

[–]PessimiStick 219 points220 points ago

It's real, the woman legislator is trolling the fundies, and they are missing the irony, as usual.

[–]NotaMethAddict 35 points36 points ago

Tax dollars well spent.

[–]I_POTATO_PEOPLE 13 points14 points ago

She brought some attention to the issue, so I'd say it was successful.

[–]excommunicated 3 points4 points ago

Actually... yeah, I think so.

[–]Notasurgeon 33 points34 points ago

As far as they're concerned her argument is a straw man. When you're convinced that something magical happens at fertilization, then there's a substantial difference between discarding extra sperm and discarding a fertilized egg.

Not that I support their arguments, but given the inability to find common ground on the embryonic rights issue we shouldn't find it surprising that they're just talking past each other. This is one of those arguments where people on both sides walk away feeling like the people on the other side are stupid and don't understand their position.

[–]xthecharacter 38 points39 points ago

One of the problems is that a lot of these pro-lifers also oppose the day-after pill and/or birth control of all forms, with which there is no fertilization.

[–]chrispdx 54 points55 points ago

These people are not "pro-life" by any stretch of the definition. They are flat and simple anti-women and anti-sex-without-purpose-for-procreation. End of story.

[–]muuh-gnu 18 points19 points ago

They are flat and simple anti-women and anti-sex-without-purpose-for-procreation. End of story.

Exactly. They oppose birth control for the precise reason to make sex more risky and thus less appealing for unmarried women. They just made up this "personhood starts at fertilization" excuse because it suits their goal to suppress female sexual freedom, which is the main thing they're actually after. They cant suppress it directly, like they could in the past, so they have to make "something magical happens and we have to protect it" excuses. They want every sex a woman has to have consequences, and if there are none, they make them up.

[–]sparklypandacakes 2 points3 points ago

a lot of the conservative pro-lifers are also anti-gay. so its kinda funny that they want rights for embryos, but then if they grow up and turn out to be gay, they'll just take their rights away again.

[–]xthecharacter 4 points5 points ago

Don't care what it's called. I'm using the language because it's common and how they identify themselves. Sure, they're anti-whatever-the-hell-you-want.

[–]gamma57309 4 points5 points ago

I prefer anti-choice since it puts the conversation on an equal level. It makes more sense for one side to pro-something and the other anti-something than for one side to be pro-life (as if the other isn't) and the other pro-choice.

[–]Cgrant1995 11 points12 points ago

It was an interview on the daily show, and yes it is real.

[–]KnightAlbedo 6 points7 points ago

Oklahoman politics are a joke (Oklahoman here)

[–]Kimgoesrawrrr 48 points49 points ago

I can't believe that he's missing the irony of someone wanting to control what a man can do with his body, when that is exactly what people are trying to do with women regarding abortion laws.

[–]confusedpublic 13 points14 points ago

The best part of the interview, for me, was when the interviewer (he's one of the new correspondents, haven't learnt his name yet) stares in disbelief at the inconsistent positions the guy is holding. The interviewer pretty much loses it and just stares/stumbles over further questions. He can't take it seriously any more. Then makes a load of masturbation jokes to cover for it haha.

[–]anachronic 1 point2 points ago

Oh, I think he gets the irony, he just doesn't give a fuck.

[–]freshman30 31 points32 points ago

THIS IS THE MOST BRILLIANT WAY OF GOING ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. Sorry for all of the capital letters but this is so god damned exciting. We need to call in in support of this kind of legislation anywhere where they are trying to take away women's reproductive rights!

[–]finndego 5 points6 points ago

Has anyone bothered to read the backstory or the comments here that state that the amendment was satirical? While the amendment was real, it was more a protest against women having to bear the burden of pregnancy. HuffPo also reports of a satirical amendment being pushed through in Virginia that would force men to go through a rectal exam in order to receive erctile dysfunction medication. Is that going to make the front page? Everybody calm the fuck down and resume their regularly scheduled mastabatory program. Non-story. Go away.

