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PCIntern

(25,544 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:46 AM Mar 2019

"...and many people don't know that

When the mothers give their daughters massive numbers of birth control pills for when they’re raped on their way North, the reason they have to do that is that cheap pills fall out even though the girls put them in. Sad. “

On edit: I made this up. But he might have said it...

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"...and many people don't know that (Original Post) PCIntern Mar 2019 OP
What? Cheap pills fall out? MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #1
That's the joke nt PCIntern Mar 2019 #2
PCIntern I'd be embarrassed for falling for the joke but it won't be the last time MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #6
The fact that our country has a president that would say that in a speech Ohiogal Mar 2019 #3
My God... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #4
The leader of the free world... ehrnst Mar 2019 #5
What does this say about us? Rape jokes aren't funny. marble falls Mar 2019 #7
It's not a rape joke PCIntern Mar 2019 #8
Yeah, it is about rape, procon Mar 2019 #9

MaryMagdaline

(6,854 posts)
6. PCIntern I'd be embarrassed for falling for the joke but it won't be the last time
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:55 AM
Mar 2019

I’ve lost all sense of embarrassment.

Ohiogal

(31,998 posts)
3. The fact that our country has a president that would say that in a speech
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:52 AM
Mar 2019

....I just can’t come up with the words anymore.

procon

(15,805 posts)
9. Yeah, it is about rape,
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:07 PM
Mar 2019

but it also denigrates the intelligence of poor immigrant women, likely women of color, and mocks the young women who are the victims of rape. So no, you don't get say it's just a moronic joke after the fact.

A joke that targets vulnerable people is NOT funny.

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