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The Volatile Mermaid
@OhNoSheTwitnt
There are only 2 reasons why a woman doesnt have children. Either she cant, or she doesnt want to. And either way its none of your god damn business.
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hlthe2b
(110,629 posts)riversedge
(76,547 posts)Of course there are.
out in the sticks, i would bet there are a lot of maga hat wearing guys that just love them some dogs and cats.
meadowlander
(4,935 posts)mucholderthandirt
(1,604 posts)Maybe I'll listen. Until then, it's just another way to insult, shame and diminish women. Only good to be whores, wives or mothers. How dare they decide to not have children? How dare they be barren?
It's like saying Kamala has no appreciation of the history of this country, that she's dismissive of our history. All this means is black people are trying to get something for nothing, that they haven't worked as hard as whites, they're uppity. Because you know they're all welfare queens, want free college and to be hired into jobs over qualified white people because of quotas.
Wink wink. Nudge nudge. Know what I mean?
Danmel
(5,495 posts)wildflowergardener
(1,010 posts)Well you know if she did have children they would be saying she should stay home and take care of her children vs running for office
True Dough
(23,651 posts)The awful actors on the other side would target her no matter what.
moniss
(7,682 posts)and believe me they will get far worse and it will all be given a 24/7 forum by the media. There will be little to no push-back by the media since they will claim they are "just reporting what's going on". They will demand responses from Harris by way of using "some sources say" methods to all kinds of things they will never hold men to.
bucolic_frolic
(51,381 posts)Is it a subliminal way of bragging about his own prolifics?
I mean, should we be looking for love children?
You see where it's headed.
lastlib
(26,289 posts)
Dem2theMax
(10,766 posts)Never made it to the egg.
(I mean, who would want to donate an egg to him? Either in a tube or in person.)
Sorry for the images this conjures up.
malaise
(286,475 posts)Rec
JanMichael
(25,664 posts)Said that if you didn't have kids you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Some people are just fucking stupid assholish trolls.
tanyev
(47,106 posts)
Ferryboat
(1,167 posts)Wife and I vote for school levys despite having no kids.
I want educated citizens, although that hasn't worked out so well.
Jimbo S
(3,033 posts)when people make political comments on LinkedIn.
JI7
(92,309 posts)while his wife is pregnant and to party with a child molestor ?
Sunsky
(1,876 posts)TheDemsshouldhireme
(210 posts)George Washington had no children of his own.
Tetrachloride
(8,847 posts)someone has a business.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,673 posts)Emrys
(8,665 posts)If the GOP wants to argue that they're not valid children, they're picking a fight with a vast number of families.
sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)As long as the never-right says, "adoption, not abortion", Harris is a Saint.
Adoption, remarriage, etc! Being a parent does not require conception beyond the concept of raising kind citizens.
MustLoveBeagles
(13,451 posts)So these people are saying I have no value? Well screw them! I have just as much stake in this country as anybody else including those who are childless by choice.
kwolf68
(8,117 posts)We have a good friend who just couldn't have kids. Listening to these crackpots she is worthless. Where do they get off? I realize they want to take us back to the 1800s, but these values are strange, moronic, hateful and just plain wrong. Again, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS what a women does with her body or life. FREEDOM only for giant corporations, but not for real human (women) beings. I really hate the Republican Party and what it has now become.
llmart
(16,620 posts)If women don't have children, then there won't be a steady supply of little children for the pedophiles to fondle.
Obviously, I'm being snarky.
Bettie
(18,565 posts)and definitely if you don't want them don't have them.
If you want them, then have them. I have three kids, I love being a mom.
I have many friends who chose to have kids, many who chose not to.
And yet, we're still very much alike in all the ways that matter.
I'm so tired of women being judged by weird standards that never, ever apply to men.
Niagara
(10,804 posts)Also, many of us women do have children.
In my lifetime, not one "leader" in the repub party has ever introduced or passed any legislation to help working families that do have children with health insurance, childcare cost or childcare options (childcare within the job programs). I'm most likely forgetting other critical help that they haven't helped with.
In the United States of America, when a mother starts maternity leave that has a full time job, the general options are:
1. Take 6 weeks off with pay
2. Take 12 weeks off without pay
It's been 23 years since I had a baby, so unless maternity leave has changed, I don't know about it.
23 years ago, we paid $70 to $100 a week for childcare cost. We had to pay for a week of childcare service even if we took an entire week off for vacation. The cost of childcare for today's working families isn't feasible at all.
And now the repub party wants to shame other women for not having children? The hypocrisy is certainly lost on them.
Just my 2 cents.
ecstatic
(34,851 posts)Niagara
(10,804 posts)Thank you for that info, ecstatic!
True Dough
(23,651 posts)The party of "family values" so rarely makes efforts to truly help families.
Niagara
(10,804 posts)And thank you for the much appreciated rec!
brewens
(15,359 posts)I know a moron parent when I see one. So, fuck all the way off with that one!
ecstatic
(34,851 posts)The circumstances were never right.
Either way, it's none of jd's or the heritage group's business.
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JustAnotherGen
(35,622 posts)Who has ever given birth.
Wounded Bear
(62,480 posts)