[–]Luke-ocity 11 points12 points ago

Something I always wondered. Why does Every decision, law, belief, ideology, etc, ALWAYS have to assume we're SO much better than, and far separated from, animals (yes, we have certain "bettering" traits, but we are just one form of primate)? Can we as a melting pot planet for ONCE come up with a law or something on a large issue, and look at it from a completely natural perspective? For instance, say the ONLY difference in us an some supposed alternate us, was that we have litters of offspring instead of 1 or 2 per birth. And, like MANY animals, the mother eats the occasional one... Would we be so worried about abortion and what day the fetus graduates to human? So, why is it such a big deal that some child hasn't yet been born (I mean that from a natural stand point, not a moral one)? Some fetus' are aborted by the mothers' body, so it isn't as if abortions are unnatural. I think it's time we get off of our high horses, and at least acknowledge that they're horses...

EDIT: than instead of then

[–]mywhitewolf 2 points3 points ago

animals murder each other occasionally too.

[–]Luke-ocity 2 points3 points ago

upvote for you... but are you saying that we don't? or, at the very most, that there isn't a SINGLE reason to kill someone else in someway (not just murder)?

[–]HorseGrenade 4 points5 points ago

As an Oklahoman, I just want to apologize to you all. Especially for Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe.

[–]dietbroccoli 4 points5 points ago

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

ARRGGGHHHHRRAAAAHH!

AUGH! AAAAUUUGGHHH!

That is all.

[–]Windingstare 10 points11 points ago

The irony in this is blinding

[–]Stavros175 57 points58 points ago

What does this have to do with atheism? Is the lady pushing this doing it for religion?

[–]thuderroar 120 points121 points ago

No, it's an immensely ironic situation where a female politician put forward a law that would limit what men could do with their sperm to show that it is ridiculous to limit a woman in a similar way. The male politician in the lower panel responds by essentially saying: "Men should have the right to choose what they do with their bodies," unintentionally echoing word for word the pro-choice argument while maintaining his position as a pro-lifer.

The woman's suggestion of a new law was only to show how hypocritical and misogynistic pro-life politicians are capable of being. The joke is that it succeeded beyond all reasonable predictions. No, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with atheism, but the pro-life position is very firmly religious in nature.

[–]Flynn58 90 points91 points ago

Don't call them pro-life.

They don't give a fuck once the kid is born, they're just anti-abortion and anti-women's rights.

[–]TraverseTown 8 points9 points ago

Pro-birth?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

If they were anti-abortion they would support the morning after pill. They are pro-telling-people-what-to-do.

[–]Im_smarter_than_you 7 points8 points ago

They don't give a fuck once the kid is born, they're just anti-abortion and anti-women's rights.

Who is "they"?

[–]Flynn58 2 points3 points ago

anti-abortionists.

[–]Im_smarter_than_you 5 points6 points ago

What percentage of them, would you say?

[–]I_RAPE_PEOPLE_II 12 points13 points ago

The two are the same.

[–]Jagjamin 18 points19 points ago

Slight distinction, Anti-abortion is anti-womens rights. You however can be anti-women and pro-abortion.

Actually, even that's not right. I'm anti-abortion, in that I don't like it and wish it were done less, by women getting unwanted pregnancies less. For those that are pregnant, they should be able to abort.

[–]I_RAPE_PEOPLE_II 13 points14 points ago

So you're saying we should educate young men and women, while also providing them with protection?

[–]Jagjamin 23 points24 points ago

But that will lead to uh, people marrying animals? Shit, I don't even know what these nutjobs are claiming anymore.

Yeah, here from about 12 we started going into safe sex etc. in school (With the option to be excused available for anyone). Even our drug education was a little more accurate than what I see people say they were taught.

I could name five types of contraception and where to get them well before I lost my V plates. Helps that condoms are free. Me and a mate went halfs on 3 boxes once, cost $3 for a "prescription" because he was under 25.

[–]buttholetrumpeteer 10 points11 points ago

With a name like that, I don't think you should be allowed near any young men or women

[–]Iazo 3 points4 points ago

Pot, kettle, black.

Oh wait, thatsthejoke.jpg, right?

