Time for another reminder that being a stand-up comic doesn’t make you funny. Well, not intentionally funny, anyway.
Stand-up comic Kate Berlant probably thought she was doing The Sisterhood some kind of service with this tweet:
Can't believe we still have to scream this: FORCED MOTHERHOOD IS FEMALE ENSLAVEMENT. BIRTH CONTROL & ABORTION ON DEMAND AND WITHOUT APOLOGY!
— Kate Berlant (@kateberlant) October 8, 2017
SPOILER ALERT: She wasn’t.
Kate, you know what we can’t believe? We can’t believe you think that screaming your stupidity and insanity makes you sound anything but stupid and insane. We’d ask if you have a clue what you’re talking about, but we already know the answer.
https://twitter.com/140characterkim/status/917507707975778304
Can't believe you aren't more responsible for yourself and need the government to legislate it for you!
— Heidi Marksbury (@heidi_marksbury) October 9, 2017
Cut back on 2 lattes a month and you can buy your own contraceptives. No one is forcing motherhood on you. Stop the emotional lying.
— SuzSnarknado ⚓️ (@ZannSuz) October 9, 2017
Birth control is legal, cheap, and widely available. How about paying for it yourself?
— Judy M (@J_Martinez_WC) October 8, 2017
you do know it's not being outlawed, right? and its $9 at Walmart?
— B$Thoughts (@BThoughts124) October 9, 2017
The above IS available on demand, nothing has changed other than you have to pay for the pill yourself, quit the dramatics.
— marie (@marielbny) October 9, 2017
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https://twitter.com/AlyceWellington/status/917504646176018433
No, she is not OK.
Stop screaming. You sound hysterical.
— klarson (@kglarson) October 9, 2017
She sounds hysterical because she is hysterical.
Can't believe feminist still don't want consequences for their own actions.
— Deb (@dtrusmith) October 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/TXoilCons/status/917491215603511297
Welp, so much for that.
https://twitter.com/Cdsred1/status/917143141203042305
But we won’t stand in Kate’s way. Hey, if she’s not into being enslaved by “forced motherhood,” we support her choice.
I think we can all agree, no one wants you to be a mother. https://t.co/uarxPOnMEL
— Courtney Shadegg (@CShadegg) October 9, 2017
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