Comments on: The Grand Plan?

By: Avery

Avery — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:47:29 +0000

i stand corrected. i swore i remember somebody telling me that a vasectomy was minor surgery (relatively) and could be undone when ole boy needed his powers back. where’s my fact checker!

By: Jeremy Pierce

Jeremy Pierce — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:34 +0000

Vasectomies are permanent also. I’m not sure how they would be any different. There is a way to undo some of the damage and get 50-70% fertility back, but it doesn’t always work, and it’s extremely expensive, certainly not the sort of thing poor people would be able to afford, and that’s who we’re talking about here.

If they targeted this at men, there would be an even stronger racism charge, since they’d claim it was playing on the stereotype of the uncontrolled, over-sexual black man. So removing the gender aspect and increasing the racial aspect may be a wash in the end. I do think racism charges more easily stick in the political realm, though (as evidenced by how much easier it is for politicians to get away with sexist comments, so perhaps it would be even harder to make the proposal work.

By: Booker Rising

Booker Rising — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:46:19 +0000

The Grand Plan?…

Ave Tooley discusses a Louisiana state representative who proposes tubal ligation to decrease the welfare burden on taxpayers. Critics charge racism and genocide. The politician responds that the program would be voluntary and participants would be p…..

By: Booker Rising: The Grand Plan? « Stop Dog Whistle Racism!

Booker Rising: The Grand Plan? « Stop Dog Whistle Racism! — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:15:44 +0000

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