[–]iswearihavenomoney 2 points3 points ago

I don't like the term pro-life, but I dislike "anti-womens rights" because that isn't their intended goal. I feel there need to be some sort of halfway term?

[–]Jagjamin 2 points3 points ago

What do you feel their goal is? And the reason why they want to achieve that? These questions should lead to a good term for their position.

[–]Im_smarter_than_you 6 points7 points ago

I am pro choice - but his logic really isn't inconsistent. The subject of abortion is debated because of the perception that it goes beyond the rights of one person. If you believe a fetus is life, then you believe they are murdering someone. It's not inconsistent to claim that it is wrong for a woman to "murder" a child, but not wrong for a man to ejaculate into a sock. The second scenario is clearly much different

[–]kicklecubicle 2 points3 points ago

"No, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with atheism"

The end. Shouldn't be here. Put it in r/politics.

[–]unquevai 2 points3 points ago

From my point of view, absolutely nothing.

[–]skybluetoast 21 points22 points ago

Wait... wouldn't this make condoms illegal?

A: No I didn't pull out. It would be illegal

B: Well you should have worn a condom

A: Sorry, also illegal.

B: What?!

A: The law requires the cum go in the vagina hun.

[–]chrispdx 13 points14 points ago

It would make masturbation illegal. It would make condoms illegal.

[–]DontSayAlot 14 points15 points ago

Also blowjobs, handjobs, anal, and everything else that's not in the cooch.

[–]DownloadableCheese 12 points13 points ago

Blew your load on her boobs? You better believe that's a paddlin'.

[–]PoisonSnow 7 points8 points ago

Masturbation illegal? Imagine the black market for that one... Even more so; the police raids.

[–]FaustianPact 8 points9 points ago

Ohhh Ohhh Ohh I know this game "wait wait dont tell me is this real life or theonion?"

I love this game

[–]ArkadiusMaximus 9 points10 points ago

Ohhh Oklahoma. Go Thunder!

[–]AdmiralNelson24 6 points7 points ago

Thunder Up! Except for the fact that traffic around that area was horrible for me two nights ago.

[–]psychroclasm 2 points3 points ago

I feel like the saddest part is that they probably see it as an opportunity to turn their argument back against them. "Oh, I thought we weren't regulating bodies? Full steam ahead on birth control legislation, you hypocrites!"

[–]brandonclyon 2 points3 points ago

Look at the watermark. This is from the daily show. They knew the point behind this bill and showed the hypocrisy in the reblican party better than bill Mayer ever could have. They knew what was going in and who was pushing it. This entire exchance was intentional.

[–]kriszoor 2 points3 points ago

I'll start fapping to "breaking the law."

[–]himynameisryan 2 points3 points ago

It was a Daily Show story...

[–]BambinoTheBard 2 points3 points ago

Darn. I just bought all those tube socks for nothing.

[–]MauiWowieOwie 2 points3 points ago

Nothing will start the civil war faster than taking away our right to fap.

[–]Post_op_FTM 2 points3 points ago

hey, OP! you aware of the concept of "satire?"

[–]derfdog 2 points3 points ago

Someone does not like facials...

[–]xSGAx 2 points3 points ago

DAMMIT OKLAHOMA! STOP MAKING US LOOK BAD

[–]FreddieGibbs 6 points7 points ago

Why is the man not voted out of office? she is obviously doing it to bring awareness to the absurdness of birth control laws

[–]androgynous2398 15 points16 points ago

This should be on /r/politics, not /r/atheism

[–]canuckgal 7 points8 points ago

Why is this in atheism? It's funny!

[–]MajorKirrahe 2 points3 points ago

As we've been told before, "You don't have to pass an IQ test to be a senator..."

[–]easelove 1 point2 points ago

hey, my socks aren't going to stand up on their own over here.

[–]AnotherClosetAtheist 1 point2 points ago

facial porn would be the new snuff

[–]g0kartmozart 1 point2 points ago

Wait the Democrat is suggesting this and the Republican is shooting it down?!?!?!?!?

[–]yearofthejake 1 point2 points ago

wait...mandatory creampies?

[–]powergamer 1 point2 points ago

If this means I can't procrasturbate then fuck this!

