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Republican congressman wants to limit IVF access to married heterosexual veterans only
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2024
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That's a pretty narrow slice. Did he see Starship Troopers and think the line about serving to be able to have babies was a good idea? You were supposed to be paying attention to the boobs in the shower scene not the politics you twat.
I think you misread the (admittedly awful) title. Congress has a lot of control over veteran health benefits... this shitheel wants to prevent same-sex veteran couples from having access to IVF while retaining access to hetero veteran couples.
The bill in question wouldn't restrict anyone getting insurance without going through Tricare and the VHA/VA. Though I'm sure that's eventually this fuck's goal.
That makes way more sense, I should probably start reading the articles before commenting.
What fun would that be?
He was probably paying attention to dicks in the shower scene
Fair point
there were dicks in the shower scene?
It was a mixed gender shower.
They may have been artfully concealed, but yes. Everyone there was neked.
Not that there’s anything wrong with checking out the dicks. There might be something wrong with being a raging homophobe, though, and still checking out said dicks. It that sounds like a personal problem
You were actually supposed to pay attention to the politics too.
Whether you consider them dystopian or aspirational depends on whether you agree with Paul Verhoeven who directed the movie or Robert Heinlein who wrote the book, though 🤷
Heinlein wasn't spousing fascism. He explored many sorts of governments, social systems and morals. Think Stranger in a Strange Land makes him a hippy?
I didn't say he was. The book heavily promoted militarism, but that's only ONE of the 14 common features of fascism
My understanding of Starship Troopers: The Movie is you're supposed to be paying attention to the politics and chuckling "What a bunch of complete dumb fucks" to yourself. Not so much the book it's based on though.
I need to watch that movie
Just know that your desire to know more will intensify as you watch it.
They don't show any penisis :(
I love it, the sequels are trash though.