Can someone (already in prison for it) please legitimately rape Todd Akin and show him what it's like
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Gretchen (@marshbirder) August 19, 2012Leftists have spent much of the afternoon criticizing and mocking Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri, who made poorly-worded comments about “legitimate rape.”
Alas, a few Twitter users are taking it too far:
Todd Akin should be shipped to an island with the booty bandit for the rest of his life.—
I.B. Blackman (@AfrikanFengShui) August 19, 2012
Why doesn't someone rape Todd Akin and see if he was right?—
Austin Waters (@Austin_H2O) August 19, 2012
Someone please legitimately rape Todd Akin STAT.—
Dunnybocter (@dunnybocter) August 19, 2012
So I guess anyone's welcome to legitimately rape Todd Akin's daughter. She won't get pregnant. Ha-ha you lose, rapist.—
Tim Kelleher (@realtimkelleher) August 19, 2012
Someone shld 'legitimately rape' Todd Akin -> Rep. Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-a…—
David Levy (@dslevy) August 19, 2012
I'm not saying that someone should rape Todd Akin. That would be wrong. I'm just saying that if someone DID rape him, it would be poetic.—
Wal*Mart Jesus (@PFKaP) August 19, 2012
I'm going to rape Todd Akin and insist it wasn't legitimate because he didn't get pregnant.—
Satan's Son™ (@TheSonOfSatan) August 19, 2012
It is fine to call out Akin for scientifically-inaccurate remarks.
However, to suggest (even in jest) that Akin or his family members ought to be raped is beyond the pale.
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