Mike Luckovich- maternity wear now part of little girl clothing department

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Link to tweet

[Srkdqltr]

1. Ugly and incredibly offensive.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. As are repug policies

[Srkdqltr]

3. That too I guess.

[AZLD4Candidate]

27. Explain to me what you find offensive about the cartoon's position

Thanks to Christo-fascism, this is now going to be the norm.

[Solly Mack]

14. Yes, the reality religious wackadoodles are imposing is ugly and incredibly offensive.

Acknowledging that and pointing it out is not, however.

Children and adults get raped. Rape is ugly and incredibly offensive. They also can become pregnant because if it. Religious wackadoodles want to force those of us with a uterus to give birth regardless of how we become pregnant.

Forcing anyone to carry a pregnancy to term and give birth is ugly and incredibly offensive.

Exploring the reality of what that means is not.

If you're going to force a child to give birth, then as a practical matter they will need maternity clothes. Pointing that out is not ugly, nor is it offensive, incredibly so or otherwise. It's the reality.

Listing the many issues involved in forcing people to give birth is necessary because those issues are real and will cause an already horrible situation to be that much worse - and those issues will have to be dealt with and not ignored, denied, left unsaid or hidden away because talking about them offends someone's sensibilities.

Especially since the harm caused by theocratic pieces of filth will only increase as those religious brutes continue their vicious campaign against black and brown people, women, LGBT people, and the poor.

[leftieNanner]

20. Excellent Rant

I completely agree.

And it breaks my heart.

[Solly Mack]

22. It is heartbreaking.

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. Thank you for being much more eloquent than me

[MarcA]

29. Well Stated. n/t

[Higherarky]

30. +11x11 infinity

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[LittleGirl]

39. Exactly! nt

[ShazzieB]

31. Could you please explain what point you are trying to make?

Because it's not at all clear what you meant. Mutiple interpretations are possible, some of which would reflect less favorably on you than others.

Yes, it's incredibly offensive that Republicans all over the country are enthusiastically making laws that will force children who have been impregnated by rape or incest to carry the resulting pregnancies to term, no matter whether their bodies are mature enough to handle it or not. The fact that those children got raped or molested is ugly, but the truth is sometimes ugly.

Satirizing these ugly and offensive facts in a political cartoon is not even almost offensive, and neither is posting such a cartoon here. This is a political site, where we discuss a lot of issues that are ugly and offensive in various ways and share satirical material related to those issues, of which this cartoon is a stellar example.

Furthermore, we're not required to only post material that is suitable for children here at DU. This site is not intended for children. If that makes you uncomfortable, I'm sorry to hear that, but it may just mean that DU isn't going to be your cup of tea.

[TomSlick]

34. Thanks.

You stated the point more clearly than I could have done.

[Ilsa]

37. It's brilliant. The offense and felony are

presented without actually depicting the horrible violence of rape. The contrast of the maternity clothes with little girl sparkly fashions is haunting. A stuffed rainbow unicorn is all that's missing.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Not all satire is funny, nor should it be...nt

[Thomas Hurt]

5. As a tweeter noted, he left out the ARs and body armor.

[YorkRd]

13. Yes

[CrispyQ]

6. If this offends you, vote BLUE. -nt

[KS Toronado]

9. Seeing the direction Rs want to take our country

via a Luckovich toon does not offend me, but their policies do make me sick to my stomach.

[arlyellowdog]

7. I always vote, campaign, and donate Blue

This is incredibly offensive. The rape of a child? This jerk needs to apologize and acknowledge his misogyny.

[Spazito]

8. What's offensive is the Supreme Court's decision to do away with

Roe v Wade.

What's offensive is Gym Jordan and all the other putrid repubs calling the report about the 10 year old child's rape and pregnancy a lie.

The truth of what will now happen thanks to the USSC and the repubs isn't offensive, it's powerful and needs to be said, imo.

[bronxiteforever]

11. +100 Absolutely. A 10 year old child forced to give birth

is a second rape.

[CrispyQ]

19. Luckovich is one of our best liberal cartoonists.

Is the cartoon offensive? Hell yes, but like a poster below stated, don't be offended by the mirror Luckovich is holding up, be offended by what the mirror is reflecting.

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. Really??

[ShazzieB]

32. Whose misogyny?

There is absolutely NOTHING misogynistic about this cartoon. The point of it is to satirize and mock the absurdity of the kind of Gilead Repukes want to turn this country into. If it makes some people uncomfortable, that is okay by me. The cartoonist is highlighting a disturbing and offensive situation that exists in our society.

No one wants to think about children being raped, but we can't solve problems by burying our heads in the sand and pretending they don't exist. Cartoonists like Lukovich force us to confront problems like this head and realize why electing as many Democrats to office as possible us of such paramount importance.

[Texaswitchy]

10. There was a pregnant 10 year old.

This is a political cartoon.

Not one for laughs.

The truth hurts.

What if the kid didn't get the abortion.

[NutmegYankee]

12. A hard hitting and effective political cartoon.

Luckovich remains one of the best political cartoonists of all time.

[Torchlight]

15. It's a disturbing reflection of a current reality.

My initial reaction was "Gross. Too much. Way too far." Then I realized: rather than judge the mirror, I should judge what the mirror is reflecting.

[CrispyQ]

17. Perfectly stated! -nt

[keithbvadu2]

16. Republican 'gift from God'.

[Roc2020]

21. Yikes.

[arlyellowdog]

18. This is why little girls get raped. Double down on the "cute" aspect

Kind of cute, right? No, it’s a person destroyed, physically and mentally. The judges, Republicans, and this all paint a picture. Believe me, having worked with victims, this appeals to perverts.

[Wednesdays]

28. Um...wha??

"I saw this cartoon by Luckovich, and now I wanna go rape a 10-year-old!"

[IronLionZion]

23. GOP is for child brides

and child pregnancies. Conservatives don't have time for consent and don't value education or choices.

[Wild blueberry]

26. Luckovich is a brilliant cartoonist

That the Death Cult, formerly known as RepuliQans, has engineered this is horrendous.
Vote Blue in November!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

33. image from tweet ...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. Thank you

[Hermit-The-Prog]

36. Welcome :)

[Deuxcents]

38. It's disturbing. And it's supposed to be.