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The Definition of a Humorless Scold
Taking a time out from yesterday’s sports holy day, I had to point out that our friends at NARAL dutifully used their tweet to let us know which Super Bowl commercials were acceptable to enjoy (along with tips on how to enjoy them). They obviously long for a regime where they’d perform this function in an official, government-sanctioned capacity backed by force of law but, until then, they can practice. Here’s the commercial that earned their ire:
NARAL’s response:
#NotBuyingIt – that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses & sexist tropes of dads as clueless & moms as uptight. #SB50
— NARAL (@NARAL) February 8, 2016
These are miserable people who are wasting their lives, awash in a sea of joylessness. They should not be considered a credible source on any topic.
Hope everyone enjoyed the fourth quarter!
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Two bits for every joke.
Now I have that parody bit stuck as an earworm.
That’s the problem with giving anyone – or any group – the power to decide which people aren’t “human” and therefore unprotected by the rule of law. Next it will be the old and infirm as government looks to cut its expenses – now that we are all wards of the state.
Like they do in Europe.
Remember, contrary to their Constitution, the EU has a death penalty; they just don’t exact it for criminal reasons. The EU prefers instead to exact it from the infirm and for solely economic reasons.
Yes, this is what it is all about.
This is what something like gay marriage is about. The power to decide. What is and what isn’t. And yet we often argue everything else and miss the crux of it all.
In this case we’ve stuck to our guns. It is a baby and nobody gets to decide otherwise.
This “clump of cells” business mystifies me. Yes, a zygote or a blastocyst can accurately be described as such; but even by the time of implantation we see formation of the trilaminar embryo with specific tissues having discrete functions. By the time I see women for a first ultrasound, at a month post conception, the embryo and yolk sac are clearly distinct and the pulse is seen; by 6 weeks after conception the limbs are discernible.
“Clump of cells” is just another leftist trope to control the conversation by limiting peoples’ thinking. Rebut it whenever you hear it. A fetus with limbs and a heart is clearly not a “clump of cells”.
That “don’t waste water” ad was just awful. How on earth would not running the tap in a place where water is plentiful possibly help people who live in places without water – like Saharan Africa, or California?
As a side note, on January 31st, while I was in labor at the hospital, my husband’s aunt showed this ad to everyone who would watch, including the nurses. I was quite amused. It would have been nice to have an easier way to get my baby out.
This baby is my 5th and I wanted to name her Whiskey, but my husband said no:(
I had the same reaction to that. So if you leave the water running in the sink, the kid in Southeast Asia won’t have enough clean water to drink? This is entirely unrelated. That kid doesn’t have enough potable water because she’s in a poor place that can’t afford to or doesn’t take the effort to develop safe drinking water supplies.
She looked Southeast Asian, which gets plenty of rain; if she were from an arid climate, then you’d worry about the amount of water available. But it still has nothing to do with how much water you use. That water goes back into the ground or through runoff, evaporates, and travels through the air around the world: The water cycle.
My brother didn’t like the Doritos ad because of the “doofus Dad” meme. I pointed out that it was Pro-Life and that was good. He agreed.
I liked the Helen Mirren / Budwiser commercial where she called drunk drivers a “waste of oxygen” and “human pollution” among other things. Truth in advertising!
Link to Commercial.
I also kind of liked the non-endorsement of Turbotax. Very cute.
So, what does PETA have to say about the puppy monkey baby?
My response to nABORTIONral … You Can’t Handle The Truth!!
Exactly. The message was “every time you use water, try to remember how much you suck.” When they say “turn off your faucet,” the natural follow-up question is “why?” Surely, someone spending this much money on an ad has some sort of reason for it, and I don’t think anyone could be stupid enough to think it has anything to do with what they were claiming (which was rather bold of an outright lie). It did make me wonder what group this was, and what their actual agenda might be. Unless it was put out by some sort of California farming group or something?
I was sitting with a five year old when the Doritos ad played. He asked, “how did the baby get out to get the Dorito?”
I looked desperately for a responsible adult; then realized I supposedly was one. So I did what my mother or father would have done: I ignored him.
He asked again. And again.
So I finally told him “the baby got out through a hole in her shirt”. This was how son #1 at 3 years old described being born.
It satisfied him and the subject was dropped.
Going to make for an interesting conversation when someone tells him the truth.
Maybe NARAL would prefer an ad with abortion clinic manager demanding a high dollar price for fetal body parts from a buyer but accepting a bag of Doritos instead because they’re just so darn irresistible. Would love to watch the expressions on the focus group for that one.
Buyer: How much for a heart?
NARAL: Heart? We don’t have hearts here, we’re NARAL. . . Oh! You mean a baby’s heart. Hey, you gonna finish that bag of Doritos . . .
“People born in the winning cities nine months after a Super Bowl.” Super Bowl Babies theme was quite cute, and a bit awkward, as my 13 year old did not understand it at all.
He is usually quite sharp, but something clearly has eluded him about the process. Nobody enlightened him – he’ll figure it out eventually.
Coward! :-)
Did you offer her a Dorito?
I didn’t get that one at first either. I know the feminist tell us that men beat their wives on Super Bowl Sunday, do they rape them too?
But then I’m a Jet fan, so I guess I missed the whole point about being happy after the game and celebrating.
I love the Subaru commercials where they “humanize” the dog family. The sleeping baby was almost as good as the previous mailman one.
Ha! As soon as I saw this commercial last night I knew the pro-abort crowd would have a hissy fit. Too bad.
God forbid anyone would humanize a human fetus.
that’s what I was thinking: future dorito eater.
Just a clump of cells waiting to get permission to crave doritos. I hear cool ranch is preferred in the early stages.
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Only two groups of people are threatened by the notion that another group is human: slave traders and mass murderers.
I read this paragraph in Dennis Miller’s voice. (Man, I miss his show.)
For me it’s all about the Walken closet.