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Related: About this forumTYT: Women Aren't Women; They're 'Hosts' Says Republican
"A Virginia senator who callously summed up pregnant women as "hosts" carrying unborn babies is under fire after his controversial Facebook rant against a pro-choice coalition.
Republican Steve Martin backpedaled on his use of the word Monday after publicly slamming a Valentine's Day card sent to him by the Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition that argued for a range of health care, including abortions.
"All women deserve access to their full range of reproductive health options including preventing unintentional pregnancies, raising healthy children, and choosing safe, legal abortion," the letter allegedly sent by the Virginia Pro-Choice Coalition read."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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TYT: Women Aren't Women; They're 'Hosts' Says Republican (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Feb 2014
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HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)1. He left out a very important biology part of that "host" statement
Yeah, pregnant women are hosts because the unborn fetus is a PARASITE which uses her body for it's existence. He can look in a simple dictionary for that definition. The "parasite" in all forms cannot live without a host.
Seems like a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
marias23
(379 posts)2. To Rep. Martin sex is akin to getting a window table.
I wonder about his tips.
malthaussen
(17,202 posts)3. Wait a minute, shouldn't that be "hostess?"
Dang me, but Virginia has some real ignoramuses in the legislature.
-- Mal
riversedge
(70,242 posts)4. chuckle.
Marcuse
(7,487 posts)5. An alternate allegory for the "Alien" movie series?
Humans=women?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)6. Ewhhhhh...
What a creepy freak.
I'm sure his wife (or any future wife), loves being called a "host"...let's see how much sex he gets after that statement!