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JennieBreeden @lemmy.sdf.org

5d ago

Reproductive Fights

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If there isn't at least some non-zero amount of tin-snips and turpentine, then the protest is a parade.
Coincidentally, Lowes is having a black friday on tin snips: https://www.lowes.com/pl/hand-tools/cutting-crimping-tools/tin-snips/on-sale/4294857583-2
- Turpentine I can understand having for various reasons (lighting shit on fire, removing paint/ink/pepperspray), but what is the need for tin snips? cutting the zip-tie handcuffs used by riot police?
  
  I think they're for performing the vasectomies as alluded to in the second panel. I assumed the turps is for make-shift antiseptic.
  
  Let's say Jewelry making.... I feel like that's plausible?
  
  Yeah, I would think bolt cutters would be more useful.
  
  Cutting holes in fences, as in trespassing to vandalize or cause havoc.
  
  They’re for removing male reproductive organs.
- I wouldn't mind some tin snips and turpentine

Whats so confusing is how conservatives can say "don't tread on me" then vote to ban abortion
or "join or die" then say 'violence is never the answer'
- I just want that snake. Is that some iconography I've missed? I have the rainbow gadsen on my range bag I want that one as well.
  
  Pro-choice flag by Anne Lesniak
- It's amazing how many Gadsden flags are next to Thin Blue Line flags.
  "Don't tread on me, unless you're in the group of people who can kill citizens with impunity, then you do what you want because I've no critical thinking skills."
  
  "one day I'll own this boot"
  
  It's okay if they're treading on other people. The Thin Blue Line folks will 100% attack cops if they stood in their way. (See Jan. 6th)

"I'm gonna mess with Texas" haha
- noooo it's an anti-littering campaign and last time I was anywhere but austin in the state, hoo boy the litter.

Tin snips?
- Yeah, metal shears with a nice long handle to make cutting through hardened objects more easily.
  And wouldn't you know it but turpentine is an antiseptic and pain reliever...
  
  I still don't get it. My metal shears don't open enough for anything but sheet metal, and they're definitely not suitable for anything hardened. I get the feeling that the reference is about using them on people, but I don't understand how.

Ok, so what's with the turpentine?
- Burning shit down to the ground. There have been many attacks on abortion clinics that included attempts and/or successful burning.
  
  Gotcha. Didn't know that's what it was used for.
- Or tinships? My only guess is castration and cauterizing the wound, but that's an extreme shot in the dark.
  
  It was a pretty crude way to castrate. It was done that way a few hundred years back. I've heard that expression before. The first time was when I was really young. The tin snips were very sharp the and the turpentine sealed the wound by chemically burning the flesh. I'm pretty sure its what they did to some pigs when I was very young. I know the pigs made a lot of noise.
  
  Not for this comic it isn't.
  
  Pretty sure that's what it was referring to based on another comment. Also it being used to burn down buildings.

Why does she want to go and litter in Texas?
- shithole state with shithole laws and shithole lawmakers. what's confusing?
  
  I just moved here and you're not wrong. All the roads are fucked up, even in the suburbs. Everything just feels cheaper than Virginia.
  The license plates aren't even stamped, just a coat of paint lol. Major roads are just filled with potholes forever.
  Went to a shooting range and they got mad at me for shooting too fast. Like what is the benefit of being here??? I thought you guys were free?
  I just moved here for cost of living but partially regretting it

I don't get it. This guy was shooting doctors? Why? Is there a second page to the comic?
- I believe they're referencing Dr. George Tiller.
  
  What about the turpentine reference?
- The Devils Panties tends to use that character to depict an amalgamation of Gamergate, Rapist Brock Allen Turner, Kyle Rittenhouse, and every online debatebro combined, and so the other characters are written to react to him in such a way.
  
  Looks a little too clean cut for Gamer Brock Rittenhouse or a debate bro, seems more like a Christian frat type.

Can we talk about how the amount of anti abortion women and anti abortion men is about equal?
- Sure, that doesn't seem to be true?
  Gallup found the following:
  Pro-life: Men 49%, Women 33%
  Pro-choice: Men 45%, Women 63%
  Women are also more in favour of less restrictions on abortion (e.g. from X weeks) than men.
  See https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.aspx
- Check the skin tone and age cohort. You're going to find some large discrepancies. Also skews heavily by education, as women early in their collegiate or professional careers tend to be significantly more sensitive about the prospect of getting pregnant than peers in low-paying jobs with little upward mobility.
  There's definitely a profile of a pro-abortion and anti-abortion voter.

Who's "you" here?
- Anti-abortionists?
  
  It's not really clear that he's against abortion though eh. He just looks like an ill-informed passerby.
- If she thinks that guy is a terrorist she should report it to the police.
  
  Hi police I'd like to report the police

Lmao this was the same artist who made a full page comic panel telling people to suck it up and vote Harris without demanding changes or improvements for another 4 years, assuming she actually won.
Liberals don't do jack when it comes to outrageous actions, they won't ever move past protests.
Even the recent shooter wasn't some longtime liberal or even a leftist. He was just some dude who was fed up and likely suffered various mental pain which is why they caught him with all the possible incriminating evidence they needed. He had no true intention of slipping away, he somehow convinced himself that what he did would give him enough public support for change (regardless of whether or not that will actually happen).

This will surely change people's minds!
- Funny how quickly peoples' minds change when there's the credible threat of reprisal.
  
  Is that even a thing? It's got truthiness, but I'm wondering if it's actually true.
- If you believe women are lesser creatures whose bodies you control, what would change your mind about that?
  
  Very little, I imagine.
- If that were the goal, then this would be stupid. Clearly, it isn't.
- Too late for that.
  It's time to encourage effective defense.
  
  Internet comics ought to do it!

Why is America so fucked up on both sides?

A man is being a bit sarcastic and the angry feminist protester is threatening to mutilate his genitals?
No wonder Trump and Abbott won.
- Yeah, it's not cool to threaten someone's genitals and remove their agency in what happens to them. Congratulations, you are currently standing on The Point.
  
  Random dude being sarcastic isn't doing that. Focus the anger on the actual problems.
- cant you read the content?
  
  If this person got educated in Texas, very possibly they cannot.
- If you think it's just one man being a little sarcastic then you need to open your eyes to the stripping of bodily autonomy going on all over the place.
- Hmm yeah it’s almost like we shouldn’t tell a person what to be doing with their body…. Wooosh
- That isn't a man, it's a conservative. Less than a bug.
  
  And clearly a boomer, if they remember the Summer of Love.
- facts.

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