[–]brandonclyon 1 point2 points ago

Look at the watermark. This is from the daily show. They knew the point behind this bill and showed the hypocrisy in the reblican party better than bill Mayer ever could have. They knew what was going in and who was pushing it. This entire exchance was intentional.

[–]JenevaKay 1 point2 points ago

Oklahoma republicans are unlike republicans anywhere else in the country. Disgusting, they are.

[–]Stalejokesbakedfresh 1 point2 points ago

To all of those that are complaining about the stupidity of this:

She knows it's stupid, she doesn't expect it to pass. It's to show the stupidity of certain real bills that certain people like this guy in the second panel actually try seriously to pass.

The irony is that people like him are trying to tell women what to do with their bodies. And what's scarier is that he doesn't see the irony.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

couldnt be an SNL skit, this is actually funny.

[–]ThePieManOfDeath 1 point2 points ago

We should force people at fast food restaurants to watch videos of cows and chickens being slaughtered

[–]DrSeanald 1 point2 points ago

What about anal?

[–]wrath4771 1 point2 points ago

I blame the Barista at Starbucks for me killing thousands of future babies.

[–]afrozodiac3 1 point2 points ago

This is just another example of how gender equality is a joke, and women are the punchline.

[–]Dorfidiot 1 point2 points ago

retards are running the country.

[–]WhatIRead 1 point2 points ago

This is brave, courageous politics you buffoon.

The bill is satirical.

4Chan accusations of OP faggotry would be well justified here.

[–]AndSunflowers 1 point2 points ago

[–]HeadwoundHarry 1 point2 points ago

I think every time a woman menstruates and a child is not the product, the woman should have to kill a person to know the pain of destroying potential life.

[–]Squeekme 1 point2 points ago

I am pro-choice, however if he was even slightly intelligent he could have structured a strong arguement, which was still based on the same old idea that a fertilised egg is a human life (unless he is one of the people that think human life begins the moment the sperm enters the woman. i saw this interview ages ago but can't remember now). Instead he went with free choice? What a dumbass. It was a reasonable point, because free choice is held in such high regard in the USA, but it left him wide open to an obvious counter which would in itself discredit his pro-life belief. What politician doesn't think of these things before he agrees to an interview!?

[–]bobman15 1 point2 points ago

I wonder how gay dudes feel about this...

[–]GETJACKED37 1 point2 points ago

hence the reason marijuana should be legal

[–]mishmashmusic 1 point2 points ago

Fap, fap, fap

[–]Turbomullet 1 point2 points ago

"Senate Bill 1433, which sought to define human life as beginning at fertilization" - What are we, cattle?! Hate to resort to godwins law here, but this has to be the closest amendment to the Nazi Germany breeding programs. Fix yo shit America. Don't yall have guns?

[–]SnackeyG1 1 point2 points ago

How in the fuck do we have politicians this idiotic? Are any of them like normal people and actually creating laws society will accept?

[–]Kebb 1 point2 points ago

Im thinking of printing this out and ejaculating on it

[–]Sanderlebau 1 point2 points ago

It IS satire. She did it to point out the absurdity of the Republican stance on birth control and abortion!

[–]hotdogcore 1 point2 points ago

Isn't this the lady that is trying to show people how ridiculous it is for the government to control women's bodies?

She submitted that law to show the absurdity of how differently we treat men and women.

[–]Faceplants 1 point2 points ago

Well we all know THAT'S not gonna fly. They've been trying to tell women what to do with our bodies for years, and have succeeded far too many times. But tell a man not to masturbate... And that shit just got serious.

[–]harrisonic 1 point2 points ago

I'm pretty sure that this was brought up to prove a point about abortion. It was not actually intended to be made into an amendment, but show that we have the choice of what to do with our bodies.

[–]ping_timeout 1 point2 points ago

Some people here are taking this way too seriously.

She proposed this motion in response to abortion-related bills proposed by republicans in the state. It was a tongue-and-cheek proposal on her part, and his reaction is the case-and-point

[–]wangcd 1 point2 points ago

That's a lie, SNL is not this funny