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Home Front: Politix
Bernie: ‘Yes' I'm Courageous Enough to Talk About Population Control
2019-09-05
[Breitbart] (I-VT) told CNN’s climate change town hall attendees Wednesday night that he is willing to talk about population control, suggesting that abortion is key to addressing the climate crisis.

"Human population growth has more than doubled in the last 50 years," an attendee told Sanders, adding that the planet cannot sustain such growth.

"I realize this is a poisonous topic for politicians but it’s crucial to face. Empowering women and educating everyone on the need to curb population growth seems a reasonable campaign to enact," the attendee continued.

"Would you be courageous enough to discuss this issue and make it a key feature of a plan to address climate catastrophe?" she asked.

"The answer is yes," Sanders said, arguing that population control ‐ in the form of abortion and birth control, specifically ‐ is something he "very, very strongly" supports.

"The answer has everything to do with the fact that women in the United States of America, by the way, have a right to control their own bodies and make reproductive decisions," Sanders said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  having listened to the full response, Sen Sanders comments in context are not that bad

the 'yes I'll talk about it' was not a good way to answer, but then he went to the more moderate concern that women in some countries want to engage in family planning but are hindered by lack of education or resources
Posted by: lord garth   2019-09-05 20:01  

#13  ...troll.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-09-05 16:08  

#12  "One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic," said Joseph Stalin (1879-1953).
Bernie is just following in his idol's footsteps.
Posted by: magpie   2019-09-05 15:53  

#11  Except that even the Chinese Communists abandoned the "one child" policy after seeing enough evidence that it didn't work.
Posted by: Tom   2019-09-05 13:14  

#10  How.....Chinese Communist.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-09-05 12:28  

#9  Considering that the US birthrate is below the replacement level, should we assume that he's talking about countries other than the US, such as Somalia? The racist bastard.
Posted by: Matt   2019-09-05 12:22  

#8  Someone should point out that with abortion and all the deplorables will outnumber the liberals eventually. See if they can encourage the old monster to go the Eugenics route of government selection of who can and who must be aborted.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-09-05 11:12  

#7  Well they already have a good start with planned parenthood -that was designed (by the left) to control the n-word population which is why most abortion clinics are in black neighborhoods. Just need a law, and lots of funding, to extend that to mostly White and east Asian neighborhoods...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-09-05 10:31  

#6  He wants to control everything else - color me unsurprised.
Posted by: Raj   2019-09-05 10:30  

#5  Great. Kill yourself and your family to show your dedication.

Otherwise shut the fuck up.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-09-05 09:13  

#4  Just so we're clear, reproductive decisions being reproduction related decisions right ?

And not decisions that engender more decisions, leading to an interminable succession of 'decisive conclusions' about each successive decision that birthed them.

Whoa ! I just described the deliberative governance style of the Kakistocracy.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-05 08:35  

#3  Would he be the first to volunteer...for the good of collective mankind?
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-09-05 08:25  

#2  Over 75? Different rules will of course apply to Bernie. Rhetorical question, but we do understand 'different rules' don't we ?

He'll be joining AAG and Tom Selleck to sell reverse mortgages just after the election.

Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-05 07:49  

#1  Wonder if the old Communist is as sanguine about trimming the other end of the population...say those over 75?
Posted by: Warthog   2019-09-05 07:43  

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