Yes, let's make equivalents between human reproduction and drowning. That's an absolutely brilliant idea for the future of the species.

Depends on which side of the issue you fall on.

Not about banning condoms, but pushing abstinence only sex ed to the exclusion of contraception education etc.

But s'ok. Not everyone's gonna think its funny.

Contraception and abortion. And yeah, it does tend to make sense.

After all, if you never go swimming(****), you won't ever need to worry about drowning(getting pregnant) will you?

Lifejackets(condoms) don't always prevent drowning(getting pregnant) but they're better for the casual swimmer(****) that doesn't want to drown(get pregnant).

But in some cases of being pushed in the water(rape) even though you may be drowning(pregnant) its OK, because your body has a way of rejecting that water(baby), so you shouldn't ever need CPR(abortions).

Its nowhere near as amusing when you have to spell it out. And to be fair, the "legitimate pushing" dig at Akin extends the metaphor a wee bit far, but eh.

Where's the big push to ban condoms again? Oh, that's right...

Sorry, the fact that "the second place finisher" backed positions similar to what you decries, kinda belies the fact that it's a winning argument; he lost.

Then the headline should have read "We should do away with swim lessons..." or some such. Otherwise it falls apart right from the start.


It's interesting that one would explain it so thoroughly without mentioning sex ed, if that's "what it's about". I guess it's pretty poorly thought out snarkrage if multiple explanations coming from multiple angles can't make it a cogent message. But s'ok. Not everyone's gonna think.

Not to mention that evidently if a woman is drowning(pregnant) she should evidently be allowed to choose whether to get rescued (have an abortion) or swim to shore on her own (have the baby) but a man will keep getting whacked on the head with an oar until he's been in the water long enough because he should 'accept responsibility' (pay child support for years on end). It's hilarious that the idea that people should accept responsibility for the consequences of sex is treated as some sort of war on women, but suddenly becomes perfectly valid reasoning when applied to men.

I didn't say it was a winning argument, just that there is a significant push for anti-birth control policies from a sizable contingent of the Republican party, and that makes the snark on that point reasonable. Imprecise, because it's humor not political analysis, but sufficiently on target to be effective parody.